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The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is an urban park and nature reserve located along the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The park includes an interpretive nature centre, where educational programs and summer camps are offered. [ 1 ]
Skuas and jaegers are medium to large seabirds with strongly hooked talons, hooked beaks, and webbed feet. They are pelagic birds and feed on a variety of animals—such as fish, bird eggs, and lemmings—by hunting, scavenging, or kleptoparasitizing them. [15] [16] [17] Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus (A) Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius ...
Sign on the limit of Nicolet Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Quebec. Migratory Bird Sanctuaries are created in Canada under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. They are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service. [1] The first sanctuary in North America, Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, was created by federal order-in-council in 1887.
Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, Wambrook, near Chard, originally run by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton; Hillside Animal Sanctuary, Frettenham, Norwich; Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital, Knutsford, Cheshire; Monkey World, Wool, Dorset; Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital and Sanctuary, Mousehole, Cornwall
Animal welfare groups such as Zoocheck [10] opposed keeping a lone elephant in a zoo, since elephants are a highly social species, and that Edmonton's cold climate is unhealthy for elephants. Groups like Zoocheck have said that Lucy exhibits psychological health issues, including lethargy and abnormal stereotypical behaviours.
The park comprises 17.80 square kilometres (6.87 sq mi) of coulee and prairie habitat, and is home to a diverse variety of plants and animals. Bird species include prairie falcons, great horned owls, short-eared owls, American kestrels, and cliff swallows, as well as introduced ring-necked pheasants and grey partridges.
The following is a complete list of year-end champions for the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA), the sanctioning body for professional rodeo in Canada.In recent times, the CPRA champions have been determined at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) in Edmonton, Alberta.