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APRIL 17, 2012

Oil washes ashore at Venice, Louisiana. Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. May 19, 2010 Oil washes ashore on mainland Louisiana.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 241

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JUNE 17, 2015

The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. Ever since, our staff has been working hard to turn the land back to a more natural state within the floodplain of the Tualatin River basin.

Fish 144

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 144

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JUNE 18, 2013

“The birds” as a whole will be “fine” but many individual species will not. Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened.

Maryland 228

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 228

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JULY 21, 2014

There is another area of the Queens County CBC where a team will also likely see Monk Parakeets , Myipsitta monachus , but I am seriously determined to count that bird for my area, Coastal Flushing, a section of northeast Queens, New York, that includes Whitestone, home of one of the loudest invasive bird species in the U.S.

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Chicago New York City New York Illinois 206

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It is the 100th Anniversary of the extinction of the species known as the Passenger Pigeon and writers are paying attention. “Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.” And, when you think about it, it is pretty remarkable that anything new can still be said about the bird.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161