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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Orange-headed Thrush

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The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Spotted Thick-knee

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The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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Getting out of line

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By building nests out over the swamp, the birds benefit from the protection offered by the alligators in deterring predators such as raccoons and snakes. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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