| Among raptors were two dark phase Booted eagles, Marsh harriers, Black shouldered kites, female shikra, and brahminy kite. |
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| Welsh legend told of how the souls of brave warriors flew to heaven in the form of eagles. |
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| Osprey, bald eagles, hawks, water ouzels, heron, and a variety of songbirds are seen. |
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| Oh well, we get the wallabies, devils and quolls, wombats, and then you get the wedge-tailed eagles and goshawks, and lots of owls and bats. |
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| From North America came squirrels and raccoons, bears and bison, eagles and an elk. |
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| White-tailed eagles, which inhabit the same territory, may struggle for hours merely to pry an opening around a fish's gills or front fin. |
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| For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles and be gathered together. |
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| I want aerials, spread eagles, toe touches, and anything else you can think of. |
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| Similarly, the police have three hundred and sixty degree visibility over their patch, like eagles in an eyrie. |
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| It also provides breathing room for raptors such as prairie falcons, golden eagles, and red-tailed hawks. |
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| The bird life is exquisite, and we saw saddle-billed storks, black vultures, ground hornbills and a number of eagles, among others. |
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| The carcasses of ospreys, white-tailed sea eagles, deer, black and white storks and herons are also being found. |
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| Just months after Edwards Dam was removed, birds such as ospreys, bald eagles, and kingfishers returned. |
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| Other predators are red foxes, coyotes, wolves, bear, mountain lions, lynx, bobcats, eagles, and great horned owls. |
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| Early morning is a great time to observe wildlife, and very soon we saw moose, bald eagles, red foxes, and ptarmigan. |
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| The list contains red kites, golden eagles, ospreys, goshawks and even domestic cats. |
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| As well as 419 pairs of golden eagles, osprey numbers are escalating, as are red kites, white-tailed sea eagles and peregrine falcons. |
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| And you look at the eagles, the massive bronze eagles in the victory arches and the laurel wreaths. |
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| Around the lake we could see samples of most of Florida's native birds, such as osprey, anhinga, eagles, hawks, and herons. |
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| And as if the company didn't have enough lawyers already, Rambus is currently advertising for yet more legal eagles here. |
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| The entire affair will drag on for months and it could be that the legal eagles will be the only ones to do well out of it. |
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| It is inconceivable to pay legal eagles to go over the same arguments again and again. |
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| There's not much else to do except to wait for the legal eagles to complete the paper work and then to agree a date for exchange. |
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| There is much admiring of young legal eagles, studying of wizened magistrates and cowering from unrepentant defendants to be done. |
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| I spotted stars from the Pearl Brasserie and some young legal eagles from the Bar Council. |
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| Its legal eagles failed to take depositions or subpoena its own employees, and didn't examine telephone records or individuals' computers. |
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| Perhaps the council's own legal eagles should consider this scenario if only to offer comforting advice to residents. |
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| And as it found, litigating against the government's antitrust legal eagles can be a long, drawn-out affair. |
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| The eagles tend to roost in huge ponderosas in northeast-facing canyons among the hills that dot Wyoming's mile-high prairies. |
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| The storks and lesser spotted eagles are assuredly from every country between Germany and Russia. |
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| The stenciled-on eagles looked old already, being colored a rusty brown and painted on by the strange elementary-goers. |
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| Enjoy the warmth from your suite's fireplace, open your balcony doors to the salt air, and scan the neighboring red cedars for bald eagles. |
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| Across the water were four immature eagles soaring, swooping, and suffering the aggression of what we believe was a Merlin. |
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| For one thing, the ferrets weren't very predator savvy, and naive ferrets made easy prey for hawks, eagles and other grassland hunters. |
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| He did not notice the eagles soaring over him, nor the vultures which looked down on him from his very own towers. |
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| From the roof terrace of his three-storey whitewashed house, Ian Gibson watches golden eagles swooping lazily above. |
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| Some of the designs were very simple and graphic, looking like the two-headed eagles of heraldry, and some were much more elaborate. |
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| The money held by these Iraqis is decorated with American eagles, symbolizing the support given the Iraqis by the West. |
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| Each pillar has four bronze columns supporting American eagles that hold a victory laurel. |
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| In some cases, emblems that included eagles, the outline of the state or the American flag, for example, were deleted or simplified. |
