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Vultures who came to stay bring year of acid vomit and toxic feces to small town

Vultures who came to stay bring year of acid vomit and toxic feces to small town

November 3, 2021November 1, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Residents of a North Carolina town have spoken of their dismay after spending more than a year besieged by scores of buzzards. The birds, which arrived in Bunn in late 2020, quickly staked out their territory in the 344-person town. Standing at 2ft tall, clad in dark brown feathers, and described as “graceful in flight” […]

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Wildlife officers investigating shooting of osprey near Loveland

Wildlife officers investigating shooting of osprey near Loveland

September 12, 2021September 4, 2021 Supertrooper 4 Comments

Wildlife officers are investigating the shooting of an osprey, the male half of a pair nesting on the south side of Boedecker Lake west of Loveland, leaving wildlife specialists worried for survival of his young. “It’s a concern,” said Debbie Eley, resource specialist with the city of Loveland’s open lands division. Male and female ospreys […]

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POLL: Should there be a federal ban on the use of lead ammunition?

POLL: Should there be a federal ban on the use of lead ammunition?

March 9, 2019February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 3 Comments

Lead ammunition has been public enemy number one for decades due to its negative health effects. Legislators have enacted laws to protect citizens, but they’ve neglected our nation’s emblem: the bald eagle. Recent cases of bald eagle poisonings highlight the need for a national ban on lead ammunition and fishing tackle. In early February, a […]

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Farewell Harns Marsh Preserve And SW Florida

Farewell Harns Marsh Preserve And SW Florida

January 13, 2019December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

My likely last visit to Harns Marsh Preserve in Lehigh Acres, Florida, occurred in late October when I met up with Canadian wildlife photographer Frank Constantin. The weather was favorable with the grass well groomed and 39 species of bird observed in the ensuing two hours after sunrise during our stay. A good number of […]

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Top 25 Birds that Scavenge

Top 25 Birds that Scavenge

August 17, 2018February 18, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Scavenging birds play a vital role in our ecosystems, they clean up carcasses before they have time to rot. Without scavengers, rotting carcasses would become hubs for harmful pathogens. Vultures specialise in eating carrion and are highly efficient at cleaning up a carcass. But many other birds, like crows and eagles, will also scavenge if […]

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Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve Trail

Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve Trail

December 5, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey 4 Comments

Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve is located in Milford, Connecticut only minutes from I-95 and dozens of other highly valued birding venues. Images presented in this blog article were capture on a pair of visits made to the trail, one in late October and one in late November. While the preserve constitutes nearly 36 acres, I […]

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International Vulture Awareness Day 2017

International Vulture Awareness Day 2017

September 14, 2017December 23, 2019 Larry Jordan 1 Comment

The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day. Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction. The International Vulture Awareness Day has grown from Vulture Awareness […]

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A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. II

A Bird Sanctuary In Killingworth, CT Pt. II

July 4, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey 1 Comment

It was fairly quickly learned that the feeders used to attract wildlife didn’t entice just the birds. In mid-winter as the squirrels appeared to become more numerous, they became destructive and a disturbance to the winged creatures. Eastern Bluebirds briefly investigated a pair of bird houses that had been hung for them but the squirrels […]

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