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Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization

10,000 Birds

Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. Ahab wasn’t fishing, and the guys in ‘The Big Year’ aren’t watching birds, they’re scouring North America in a ruthless bid to tick off more species than anyone else. The feeder dangles from a clothesline between two pine trees, beckoning a range of bird varieties.

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

10,000 Birds

High school graduates would not only know birds, but would also be more aware of the native plants, insects, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that inhabit the woodlots, grassy fields, sea cliffs, and other habitats around their homes. But his class was only one of two in the U.S., Think about it for a minute.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

As Mike Bergin wrote years ago 4 , “Apparently, when it comes time to calculate the financial contributions of the different sectors of outdoor enthusiasts, only hunters and anglers put up worthwhile cash, in part through the sale of hunting and fishing licenses.” Fish and Wildlife Service 6 counted 71.1 million hunters.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Any other factories on the agenda? Perhaps they are taught that other cultures eat animals other than cows, chickens, fish and pigs, I don't know. Would I ever say I restrict my diet to food that wasn't made from the parts of creatures as sentient as the greyhounds I share my home with? I don't think of that as a restriction.

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Wildlife and Life Celebrations

10,000 Birds

Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. No buying invasive fish from the pet store and tossing them into a pond, where they will grow into behemoths and devour the native species. It’s over; the balloons all went up between 4:15 and 4:30 on a Monday. No one knows how many. No balloons.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

10,000 Birds

I chalked up 132 species in a pretty relaxed eight days, during which birds shared the agenda with culture. 2 Baranda fish farm. The fish farm complex that lies about 30 km north from Belgrade, stretching between the villages Baranda and Sakule, is known as the Baranda fish farm. eBird bar chart. #2

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Rough and Ruddy

10,000 Birds

Assuming that I would hear if the Pac Loon showed up, I turned to the quartet of turnstones working the pier for bits of fish scraps. The birders scattered and went on to other things, including my group which had Harlequin Ducks and Black-chinned Hummingbirds on the agenda. The Pac Loon never made an appearance.

Agenda 158