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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Length varies, with high vagrancy family accounts like Anatidae (Swans, Geese and Ducks) and Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmer) seven to ten pages long and non-migratory, sedentary families like Indicatoridae (Honeyguides) and Grallariidae (Antpittas), just a brief paragraph, sometimes just one or two sentences.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders: Duck Stamp Rulemaking

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. Duck Stamp sales have provided more then $800 million dollars to protect more than 5.7 The winning entry (above) featured a Wood Duck and a decoy. For example, 50 CFR § 91.13

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha.

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Administrative Procedure for Birders II: Duck Stamp Rulemaking (Again)

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Last year, I wrote about the rulemaking process used by the Trump Administration to change the requirements of the art contest for the Federal Duck Stamp. And in order to reflect that contribution, the Administration proposed that the Duck Stamp contest have a mandatory hunting element.

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