Wildlife Rehabbers share their owls with Brooklyn at Raptorfest 2013 in Prospect Park

Wildlife rehabbers let Brooklynites get close to the hawks, owls and eagle they’ve saved. We got to touch an owl!

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Tell the feds you want a Chicagoland NWR

Tell the FWS that Chicago and Milwaukee would like Hackmatack, a new wildlife refuge they could drive to. You might see whooping cranes, river otter, cougars, blandings turtles and all kinds of birds there. They take comments until April 27 and are set to decide this fall.

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Chicago so excited about bald eagle nest it cancels nearby shooting range plans

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Bald eagles chose the post-industrial wasteland of Chicago’s way South Side to build their first nest in the city in 130 years. The Chicago PD cancelled plans for a huge outdoor firing range nearby that environmentalists hated anyway.

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Rafts saving loons in Hidden Highlands

Black-throated diving birds (which look like loons, but are really rare in the UK) are being saved by rafts provided for their nests in remote Scottish Highlands.

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Hawk blooper at Prospect Park Raptorfest

Hundreds of Park Slope parents and birders got to see a bald eagle, an orange-faced king vulture and a ton of hawks fly through Brooklyn’s Nethermead.

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Top 10 Animal Webcams of 2011

Just a couple years after the Shiba Inu cam sensation, wild animals are fascinating millions of viewers with reality TV, family tragedies and triumphs.

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Wildlife near Fukushima: thriving but radioactive

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Wild boars are thriving near Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant, but test with really high levels of radiation. What will happen to the birds and fish that migrate through?

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Baby eagle cam goes viral

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Eagles nesting by an Iowa fish hatchery have become online stars. More than 100,000 people watch the pair feed their chicks and hope for another egg to hatch.

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Scotland takes wildlife crime seriously, maps raptor poisoning

Highlanders are the worst birds of prey poachers in Scotland, according to a new map and report. They even poisoned a rare sea eagle.

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Snorkeling with manatees the right way in Homosassa

Captain Mike’s is the swim with manatee tour you want to go on in Homosassa to get close to manatees, but not bother them.

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