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Stop the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Hunt! (Again)

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Yes, the earth has gone around the sun twice since the uproar from birders and other lovers of wildlife managed to convince the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to table the idea of hunting Sandhill Cranes in Tennessee for two years. Tennessee started a festival around the event, just for wildlife watchers.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). One nice little story for my blog post lost. of its hunts are successful. Blue-throated Bee-eaters build nests on sticks sticking out of the water. Back to birds.

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Use it or lose it?

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I’m not going to rehash that war here, seeing as how it is a bird blog and not one about foreign policy, but it is perhaps appropriate to note the maelstrom of violence that has been pretty much ongoing since the neocons went in to make everything better. Unsustainable hunting leads to extinction. she’s Texan.

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Crossley Giveaway Reminder

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These Blasts From The Past American Seabirds Thrown a Lifeline Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere Breeding Site of Large-billed Reed-Warbler Found Queens Christmas Bird Count IATB #137 Deadline About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Does This Make My Mom A Bird Blogger?

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Say Hello to the South Hill Crossbill Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere 3 Million Page Views! A good day for my blog :>) Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 4:43 am Nice shot! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. 2 Responses to “Does This Make My Mom A Bird Blogger?&#

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?

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Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Nonizamboni Mar 3rd, 2011 at 4:06 pm Amazing capture! Really nice!

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Best Bird of the Year 2014

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Later, Harry Fuller, President of the Klamath Bird Observatory, led us to an open meadow where we saw a pair of Great Gray Owls hunting in a meadow. I also blogged about that dreamy day. I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife.

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