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New Games for a New Year

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I love birding games. Orange is the Triad, Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point, my new home as of the summer of 2013. Some game with friends that gets you out in the field, maybe checking some unlikely places for unlikely birds. Birding competitions county listing fun games' Beyond that, maybe a beer or two.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of February 2013

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I for one don’t blame you if you would rather read a field guide than watch a football game, but consider watching the big one this Sunday… it’s going to be exciting!

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg.

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Dr. Jane Goodall Announced Grand Marshall of Tournament of Roses

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On New Year’s Day, 2013, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2013 Tournament of Roses festivities. 2013 will be the 53 rd anniversary of her field study of the Gombe chimpanzees.

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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

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According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on animals taken in fiscal year 2013 , “Wildlife Services” intentionally killed 657,134 Red-winged Blackbirds and dispersed1,777,960. A summary of the 2013 California statewide reportstates: The 2014 Statewide Survey was held from April 18-20, 2014.

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Flock to Marion

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Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. We arose each morning at 4:30am to find out that we were late to the game.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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According to the study’s lead author, Mark Vrtiska of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, “You may think the fall in hunters would be good news for ducks, but ironically it is leading to less money for the conservation of their habitat. And, of course, bird watchers are in a sense free-loading on the duck stamps as well. Vrtiska, M.,

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