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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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To insure that those places continue to exist, birders should lead the way on education and advocacy regarding the Refuge System. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. But when taken as a whole, the impact of the Refuge System is truly profound, supporting population-level numbers of numerous bird species.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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Birders often venture into various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, or coastal areas, to encounter different bird species. The primary objective of birding is to identify bird species based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and vocalizations.

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Should is not a Solution

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Most of the people debating this issue are for conservation, they are against wild areas being destroyed and wild species being threatened with extinction. I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be. And embattled minority should be protected.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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Johnson is not a birder or a naturalist; he was fly fishing to get his mind off the stress of working on the List Project, an advocacy organization he founded to aid Iraqis who had helped the U.S. In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. Mostly adult males. Frustrated with the U.S.