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Winter Wanderland

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I might have to add the Dallas airport staff to the list of things Buffon was right about. Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. I flew into Denver from Mexico. Empty no more, the ponds were now brimming with ducks of all creeds and persuasions – it was spectacular.

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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

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I recently traveled to Texas and made a trip to Hagerman NWR (an “Honorable Mention”), which is north of Dallas. There were already many Snow Geese (along with some Ross’s Geese) as well as countless ducks, primarily Northern Pintail. Since then, I’ve had a long-term goal of visiting the ones I have never visited. (I

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