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    roller pigeon "enthusiasts" shooting raptors

    http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/03/26/the-case-against-pigeon-clubs-or-why-tysons-show-is-not-for-the-birds/ this is a little old, and the case (operation high roller) happened a few years back, but i think its still relevant now. its rather unsavory to be breeding birds with...
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    rather sickening that this goes on.....

    http://www.aramatube.com/shooting-hunting-in-lebanon_6JSmU5+gShNzt.html note all the raptors.......
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    have you ever observed predatory behavior in grackles??

    i just saw a report of a great tailed grackle killing a barn swallow in flight...its on google. in alvaro jaramillo's "the new world blackbirds" there was a report of a common grackle that "killed and ate 39 passerines over a 2 week period" and in the same book, boat tailed grackles where...
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    could the japanese whiteeye colonize north america from hawaii?

    they are apparently the most common bird to be encountered in all the major hawaiian islands and have been seen "very far out to sea" east of the islands. would it be a stretch to say that a small flock could traverse the stretch of the pacific between hawaii and the mainland and reach, say...
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    house crow apparently in florida to stay

    http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0908E&L=FLORIDABIRDS-L&T=0&F=&S=&P=2955 they are apparently spreading up the gulf coast.......no control measure taken as of yet........probably will be too late when they finally decide to do so........
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    first merlin

    at a beach in pictured rocks national lakeshore. it was chasing a yellow rumped warbler then it perched in a dead hemlock for half an hour. too bad i dident have my digicam.....
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    trip to indian lake / Kitch-iti-kipi

    so i was at Kitch-iti-kipi spring today (michigans upper peninsula) and saw a pair of snow buntings and a brown creeper, lifers for me. also saw hooded and common mergansers, buffleheads, a raven picking at a deers ribcage (possible wolf kill) turkey vultures (slightly unusual sight up here) a...
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    eagles comming under threat in china

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090803/Revenge-Chinese-chickens-Farmers-throw-trussed-eagles-poultry-pens-hunting.html weird idea that will most likely not achieve its stated purpose. also short toed eagles arent known as notorious poultry robbers.........
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    Revenge of the Chinese chickens: Farmers throw trussed-up eagles into poultry pens

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090803/Revenge-Chinese-chickens-Farmers-throw-trussed-eagles-poultry-pens-hunting.html weird, and probably ineffective..........also it seems the chinese cant distinguish between species that do and dont attack poultry as the bird in the pic...
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    a hilarious blog...........

    http://catdefender.blogspot.com/2007/07/bird-and-wildlife-proponents-ably.html would be funny if it wasent so one sided and idiotic. gives cat lovers a bad name........
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    whos seen a black solitary eagle (Harpyhaliaetus solitarius)?

    this has to be one of the least known birds of prey in the world, yet it lives within 200 miles of the US border (sonora province, subspecies sheffleri)....
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    owl eating carrion..

    http://video.aol.com/video-detail/great-horned-owl-feeding-on-a-deer-carcass/2607981303 first time ive seen an owl eating carrion.
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    golden eagles and chamois/goats?....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz7FFlFy8eM&NR=1 pretty awesome footage from spain (i think)
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    which is the most skillful flier?

    magnificent frigatebird perigrine falcon great skua golden eagle barn swallow
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    is the varied thrush a zoothera thrush?

    in "thrushes" by peter clement they say it is Zoothera naevia but ive also seen it as Ixoreus naevius. which is the right latin name?
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    10 most potentially damaging invasive birds in north america...

    10. egyptian goose 9. common jackdaw 8. rose colored starling 7. sacred ibis 6. troupial 5. village weaver 4. common myna 3. shiny cowbird 2. red billed quelea 1. house crow 8 of those 10 have been seen free flying in the US (excluding only the rose colored starling and the quelea.) 6 of the...
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    bobcat takes down adult white tailed doe

    http://www.able2know.org/forums/about87050.html
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    florida government tries to exterminate sacred ibis

    http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpibis1115pnnov15,0,5946819.story if there are over 100 birds as they think, its already too late to eradicate them. on the other hand, im not sure that they would really pose a threat to anything other than the hordes of introduced...
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    disturbing wolf video from indiana.......

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2m2_NlWwMs&feature=related it was badly injured by a car (looks like a broken pelvis) :-C people can be idiots swometimes.........
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    whats the largest prey a red tailed hawk has ever taken?

    i saw a video a long time ago of a red tail killing a full grown opossum, id think that would be at the upper limit of what a buteo could take.
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    will global warming increase reptile diversity in north america??

    it seems if tropical birds are expanding northward at a fast pace from mexico, that reptiles might do the same. perhaps the american and morelets crocodiles will expand into texas sometime soon and quite a few snakes as well...i guess only time can tell.
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    rate each continent in avian species richness:

    1. south america 2. asia 3. africa 4. north america 5. australia 6. europe 7. antarctica is this right?
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    agree or disagree: bluebirds are (most of) north america's answer to wheatears

    id think so, the habits and shape of the two birds are very similar, only differences are the bluebird is more fond of humid habitats and is more arboreal and the wheatear fond of drier habitats and is largely terrestrial.
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    are the two yellowlegs species called "yellowshanks" in europe ????

    .....and are they closely related to the redshanks?
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    an interesting article on purple martin predation by owls.....

    http://purplemartin.org/forumarchives/archive/owl.htm
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