10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2017
Birders are familiar with the National Wildlife Refuge System, which consists of more than 550 units distributed through all fifty states. National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), which are managed by the U.S. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” Ding” Darling NWR in Florida.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 4, 2020
White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. I particularly enjoy birding national wildlife refuges, so I try to include at least one on each trip. With a country so vast and ecologically diverse, I figure I have at least a few more decades of trips to do.
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2014
Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. A duck farmed in a factory is part of nature as much as one that grew up on a pond, even if the particulars of its ecosystem are different. Unsustainable hunting leads to extinction.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2019
A gathering of the beats at the “Hot Duck” barbeque. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2019
Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata.
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