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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public. This concern of losing our public lands is actually something birders and hunters have in common.

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

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He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. The mental pictures it makes are better than any movie.

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