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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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I’ve spent a lot of time in, and done a lot of writing about, the Rocky Mountains, their beauty, their climate moods, and the wildlife that lives here. But eastern Montana contains the equally though differently stunning high plains, a world unto itself with very different wildlife meeting very different challenges.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of April 2018)

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Migrants are on the move, if you can bear to be out looking for them! But a drake Wood Duck is always appreciated and that it plopped down in front of him at Big John’s Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge made it even nicer. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.”

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A Brief Coastal Visit to Oz

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Given this Blog is 10,000 Birds I would like to share, over time, some of the 350 plus Sunshine Coast birds and my favourite birding locations plus some mammals and other critters of my greater area. I am hoping that there is an appreciative audience here, willing to learn a little about down-under birds and wildlife.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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This blog is written by writer, photographer, and animal advocate Ingrid Taylar. Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I scrambled for a box. I was mortified.

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I Remember Elephants

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Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. How much time did you need to read this blog? Every now and then, I need to cut the world off and clear my mind. In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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The final piece of a puzzle comes from the official blog of the US Department of State, claiming the US are working “to make the Ross Sea an MPA [a marine protected area]. And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals. Now you know.

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