J for jacana

G for Goshawk

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E for eagle

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Albatross

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For those who care about such matters, this was written by —Lynn Rogers and Sue Mansfield, Biologists, Wildlife Research Institute and North American Bear Center

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The wild-hatched chick has been banded.  The account of the capture and great photographs here:

http://www.savingcranes.org/capture-and-banding-of-w3-10-october-12-2010.html

Operation Migration has begun.  You  can follow the journey in the field journals here:

http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html

And if the spirit moves you, you can make a donation here:

http://www.operationmigration.org/contribute.htm

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Two happy nephews showing off new Rfalcon tee shirts!

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From Nick Saunders Saskatchewan blog, wherein whooping cranes and parsitic jaegers are mentioned in the same paragraph!

Anyway... The birds and animals are still out there doing their stuff. Whooping Crane's have just recently been spotted at Muskiki Lake. A buddy of mine just spotted a rare Parasitic Jaeger at Redberry Lake, another friend in town had a beautiful Yellow-billed Cuckoo show up in his back garden, and we still have a few migrants trickling through our yard.


http://www.saskbirder.com/2010/10/october-already.html

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Thank you Patti!  This is wonderful!

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What's this bird?

African hoopoe or perhaps Eurasian hoopoe.

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One of my greatest birding disappointments occurred in Kamchatka, when, on the day scheduled  to visit known Stellar sea eagle habitat, the Russian navy elected to play war games in that area.

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Leonardo was right!!

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Thr whooping crane chicks' training has begun!

http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html#092310

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The blue whales continue to feed on the abundant krill off Southern California.  There about 80 animals about a mile out from Lomg Beach and a bit north.

This from a Long Beach publication:

http://www.easyreadernews.com/2010/09/redondo-beach/blue-whales-feeding-local-waters-2

There is a wonderful video near the bottom, so keep scrolling!

Enjoy!

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Donna, could you please credit  the author of your posts?  This is so nicely written, it would be nice to know who wrote it.  Thanks.

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