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| The 3-handicapper contributed three eagles and four birdies to his team en route to shooting a 69 on his own ball. |
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| The scientist watches as eagles dive into the river, emerging laboriously moments later with silver salmon firmly in their talons. |
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| But they're finding it difficult to get research support for their concerns about ospreys and sea eagles. |
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| There are herons, ducks, geese, ospreys, eagles, vultures, pelicans, gulls, plovers, avocets, storks, francolins, guinea fowls and many more. |
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| The family Accipitridae encompasses many of the diurnal birds of prey, including the familiar hawks and eagles. |
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| The regular flying demonstrations give visitors the opportunity to see some of the 75 eagles, falcons, hawks, vultures and owls at close range. |
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| High above, two sea eagles swoop and dive, the light flashing bronze tints off their backs. |
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| Carcasses left by wolves supply food for scavengers such as ravens, eagles, magpies, and wolverines. |
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| The river and its surrounding vegetation are home to monitor lizards, terrapins, monkeys, river otters and sea eagles. |
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| Wildlife viewing is best on the morning run, when passengers often see bald eagles, osprey, deer, and otters. |
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| How many boats going at high speeds are noticing the osprey, bald eagles and alligators? |
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| The presence of bald eagles likely prevented golden eagles from establishing themselves. |
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| If your karma is good and you're having a good day, you may also see bald eagles, northern mockingbirds, scarlet tanagers and indigo buntings. |
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| If we don't take care of the Chesapeake so that fish populations are healthy, the bald eagles won't be healthy, either. |
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| Disturbance can also cause nest abandonment in shy species, including bald eagles and white-tailed sea-eagles. |
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| This creek, popular with fishermen, also is a good spot to sight ospreys and bald eagles. |
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| Wedge-tailed eagles drift in the air currents, and in the mornings the hills are alive with western grey kangaroos. |
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| They face a host of predators, including sea eagles, golden eagles, peregrine falcons, black-backed gulls and rats. |
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| There are now 25 pairs of sea eagles along the west coast of Scotland but experts believe 50 pairs are needed for a survivable population. |
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| Birdwatchers come to Scotland to spot golden and sea eagles, the rare and large-billed Scottish crossbill, and the rare capercaillie. |
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| At the moment it is illegal to own eggs stolen from protected birds in Britain, such as ospreys, sea eagles and golden eagles. |
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| White-tailed sea eagles, which have a wingspan of up to eight feet across, were once common in the United Kingdom. |
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| Hornbills screech and hoot from the primary rainforest, white-bellied sea eagles glide lazily overhead. |
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| Sea eagles hang out in the arctic north of Norway because they've been pushed back there by us. |
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| Unveiled girls in bright pink tunics gathered water from a turquoise river and balanced bundles on their heads while eagles soared above. |
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| Wild animals howl in the hills, while kites and eagles circle above the treetops. |
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| Above the tree line, alpine accentors, alpine choughs and shorelarks, as well as water pipits, ravens and golden eagles, are found. |
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| Second, the rich biodiversity must also be protected, such as tricolored orchids and Javanese eagles. |
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| The hen harrier is a bird of prey, belonging to the same family as hawks, vultures, and eagles. |
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| The breeding pair of black eagles in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden are the proud parents of a new chick. |
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| There's a field above my house where the only sounds are eagles above and wind shushing through grass and pine below. |
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| Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule. |
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| Images from night-vision video cameras identified bears, foxes, turkey vultures, wolves, bald eagles, and others at the plots. |
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| Two sea eagles sit hunched on a branch, their expressions indicating distaste. |
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| Birdlife is rich with African skimmers, fish eagles, many types of heron and colonies of carmine bee-eaters. |
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| He has seen golden eagles, bobcats and even mountain lion tracks on the course. |
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| Visitors will especially enjoy Eagle Canyon, with its streams, mountain lions, bobcats, Mexican wolves, and golden eagles. |
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| Then, above our heads soared three eagles, and not long after, an adder slithered calmly between our feet. |
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| The white droppings of birds served as location pointers for eagles and vultures nesting in the craggy reaches. |
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| The breadfruit trees, cycads and tall hardwoods of that forest hide hornbills, sea eagles and monkeys. |
