LOCAL barn owls are starving to death in our persistent wet and windy weather. The World Owl Trust, (WOT), based at Muncaster Castle is becoming increasingly...
Wed Oct 6, 8:05 AM ET Science - Reuters By Ed Stoddard BANGKOK (Reuters) - The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble. An icon...
A barn owl has been stoned to death while sheltering in its nesting box in the Cotswolds. The "deliberate and callous" attack took place in a remote barn in ...
Do'es anyone have a half decent photograph and description on a Papuan Harrier (circus spilonotus spilothorax). I have a photographer friend here in Australia...
Just Published To find out more about this book and the conference (including over 160 abstracts) as well as WWGBP, the World Working Group on Birds of Prey &...
Ornithologists in the dark about mysterious decline of British owls By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor 20 October 2004 Mysterious, mournful, malevolent;...
Fri Oct 22, 4:17 PM ET Science - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists in China have found a 120 million- year-old fossil of a baby bird which is...
I just returned from the RRF meeting in Bakersfield, California. It was in conjunction with the California Hawking Club meet and I felt that was a great...
That's a beautiful bird. I am assuming it's yours from the show, Doug. Is it a male or female? How do you find the behavior of the LannerXSaker hybrid? ...
29 Nov 04 - First Flights Successful for both California Condor Chicks Wild-Hatched this Spring in Arizona The Thanksgiving holiday was truly a time of thanks...
Bridget, Yes, the pictured falcon is one of two I use in my show. They are both female, but this one is the only of the two that displays breeding behavior....
Some of you may remember Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York who became the subject of the book "Red-Tails in Love". His nests, females, and...
Bridget, You may be biased, but you are among friends. My rehab barn owl (Banshee) came from habitat destruction - she was in a lumber barn, bulldozed without...
Bridget, That would be an anomoly if the Red-tailed Hawk pair were to attempt rebuilding a nest during the late fall in NYC<???>. Douglas E. Trapp, Owner R.I. ...
for more info, visit: http://www.palemale.com OR http://www.mariewinn.com/disc.htm OR http://www.savepalemale.com To sign this petition, simply email...
There's an an all-day vigil outside the building that tore down the nest of everyone's favorite red-tailed hawk, Pale Male. It's at 74th and Fifth Avenue. We...
I thought it was against the law to harm or disturb a raptor, any raptor in any way. If the nest had to be legitimately disturbed for public safety reasons,...
The recent conversations regarding "Pale Male" and other urban raptors require some comment from a biological point of view. First, I must say that all raptors...
I would say, with this information, that diurnal raptors are better suited in the urban environment. Douglas E. Trapp, Owner R.I. Please accept my appologies,...
Douglas, Given the info in the other message (that the birds are hunting away from their urban environment) do you suspect that they are leaning on the ease of...
Douglas is right; diurnal raptors are better suited in the rural environment. No doubt. But what would you suggest we do with Pale Male and Lola now, now that...
I am so glad that this topic has livened up these boards. Urban- dwelling raptors are an issue that needs adressing. That Red-tailed Hawks have learned to...
FROM THE AUDUBON SOCIETY: THANKS TO YOU, THE AUDUBON WINS VICTORY FOR FAMED HAWK Great news! Audubon Society negotiators and the Co-op Board of a posh...
Many of us are Raptor Biologists and understand the reality of biological functions much better than most. Of course we must deal with the News Media, both...
For the insomniacs among us... I tuned into Late Night With Conan O'Brien recently to see that he has an addition to his nonsense - a Pale Male hawk puppet...
I enjoy your comments all Year, Thank You. Have a Happy New Year with Your Birds and your Family. Josep Vilet http://mx.geocities.com/mexquitic_zoo/ San Luis...
Recovery agency saves birds of prey By JEAN WILSON/Telegram Assistant Editor COLUMBUS - The Columbus area has long been a stopping point for bald and golden...
Just a note to let you all know that the Great Gray owl graces the cover of the National Geographic this month - a good article, even better photography. ... ...