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White-tailed fish eagle near Tromso, Norway. #birds

Yellowbill stork near Limpopo River, South Africa

Cape white-eye in Kruger National Park.

Dark-capped bulbul in Kruger National Park. #birds

Blue waxbill--Southern cordonbleu in Kruger National Park. #birds

This Grouse Is Going Viral: Meet the Willow Ptarmigan, AKA the ‘Awebo’ Bird This charismatic species from the Arctic tundra has become an internet sensation thanks to its bizarre calls and meme-worthy behavior.

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Lankford: ‘Just believing differently than some other American is not illegal’ — The Hill Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday “just believing differently than some other American is not illegal” in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.

I would say this guy is full of crap. First I don’t believe he has democratic friends. Second, he knows damn well Kirk espoused the exact opposite of this. apple.news/A9HBnTYebQjO...

The Greenland Plot: It Sounds Like a Bad Movie I warned this wasn’t a joke. Now Trump’s loyalists are targeting Denmark with covert ops.

I warned this wasn’t a joke. Now, Trump loyalists are running covert ops to destabilize Greenland & rattle Denmark.
It sounds like a bad Hollywood movie...but it’s apparently U.S. policy, straight from the Oval Office.

Over 100,000 quails culled at Changhua farm - Taipei Times Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

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Conservationists: Ending lesser prairie chicken protections could set a troubling precedent • Source New Mexico Conservationists worry about other species in Permian Basin after the lesser prairie chicken lost Endangered Species protection

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SNAPPED: Dusky grouse soon to begin 'reverse migration' JACKSON, Wyo. — A female dusky grouse sits on a stump overlooking the late summer foliage on Wednesday, Aug. 13, possibly contemplating her move to higher ground as temperatures begin to cool. Buckrai...

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Maun, Botswana. Female spectacled weaver. #birds

Authorities make disturbing discovery after stopping suspicious vehicle at checkpoint: 'Will not go unpunished' — The Cool Down

The disaster of the pet trade. apple.news/AHDAKrxwaTyC...

Primate pet ownership fuels a brutal industry. This bill could slow it down — NPR For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in Congress would aim to make ownership of captive primates ille...

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The pet trade of exotic animals has not upside. apple.news/As0kfSW9aRMS...

YouTube video by TheSantosRepublicTV Amazing Music by the Birds on a Wire

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Sage grouse blink out in Burgum’s North Dakota The state could be the first to lose its entire sage grouse population since the 1950s.

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GL43: licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation (SACs) or within 500m of their boundary

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Photo of the Day: Chukar Partridge at Haleakala Send your best photos from Maui County to mauiphotos@mauinews.com for a chance to see them featured on our website and in our weekly print edition.

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Observing guineafowl running on soft mud shows math used to calculate dinosaur speed may be inaccurate An international team has found that equations to determine the speed of a moving dinosaur based on prints in trackways may be inaccurate. In their study published in the journal Biology Letters, the ...

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Inside Ag: Study shows grazing cattle can coexist on sage grouse habitat Researchers at the University of Idaho have discovered that sage grouse and cattle can coexist on grazing lands, thereby debunking a long-standing debate.

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Patrollers protect precious green peafowls Deep in the Dinosaur River Natural Reserve in Southwest China's Yunnan province, Wang Xiaoyan and her husband Zeng Guofu wait patiently, silently in their hide for a glimpse of the elusive green peafo...

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11 arrested with 400 kg of peacock feathers in Pune the pune forest department arrested 11 individuals and seized over 400 kg of peacock feathers in a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade according to a forest official possessing peacock feathers in suc...

Eleven people arrested with 400 kg of peacock feathers!

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Why captive breeding won’t save wild parrots - Africa Geographic Can commercial captive breeding of parrots reduce pressure on wild populations, or does it worsen the conservation crisis?

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