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| A captive pair of wounded, flightless eagles had bred and produced an egg, something that almost never happens. |
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| The legal eagles return on January 17 for the second half of the show's sensational sophomore season! |
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| Major predators of the otter include sharks, killer whales, coyotes, brown bears and even eagles. |
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| Large-finned, negatively buoyant squid soar like eagles in rising currents, but lose control in currents above one body length per second. |
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| For example, eagles are able to spot a vole or lizard from more than 400 m away. |
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| There are inside and outside spread eagles, where you skate on both inside or both outside edges. |
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| Most of the slender but fierce-looking Cambodians sport tattoos depicting strong animals such as eagles, tigers or angry dragons. |
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| You will see bald eagles, maybe a peregrine falcon, Canada jays, Clarks nutcrackers and other northern birds. |
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| He doesn't have big teeth so he wouldn't be able to protect himself against eagles, jaguars, and ocelots in central South America. |
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| It passes steel-blue waters, deep green forests and craggy mountains rising up to 2,500 feet, and you may see golden eagles. |
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| At the end of the pine wood and flowers of rhododendrons, one can admire the lovely view of lake, the reign of steinbocks, chamois and eagles. |
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| The young bird is the offspring of the well-known pair of black eagles that nests in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden. |
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| Most common are bears, orcas, sea lions, seals, otters, eagles, terns and cormorants. |
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| The islands are home to many bird species, including fish eagles, ospreys and flamingos. |
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| Birders flock to this region to gaze at bald eagles, great blue herons, and more than 300 other species of birds. |
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| Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River. |
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| The noise scared the chamois and drove off golden eagles and other rare birds. |
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| As the region was swamped by the new lake and hilltops turned into small islands, top predators like jaguars and harpy eagles fled the area. |
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| When eagles see something they think is hinky, they will kind of pause in the air and flare out the talons. |
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| By 1995, bald eagles had recovered sufficiently to be removed from the endangered list. |
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| Moreover, golden eagles have a Holarctic distribution and are not threatened with extinction in North America. |
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| It has got its legal eagles on the case and has filed a suit in a California superior court against various unidentified defendants. |
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| Now the sheer cliffs are inhabited by choughs, golden eagles, feral goats and basking seals. |
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| There, he sat on his deck smoking cigars and watching the eagles roost in the trees. |
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| The new facility boasts more than 50 birds of prey, ranging from large eagles and incredibly fast falcons to hawks and owls. |
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| They went broke defending a San Diego environmental activist who was sued by a huge real estate developer for petitioning to protect bald eagles. |
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| The birds for whom these aviaries will cater include ospreys, wedge-tailed eagles, perigrine falcons, barn owls, and collared sparrowhawks. |
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| Bald eagles feed primarily on marine mammals and fish and would not be a threat to the foxes. |
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| Golden eagles are also being relocated to the mainland, an option not available for wild pigs, which the state designates as pests. |
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| Bald eagles appear conspicuously whenever a family member dies, but they show up often enough otherwise that they haven't become an ill omen. |
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| During a few hours on the water, you are likely to see hippos, crocodiles, baboons and fish eagles. |
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| It used the full width of the spire to house the eagles and the ceiling was pockmarked with holed through which the birds entered. |
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| Across the river you'll spot swooping eagles, bulbous 1000-year old boab trees, flocks of noisy corellas or silent stars. |
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| You'll find eagles on the beautiful Isle of Skye and ospreys at Loch Garten, nesting red-throated divers in Islay, and corncrakes in Lewis. |
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| The eagles were special, the livestock more ordinary but there was also the marmots the izards and the lizards. |
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| As we neared that last portage, from Quetico Lake back into Beaverhouse, two eagles stood silent vigil in a dead tree along our way. |
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| Dassies have less cover and need to venture further afield to feed themselves, exposing them to hunting eagles. |
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| Murals of deserts populated with wagon trails, circling bald eagles and cowpokes chasing cattle fill the walls. |
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| This reporter happened upon a rare sighting of two crested serpent eagles circling together in the sky over the forest canopy. |
