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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of February 2021)

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Apparently, this winter warrior has hunted the same farm field from the same vantage point for a couple of weeks now. Before Saturday Corey had only seen two in Queens ever, one in 2013 and one in 2015. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2013)

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He was very pleased to see his first ever Rough-legged Hawk in Queens, a dark-morph bird hunting over the old landfill. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. That’s his third new bird in Queens in less than a month! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

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The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act , which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1, 1934, authorized the annual issuance of what is popularly known as the Duck Stamp. In 1976, Congress changed the official name to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp , presumably to broaden its appeal to non-hunters.

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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Now, as the popularity of hunting has declined, so too have the sales of Duck Stamps. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. Case in point.

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The Caroni Swamp Scarlet Ibis Show

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Hunting of Scarlet Ibis for their feathers as well as drainage of portions of the swamp for rice harvesting was, at one time, putting what is now a major tourist destination in jeopardy. Fortunately, forward-thinkers prevailed, the site is now protected as a Ramsar Wetland , and the hunting of Scarlet Ibis has become a social taboo.

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Twitching

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In September of 2013 there was an Eastern Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) seen in Redding, California, less than 30 miles from my home. I make this statement with this addendum; I would not post the location of a species that could be targeted during hunting season. This was a no-brainer. I found it within 30 minutes.

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Minnesota, a Winter Owl Wonderland

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As for myself, in January of 2013, I finally took a much anticipated trip up to their world of ice and snow in northeastern Minnesota in search of them. I could hardly contain my excitement as I gazed at a Great Gray Owl and watched it hunt through someone else’s scope. My last day in the bog had a grand finale in store.

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