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Dead White-tailed Eagle on Amager. DOF responsible!
2021-10-30 DOF (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening), the Danish Ornithological Society. I last saw the juvenile White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) on the nest the 31st of July and it looked fit and ready to fly. A relief, because the expected moment for its departure was long overdue, why I, and others, have been wondering if it was sick or just had grown to become a lazy teenager reluctant to start a life on its own. But my feeling of optimism only lasted a few days, until yesterday when I met Stefan Stürup, DOF-kbh, in the forest (Kongelunden), where he told me that, just five minutes earlier, the eagle had been caught to be transferred to a rehab-station in Jylland. Apparently the bird had been found by visitors near the golf course the day before, sitting on the ground. And according to the rescuing-team the bird had difficulty flying, because it was missing all the remiges in one of the hands! Stefan says, this is not unheard of among raptors. I haven't been able to find information that supports this, or for that matter, any that rejects it, but a completely asymmetrical damage, and apparently a clear-cut one, in my eyes, does ... read more |
Nature is Magic!
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2022-01-15
Amager 99 - the sweet smell of victory teasing my nostrils. So close now. Today I went to the southern dike tower on Kalvebod Fælled and ended up with an overwhelming five new species for the year: snow bunting, common shelduck, reed bunting, peregrine falcon and greater white-fronted goose. A floc
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2022-01-14
Urs Rabani trådte ud i Yrsagade, og gik rundt om hjørnet op ad Karlagade. Han følte sig lettet. Det gjorde han altid når han kom ud i Yrsagade. Ugentligt. Han skulle hjem nu, før han skulle videre sydvest-på. Direkte. Men avisstanderen foran kiosken fangede hans blik, da han gik forbi. Han sto
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 Assuming, hoping it's a fake. From the Heart
Vis du byder mig tavsheden og dine smukke smilende øjne, så har du vundet mit halve liv og det meste af mit hjerte.
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Did you know that...
In 2010 and 2011 the Harpy Eagle has been seen again after many years of absence in Chiapas in the Lacandon rain forest. One time close to Yaxchilan on the border to Guatemala.
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