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| Tawny eagles are abundant in East Africa and they feed on small mammals and gamebirds, such as francolins and guineafowl. |
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| The only inhabitants are pelicans, frigate birds, a few iguanas, bees and bugs, eagles and goats. |
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| Each spring, plants begin to bud and birds of prey such as golden eagles and mountain hawk eagles are propagating. |
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| Black hawk eagles are black overall in color, but have a bushy crest with white feathers. |
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| Hodgson's hawk eagles and golden eagles are used for hunting bigger birds, rabbits, or even young deer. |
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| In their book they write that the hawk eagles are fond of visiting open forest areas. |
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| My dream trip is night hawk-hunting for spring hare with African hawk eagles in Zimbabwe. |
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| These and other human intrusions can prompt eagles to desert their nests, giving predators a chance to grab eggs or eaglets. |
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| Adam and his team of falconers use predatory birds like gyrfalcons, eagles, and peregrine falcons to clear the air. |
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| Experts believe the extinct birds were meat-eaters because their beaks resemble those of predatory eagles and scavenging vultures. |
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| Shamael is a tattoo artist who himself now sports Celtic crosses, screaming eagles, and death's heads. |
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| These birds, endemic in southern Africa, are obligate scavengers, which means they are unable to kill their own prey as eagles or hawks do. |
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| Considered pests that prey on pets and livestock, the eagles have been hunted down by residents. |
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| The king's tower in the castle, seat of government in the principality, was decorated with imperial eagles. |
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| They are also prey, when smaller, to other animals such as feral pigs, goannas, turtles, barramundi, sea eagles and even other crocodiles. |
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| Colonsay House boasts one of Scotland's finest tropical gardens, and birdwatchers should look out for golden eagles and peregrine falcons. |
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| Oil extraction will adversely affect millions of migratory waterfowl and golden eagles, as well as polar bears, caribou and bowhead whales. |
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| You can watch eagles and loons, warblers that migrate here, dickey birds, and waterfowl. |
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| Many species of birds live here, including chickadees, hummingbirds, grey jays, red-tailed hawks, ptarmigan and golden eagles. |
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| They fear that the turbines could kill rare birds such as golden eagles, black-throated divers and species of wader. |
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| In a sudden epiphany, he had remembered that he still had Krillir's guns, silver weapons with eagles engraved on the handles. |
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| But the 150-plus delegates gathering at Newton Rigg College are expected to be told that the outlook is bleak for the hen harrier and golden eagles. |
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| Wildlife is plentiful, including jackrabbits, mule deer, elk, pheasant, sage grouse, barn owls, bald and golden eagles, and dozens of species of songbirds. |
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| Tramp the informal trail looping this tree-ringed pond and you might spot a blue heron or even possibly a pair of nesting bald eagles in tall Douglas firs. |
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| Cattail-thronged marshes here host canvasbacks, redheads, and swans, along with buffleheads, common golden-eyes, teals, and even some bald and golden eagles. |
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| But any readers wishing to set to work on Goering's negligee should beware the unsleeping Mattel legal team, although the legal eagles did suffer a setback last August. |
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| In addition to human foes, Australian flying foxes must contend with a number of natural predators, including pythons, wedge-tailed eagles and powerful owls. |
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| On Triangle Island, bald eagles are known to depredate tufted puffins. |
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| Wildlife inhabits the rimrock, and golden eagles soar above. |
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| Perhaps the most damning fact is that there are no breeding golden eagles, hen harriers or red kites on what should be prime breeding habitat for those species. |
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| The site, which is run by volunteers and houses more than 60 birds including owls, eagles and vultures, is a popular destination for families and school groups. |
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| But legal eagles from four solicitors' firms along historic Mawdsley Street say their well-to-do clients will be put off by a club boasting scantily-clad dancers. |
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| On this 13-day tour you'll see imperial eagles, Egyptian vultures and Dalmatian pelicans, plus frescoed monasteries, Roman ruins and the monuments of the Thracian horsemen. |
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| Over 350 species of birds have been recorded in Worcester Country, including pelicans and pewees, kingbirds and cuckoos, herons, harriers, and eagles. |
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| The concern is that the state could face large fines if licensed snarers inadvertently kill or harm threatened species such as Canada lynx or bald eagles. |
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| From the Atlantic coastline to the Pocomoke River and Forest, Worcester is home to pelicans and peewees, kingbirds and cuckoos, and herons, harriers, and eagles. |
