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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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“We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. 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. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Hat-tip to Stella. The proposal from U.S.

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

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too.

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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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Hat-tip to Stella. • Explore These Related Posts World Wetlands Day on the Highveld Bush Stone Curlews.Or

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds. to the far reaches of freezing Siberia.

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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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Hat-tip to Stella. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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