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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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2022-01-24
Ingen hviler på laurbærrene det lover jeg, men der er langt mellem de sidste arter som kan hives i lande i denne januar. Anderledes ville det have været, hvis man havde heddet Steffen til fornavn og Nielsen til efternavn, da det så ville have været muligt både at se Husrødstjert og Rørdrum.
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2022-01-16
De smukke sjaggere kom til vores egn. I hundredevis hvirvlede de omkring og slog sig ned i bærfyldte buske, i høje træer eller søgende på den åbne mark. De gav mindelser om tiderne fra 80'erne og 90'erne, hvor jeg husker dem at have været mere almindelige i store vinterflokke end i de senere
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 Genuine and happily worn. 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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Birds, Butterflies and Dragonflies
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Did you know that...
The most numerous raptor migration in the world can be experienced in Cardel in the state of Veracruz, where, some years, more than 5 million birds represented by 20 species pass by during the autumn months. Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged and Swainson's Hawk being the most numerous, counting for about 95% of the total.
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