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| In fall and winter, look for bald eagles, American dippers, mergansers, red-shafted Northern flickers, red-tailed hawks, and Townsend's solitaires. |
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| It features free-flying displays and an opportunity for people to see at close hand some 30 different birds of prey, including eagles, buzzards and falcons. |
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| Predators of barracuda include such birds as bald eagles and terns. |
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| Terborgh found that predators such as pumas, jaguars, anacondas, eagles, armadillos, and some weasels were not able to persist on islands smaller than 37 acres. |
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| They include pine marten, wildcat, stoat and weasel as well as golden eagles, merlin, peregrine falcon, golden plover and in time black grouse and capercaillie. |
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| The eagles are courting, the crows building nests, the Steller's jays have come back to sit and fling insults and we can see baby salmon in the shallows of the river. |
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| I'm sure the legal eagles who reviewed all this know what they're doing, but this has made me just a little bit curious about exactly how libel laws work. |
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| It is a lovely spot and must be one of the quietest places on earth, with no man-made sounds and only a couple of fish eagles and rock hyrax to disturb the silence. |
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| Moose, elks, black bears, wolves, pumas, groundhogs, squirrels, beavers, whisky jacks, sandhill cranes, ravens and bald eagles are seen frequently. |
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| Quill pens were generally cut from the outer hollow wing feathers of swans or geese but feathers from eagles, crows, and turkeys were also found to be suitable. |
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| Mallows Bay now harbors herons, snowy egrets, and American bald eagles. |
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| I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals. |
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| The legal eagles argue that such rules should be addressed by the EU's regulation of the telecoms industry, covered in internal market legislation, Statewatch reports. |
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| I have heard varying reports of golden eagles, kites and merlins, but an investigation has almost every time led to the visitor being identified as a buzzard. |
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| Across Asia, in our enthusiasm to subdue farm posts, we have unwittingly let loose a chemical war on all living things, including eagles and minivets. |
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| The new trail is slated for February, which happens to be around the time the eagles will likely be starting another brood. |
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| Day by day the distance covered varies but on the toughest section competitors run almost 50 miles with only other runners and eagles wheeling high above for company. |
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| Lewis cited research demonstrating the effects of boating on bald eagles and harlequin ducks and noted park archaeological sites also could be affected by boaters. |
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| They will be joined by the legal eagles from Ingrams Solicitors, in York, where company bosses have pledged to match all the money raised by the staff. |
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| The area is home to a variety of other birds, including nesting bald eagles, hawks, owls, bluebirds and several other songbirds, wild turkeys, herons, and waterfowl. |
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| We saw minke whales, hump backed whales, bald eagles, puffins and moose. |
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| He called a wildlife rehab person at the community college to whom he had taken birds other than eagles in the past. |
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| The carved eagles at the comers suggest that the table might have been made for the Borghese family, whose armorial bearings incorporate an eagle. |
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| Over time, songbirds like the robin and other prized avians, including bald eagles and peregrine falcons, ingested enough contaminated prey that they died of DDT poisoning. |
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| Since 1992, it has been a protected place for bald eagles, mule deer, and other animals, and since 1996 the U.S. Army has been scooping up undetonated Sarin bomblets. |
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| This year, the artists showcased their talent with birds for a theme competition, each displaying the delicate feathers of every bird, from eagles to loons. |
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| Here he waxes all poetic about eagles and relaxing in the sun. |
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| Roughly seven weeks ago the City of New York released four bald eagles in a park at the northern tip of Manhattan, hoping to re-establish the bird as a local resident. |
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| Tens of thousands of hawks, kites, falcons, eagles, osprey, vultures, and harriers appear in the skies over the Golden Gate from August through December. |
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| The Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, and sugar pine planted in this area will help regenerate an ecosystem inhabited by wildlife, including bald eagles. |
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| Carrion is laid out to attract the feathered carnivores, and regular diners include whitenecked ravens, lanner falcons, jackal buzzards, black eagles and cape vultures. |
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| Matter of fact, the only thing that keeps the shop busy is the business of repairing the eagles, which are always coming in for regilding and refurbishing. |
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| There the eagles wait to swoop down on weakened kokanee salmon. |
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| Hawks, harriers, falcons, eagles, and vultures are diurnal migrants. |
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| It is different for most land-based creatures, though spiders may drift in air as well as microfauna, and sea eagles, frigate birds, and glider pilots. |
