10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. A few days before my backyard birding afternoon, my husband and I had visited the Louisiana and Texas coasts, seeking birds in the incredible wildlife refuges that shelter wintering waterfowl and so much more. The emphasis was on discovery.

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Agenda Birds Louisiana North America 138

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Although the class focused “on birds, students also pick up some botany, geology, hydrology, forestry, fisheries, meteorology, and wildlife management,” students also learned “the names, habits, and importance of local animals and plants.” But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m. And many become birders.

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2018 Agenda Science Eggs 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

With casual bird watchers out numbering hardcore bird watchers, people with a camera and an interest in wildlife are not going to have all the facts about wildlife before they go out. They don’t know that’s not on your agenda. We all love the shots of an owl like this Great Horned Owl staring at the camera.

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Owls Barn Owls Agenda Zoos 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

Environmentalists view helium–filled balloon releases as wildlife killers. Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. He died four months later, and his parents called for a celebration of his life with a mass, world-wide balloon release. Here’s where the internet trouble began. No one knows how many.

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Wildlife Agenda North Carolina Raised 251

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2017

You may have birding from the window of your home, you may have been counting birds at a local wildlife refuge, you may have been counting birds on a feverish run from one end of a state to the next. Next on the agenda was the drive up and over the mountains with time to check for Bare-shanked Screech-Owl and Dusky Nightjar.

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Costa Rica 2017 Owls West Virginia 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

Defenders of the gun club accused me of lying, of distorting facts, of being anti-hunting, of being an animal rights activist, of being allied with the dreaded Friends of Animals, of hiding my true agenda (gun control), and of being unconcerned that animal lovers were supposedly threatening members of the gun club with death.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 256