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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. From 2020 to 2022, that figure was lower, about 500 animals per year, but is it because of better safety measures or fewer and consequently harder to locate quarries? Painted Dogs are already extinct in 25 out of 39 countries that they used to inhabit. Sniffing us.

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Paddling Piney Z Lake

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But it wasn’t four months ago, it was mid-June, 2020, mid-COVID-19 pandemic. The trails may have been buzzing with joggers, dog-walkers, and bikers, but the water was empty. Piney Z Lake is separated by Lake Lafayette by another raised berm – this time with no openings for paddlers.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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FWS stated that “[d]esigns may include, but are not limited to, hunting dogs, hunting scenes, hunting equipment, waterfowl decoys, managed waterfowl areas as the background of habitat scenes, or other designs that represent our waterfowl hunting heritage.” The comment period closed on March 16, 2020.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. My understanding is that since March 2020, the HBW is integrated into eBird ( source ). “I am big, and I am small.