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| The rivers never have seen a dam, and the fish never have seen a hatchery, and the angler wading a remote gravel bar stands in the company of bears and eagles and wolves. |
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| He clanged a fist of twenty-dollar gold eagles on the counter. |
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| Wildlife is found mostly in the most rugged and inaccessible areas and includes deer, coyotes, eagles and rattlesnakes. |
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| Some of the birds pictured are long extinct, including moa and Haast's eagles. |
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| A great variety of birds can be observed including eagles, turkeys, toucans, parakeets and macaws. |
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| However, kleptoparasitism by bald eagles, where the larger raptor steals the osprey's catch, is more common than predation. |
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| Mainland and migratory birds include the Eurasian wryneck, Rosy Starling, Common Starling, shrikes, Wheatears, eagles and falcons, among others. |
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| When police raided his home they found African hawk eagles, jackal buzzards, goshawks and American kestrels. |
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| The increased movement of birds, mainly crows, black kites, falcons and eagles, often results in some serious security threats. |
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| Marbled murrelets, Queen Charlotte goshawks, and bald eagles soar over these emerald isles. |
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| Wildlife abounds with elk, mule deer, big horn sheep, antelope, eagles, pheasant, chukars, coyotes, mountain lion, and even a bear now and again. |
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| The eagles would seek out the nest sites by watching the parent pipits bringing in food before swooping down to pluck the wee fledglings out. |
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| The lakes are home to osprey, ducks, geese, and tundra swans and bald eagles. |
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| What next, a swoop by the Irish cops on eagles lifting babies from prams? |
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| First published in England, a quite fascinating account by a Norwegian birdlover of his experiences in rescuing and caring for golden eagles. |
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| In flight, it has the broad-winged, wide-tailed look of the buteos, the soaring hawks that are built like small eagles. |
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| England's only nesting pair of golden eagles can be found in the Lake District. |
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| Around 668 bird species are found there, including crows, sparrows, mynas, hawks, falcons, and eagles. |
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| The former, for example, is characterised by the mention of ravens, eagles, and wolves preceding particularly violent depictions of battle. |
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| As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany. |
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| She currently holds the LPGA Tour record for most eagles in a season, scoring 19 during the 2004 season. |
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| In Cumbria, young golden eagles were first seen hunting large prey 59 days after fledging. |
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| The uplands support black and red grouse, mountain hares, raptors such as golden eagles and hen harriers, and some unusual plant species. |
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| Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings. |
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| Due to the amount of variability in different individuals, juvenile eagles cannot be reliably aged on sight alone. |
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| Many golden eagles still have white on the tail during their first attempt at nesting. |
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| While many accipitrids are not known for their strong voices, golden eagles have a particular tendency for silence, even while breeding. |
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| Golden eagles are sometimes considered the most superlative fliers among eagles and perhaps among all raptorial birds. |
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| Distinguishing the golden eagle from other Aquila eagles in Eurasia is potentially a greater identification problem. |
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| Other Aquila eagles do not generally fly in a pronounced dihedral as do golden eagles. |
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| Golden eagles are fairly adaptable in habitat but often reside in areas with a few shared ecological characteristics. |
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| Below are more detailed description of habitats occupied by golden eagles in both continents where they occur. |
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| This is largely marginal country for golden eagles and they occur where tree cover is thin and abuts open habitat. |
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| The ecozones occupied by golden eagles are roughly concurrent with those of Eurasia. |
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| Although the vegetation varies a bit more, similar habitat is occupied by golden eagles in Mexico. |
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| During winter in Scotland, golden eagles soar frequently in order to scan the environment for carrion. |
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| Most populations of golden eagles are sedentary, but the species is actually a partial migrant. |
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| The flat, relatively open landscapes in these regions hold relatively few resident breeding golden eagles. |
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| Similarly the entire population of golden eagles from northern and central Alaska and northern Canada migrates south. |
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| In the dry Southwestern United States, golden eagles tend to move to higher elevations once the breeding season is complete. |
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| Display flights seem to be triggered by the presence of other golden eagles. |
