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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). For example, the federal government owns less than 1% in Connecticut but nearly 80% in Nevada. There is one gigantic outlier: Alaska.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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but I really feel I should nominate an albatross, if only because I love taunting Corey about them. Only trouble is, which of the seven species I saw this year do I pick? Black-browed Albatross by Duncan Wright (Click it to make it big.). Dragan had a real stunner for his Best Bird of the Year!

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