Poison kills 2 bald eagles, sickens 3 more in Maryland

A reward of up to $3,500 is offered for information leading to a conviction for the poisoning of five bald eagles in Talbot County, Maryland. The eagles were found Nov. 20, having apparently fed on a poisoned fox carcass. Bald eagles are protected by both the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Click Learn More for high-res images.

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Researchers find migratory bird thoroughfare across Gulf of Maine

Researchers believe they may have discovered a previously unknown, but potentially very important, flyway that songbirds are using as a short cut across the Gulf of Maine during fall migration. During a recent bird banding study on several Maine coastal national wildlife refuge islands, more than 5,500 songbirds representing 75 species were captured, far exceeding the numbers of birds captured at long-running banding stations elsewhere.

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Owl seeks Service assistance

An injured great-horned owl turned up on the doorstep of the Richmond, Va., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office. The bird could not fly and is now in the care of a rehabilitator, who expects a complete recovery.

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West Virginia fish now a candidate for ESA protection

The Service has added the diamond darter, a small fish found only in the Elk River in West Virginia, to its list of candidates for Endangered Species Act protection with a priority of 2 on a 12-point scale for ESA protection. Other candidates in the Northeast Region and their priorities are: bog asphodel (8), Hirsts' panic grass (5), New England cottontail (2), and red knot (3) Priorities are based on threats to the species' continued survival and their taxonomy. Although the Service has enough information on these species to propose protecting them, higher priorities preclude that action.

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