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| The eagles are capable of preening on their second day but are continually thermoregulated via brooding by their parents until around 20 days. |
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| Most competitive attacks resulting in death probably occur at the talons of other golden eagles. |
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| The Steller's sea eagle, larger in both weight and total length, is the closest rival for median wingspan amongst living eagles. |
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| In Scotland, the diet of this species differs significantly from that of sympatric golden eagles, as is also the case in Norway. |
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| Commercial fisheries and carp ponds are readily exploited by the eagles when available. |
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| If left in the nest, they often die sooner or later, as with most large eagles. |
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| This comprehensive project will last a number of years, with many more eagles being released. |
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| Irish Farming Association Hill Committee chairman Mr O'Leary said he had no doubt the eagles would take lambs. |
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| Since their reintroduction seven eagles have been confirmed poisoned in County Kerry, two suspected of having been poisoned, and one shot. |
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| For example, eagles, hawks and their feathers have great cultural and spiritual value to Native Americans as religious objects. |
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| These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles, and buzzards, but also storks. |
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| Occasionally, large raptors such as Eurasian eagle owls will prey on young foxes, while golden eagles have been known to kill adults. |
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| A family of birds of prey which includes hawks, buzzards, eagles, kites and harriers. |
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| The passeriformes have this toe arrangement in common with hunting birds like eagles and falcons. |
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| Golden eagles prey on calves and are the most prolific hunter on calving grounds. |
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| In AD 15, Roman troops managed to recapture one of the three legionary eagles lost in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. |
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| In 2002 and 2006 breeding pairs of bald eagles were reintroduced to the northern islands. |
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| Once, their father turned them into eagles but only on the condition that they would not eat dead meat. |
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| Birds and animals, including cows, cranes, dogs, eagles, elephants, pheasants, monkeys and puppies, were popular. |
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| Within their embrace, the rackety calls of geese echoed from ice-free ponds, bald eagles wheeled in the sky, and deer leaped in the brush. |
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| Entertainment will include Chris O'Donnell with his hawks, vultures and eagles and the Kangeroo Gymnastics Comedy teams. |
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| Among the sightings at Vachon's Wildlife Sanctuary are bear, moose, deer, foxes, eagles, hawks and killdeers. |
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| Legal eagles Harvey and Mike go to war with each other in the fourth run of this classy drama. |
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| A SEMINAR has been held in Coventry to help legal eagles keep their eye on how marketing strategies could benefit their business. |
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| Limiting foreigners to five a team is not a bad idea as such but it will never pass the legal eagles. |
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| There, leopards and crowned eagles prey on Diana monkeys, which give different barklike calls for each threat. |
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| The early days weren't easy, especially for caretakers who watched their baby birds being picked off by great horned owls or golden eagles. |
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| Seabirds, including the western gulls, bald eagles, pigeon guillemots, and Scripps's murrelets use the islands as well for shelter and breeding grounds. |
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| Germanicus, Roman general who avenged the disaster of the Teutoburg Forest by defeating Arminius and recovering two legionary eagles lost in the battle. |
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| These juvenile golden eagles usually attain full independence in the fall, after which they wander widely until establishing a territory for themselves in four to five years. |
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| Since eagles were considered sacred animals of Jupiter, the supreme god of the Romans, it was later seen as an omen predicting his election to the consulship seven times. |
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| Included in the seizure were dead and plucked barn owls, spotted wood owls, crested serpent eagles, barred eagles, and brown wood owls, as well as 7,000 live lizards. |
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| The birds that prey on pigeons in North America can range in size from American kestrels to golden eagles and can even include gulls, crows, and ravens. |
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| They are almost always accompanied by immature bald eagles that, although about the same size as a mature baldie, have a darkened head and mottled feathers. |
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| In Kazakhstan and Mongolia, wolves are traditionally hunted with eagles and falcons, though this practise is declining, as experienced falconers are becoming few in number. |
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| Caernarfon, in particular, stands out for its use of banded, coloured stone in the walls, statues of eagles and its polygonal, rather than round, towers. |
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| It has three turrets which were once surmounted by statues of eagles. |
