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4686
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Raptors are birds of prey, including eagles, owls, and hawks. These predators sit at the top of the ornithological food chain, and their health is important to the chain's overall health. Each year thousands of these injured birds are rehabilitated and released through raptor centers across the country. The Carolina Raptor Center, one of the nation's finest facilities, is located on the Latta Plantation Nature Center near Charlotte.
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9557
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Raptors are birds of prey and include eagles, owls, and hawks. These predators sit at the top of the ornithological food chain. Many of them are injured in the wild, either by accident or by being shot or trapped. The latter activities are in violation of the Federal Migratory Bird Act. The authors describe how these injured birds are rehabilitated.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 43 Issue 5, May 1979,
p2-5, il
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29619
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Ospreys are raptors, or birds of prey, that dive underwater in pursuit of fish. The males also perform an elaborate courtship display, dipping and diving in the air with loud cries while carrying a fish or nesting material to attract a mate. Coastal bird watchers in North Carolina can observe ospreys during their breeding season from early spring through late fall.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 81 Issue 5, Sep/Oct 2017,
p36-39, il
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31365
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Birds of prey serve an important role in the ecology of their environments by keeping in check rodent, rabbit and snake populations. Students at the Raptor Rehabilitation and Research Center at North Carolina State University School of Veterinarian Medicine rescue and rehabilitate injured birds so that they can be released back into the wild.
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37982
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The butcherbird, also known as the shrike, is known for impaling its prey, whether lizards, mice, or other birds, upon thorns or barbed wire and leaving them there to decay.
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