Archive for the 'Conservation' Category
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Sea eagles in Scotland have had their best breeding season since their reintroduction in the 1970s, RSPB Scotland has said. This year has seen 46 breeding pairs – two more than 2008 – and 36 chicks fledge and leave their nests. RSPB Scotland said it could be the healthiest population for 150 years. Sea eagles [...]
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
This is actually a very good news that I just found in the nets… in New York seem like peregrine falcon is making a comeback… I am sure every bird of prey lover will be very happy to read this news… well, hope this will encourage other cities in the world to try to provide [...]
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire’s peregrine falcon population continues to increase, with 27 young raised this year in nests on natural cliffs, a city building, and an interstate highway bridge. Because of the improvement in the status of peregrines, the Fish and Game Department recently moved the fast-flying raptor from the endangered to the threatened [...]
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has donated 150 falcons to the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2008. The falcons were kept at the pro-falcon breeding project in Al Ain, one of the world’s leading projects to preserve falcons. Shaikh Khalifa’s gesture aims at highlighting the significance of [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Ever since they moved to Legacy Ridge, Ali and Mark Huitt enjoyed watching a pair of Swainson’s hawks — and their progeny — that made their home in a stand of neglected old trees at the entrance to their new neighbourhood. The couple moved to a home on Thyrza Burkitt Link a couple of years [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
A nesting pair of eagles raised a chick this spring and summer on Carr Island in Salisbury. The young bird has left the nest. A nesting pair of eagles raised a chick this spring and summer on Carr Island in Salisbury. The young bird has left the nest. (Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife) Carr [...]
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Bonita Springs is named in a lawsuit filed by three Bonita Bay residents unhappy new homes will be built near their homes and the city’s oldest eagle’s nest. Bonita Bay also is named in the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday. The suit asks for an emergency temporary restraining order on city-issued development orders that allow [...]
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
I found this news article during searching for some information about bird of prey… seem like reintroduction of sea eagles will also get some serious complain from some other group of people… here is the article (originally from telegraph.co.uk) Independent inquiry into reintroduction of sea eagles By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Last Updated: 7:01pm BST [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
This morning when I search for some news, I found this article in the web… very nice article so I think it is good to share in the blog… the article will give some some view about the important of birds to the environment.. and for some hopefully they can value birds of prey more [...]
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008
I found this news in the nets… A very good news indeed for the conservation of the species. Kudos to the Zoos.. ******* Baby vulture overlooked in giraffe frenzy A Eurasian black vulture chick has hatched at The Living Desert — the only such chick to hatch in captivity this year in the United States, [...]
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