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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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For ornithologists, it is the documentation of a multi-year project designed to record the distribution and abundance of birds in a specific area (in North America, usually a state or a province), utilizing a mapping method involving blocks and grids. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Nevada (Univ. of New Mexico Press, 2005).

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Those holdouts were convinced by Michele Fiore, a Republican Assemblywoman from Nevada, to turn themselves in. This concern of losing our public lands is actually something birders and hunters have in common. This video was published by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers during the refuge occupation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYouXzAez-I.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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The argument is straightforward: birders (and others, including hunters) buy stamps and the federal government turns around and obtains important bird habitat. In other words, some of the most popular and diverse marquee birding hotspots in America were disproportionately obtained with Duck Stamp/MBCF money. Desert NWR (Nevada): 0.0%.

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