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What Happened in Costa Rica on Global Big Day, 2017

10,000 Birds

Given that the country is the same size as West Virginia, and most of the migrants had already flew north, this was a damn fine total. Next on the agenda was the drive up and over the mountains with time to check for Bare-shanked Screech-Owl and Dusky Nightjar. The weather kept cooperating but it was another story for the birds.

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

10,000 Birds

A five-year study of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail recently reported that the trail attracts more than 640,000 visitors annually, infusing more than $8.6 Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted. million into the state economy each year.

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