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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Schulman, 2010. Photo taken at the Sandy Hook, N.J. NOT IN THE BOOK.

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What Will My Next Five Queens Birds Be?

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Western Tanager – Pretty unlikely but a guy can dream, right? 315 – Western Tanager , 25 November 2017: I’ve been predicting one of these since 2010 and it finally came true a mere seven years later. I just have to be at the right place at the right time. I must stare at the ocean a lot. 1 out of 2!).

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The Blue House Dog

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It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. The homeless dog, once called Bones, renamed Blue, who played a “hide and seek game” with Cody, to protect himself and stay alive, ends up at Cody’s side. “I I don’t need a leash, he stays right next to me,” Cody says.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

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She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. I’m an author, good character names are fair game) joined the family and something rather miraculous happened. Guest Post: Susan Wilson originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 4, 2010. It already has me drawn in! Fast forward seven years.

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Predicting My Next Ten Queens Birds

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White-winged Dove – An example of November being the month for rarities, the White-winged Dove I found at Fort Tilden was simply about being at the right place at the right time. This record pretty much made my December and made up for the one that spent several years in Forest Park disappearing right before I moved to Queens.

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The Storks of Africa

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Marabous occur throughout tropical and subtropical Africa from Zululand in northern South Africa right up to the arid Sahel region fringing the Sahara Desert, avoiding the closed canopy rainforest zones of central and west Africa.

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