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JANUARY 31, 2016

The year 2016 has just surrendered its first month to the abyss of time, leaving lingering memories of January warmth in its wake. As you can see from the feature pic, my lousy owl luck precluded me from getting too close to one of these crepuscular hunters. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2016 Hunters Owls Birds 101

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JANUARY 10, 2016

The very handsome bird wasn’t hanging out where expected, but I was lucky enough to spy it chilling (literally) on an ice-encrusted pier, unperturbed by the duck hunters that chased everything else away! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2016 New York Hunters Birds 100

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APRIL 2, 2024

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. This is the chapter where Osborn talks about “second chances.”

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 178

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APRIL 13, 2021

In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters. A core portion of the birdwatcher survey involved discrete choice experiments (DCEs). Broadly speaking, they were not.) But only 13% purchased a Duck Stamp. “A

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MARCH 7, 2017

Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. Significantly, The Eagle Huntress begins with an older eagle hunter releasing his Golden Eagle. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan. Rocky Mountain Books, July 2016.

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