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| In the UK, fulmar are noted as a common prey species and as such may contribute to locally high levels of DDT and PCB chemicals in nesting eagles. |
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| In the Estonian island of Hiiumaa, home to at least 25 pairs of sea eagles, as many as 26 individuals have been observed simultaneously culling a single cormorant colony. |
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| Just bald eagles, golden eagles, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, elk, quail, prairie falcons, coyotes, chukars, gopher snakes, ravens and great horned owls, to name a few. |
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| Currently, eagles only occur in the Hawaiian Islands as vagrants, but Quaternary bones of Haliaeetus have been found on three of the major islands. |
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| Threats Although they are preyed upon occasionally by golden eagles, red foxes, wolves and wildcats, humans are the largest threat to pine martens. |
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| Jeff Watson believed that common raven occasionally eats golden eagle eggs but only in situations where the parent eagles have abandoned their nesting attempt. |
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| Still Wehtje said they spotted five species of swallows in an area that usually doesn't have any, as well as golden eagles and a vermilion flycatcher. |
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| At Mount Lorette in Alberta, approximately 4,000 golden eagles may pass during the fall, the largest recorded migration of golden eagles on earth. |
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| Golden eagles that breed from the Kola peninsula to Anadyr in the Russian Far East migrate south to winter on the Russian and Mongolian steppes, and the North China Plains. |
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| An area of great biodiversity, it is essential territory for steppe eagles and lammergeier vultures, as well as many other rare and threatened birds, mammals, and plants. |
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| Golden eagles are very hardy species, being well adapted to cold climates, however they cannot abide declining available food sources in the northern stretches of their range. |
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| Golden eagles are believed to sleep through much of the night. |
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| Despite the dramatic ways in which they attain food and interact with raptors of their own and other species, the daily life of golden eagles is often rather uneventful. |
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| Until 1999, a pair of golden eagles were still known to nest in Maine but they are now believed to be absent as a breeding bird from the Eastern United States. |
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| About 12 miles northeast is Lake Sommerville, which in spring is a stop for sandhill cranes, whooping cranes, eagles, Canada geese and other migratory birds. |
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| In 2004, Perthshire gamekeeper David Stewart was fined pounds 1,200 for possessing the poison chloralose, often used to kill golden eagles, kestrels and buzzards. |
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| One of many beaches in the area of Western There are some 75 different species of birds here, from eagles and peregrine falcons to tiny, shocking blue wrens. |
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| The golden eagles here often nest in chaparral and oak woodland, oak savanna and grassland amongst low rolling hill typified by diverse vegetation. |
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| Golden eagles occupy the mountains and coastal areas of California and Baja California in Mexico where hot, dry summers and moist winters are typical. |
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| In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the United States are plains and prairies where golden eagles are widespread, especially where there's a low human presence. |
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| The preserves are home to several rare wildlife species, including bald eagles and loggerhead shrike, as well as numerous other animal and plant species. |
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| Survival rates may be lower for migrating populations of golden eagles. |
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| Golden eagles also occur in moderately mountainous habitat along the Mediterranean Sea, from Iberia and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, to Greece, Turkey and Kurdistan. |
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| In central Europe, golden eagles today occur almost exclusively in the grand mountain ranges, such as Pyrenees, Alps, Carpathians and the Caucasus. |
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| The largest numbers of golden eagles are found in mountainous regions today, with many eagles doing a majority of their hunting and nesting on rock formations. |
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| These included brown bears, wildcats, lynx, wolves, badgers and otters as well as Golden and white-tailed eagles, black vultures and six varieties of woodpecker. |
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| Haliaeetus eagles are often heavily streaked in their juvenile phase. |
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| We saw wedgedtailed eagles scouting for wallabies, blue winged kookaburras perched on telegraph wires, and delicate jacanas pacing carefully across lilypadchoked waterways. |
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| We saw wedged-tailed eagles scouting for wallabies, bluewinged kookaburras perched on telegraph wires, and delicate jacanas pacing carefully across lily pad-choked waterways. |
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| Among mainland and migratory birds that have been found in the area are Eurasian Wryneck, Rosy Starling, Common Starling, Shrikes, Wheatears, eagles, falcons, etc. |
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| When they must engage in flapping flight, golden eagles appear at their most labored but this flight method is generally less common than soaring or gliding flights. |
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| The brothers were extremely happy with their newly gained freedom as eagles and decided to fly around the island after promising not to eat dead meat. |
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