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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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I also asked ChatGPT for some birding jokes, and they are at the end. # # # Query: Provide a list of the 20 best birding locations in the United States. As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, the following list includes 25 well-regarded national wildlife refuges in the United States for birding.

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Singing Wood-Warblers

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The Orange County / Rockland County border by the Hudson River, where Bear Mountain State Park, Harriman State Park, and the United States Military Academy all come together has the best variety of woodland breeding birds to be found within an hour of New York City.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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The key point is that Refuge System is perhaps the most important conservation program in the United States. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S.

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Mountain Bluebirds at Lassen Volcanic National Park

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Mount Lassen erupted and exploded in May of 1915 sending ash and steam in a 6 mile (10 km) tall mushroom cloud, making it the largest recent eruption in the contiguous United States, until the explosion of Mount St. As the fifteenth national park established by Congress, it is one of the oldest national parks in the United States.

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Studying Storm-Petrels (or how I learned to stop worrying and love molt)

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For birders heading off the coast of the eastern United States and attempting to tackle the mess that is the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel complex, a group of up to four cryptic species, this is a very real possibility. It still does so with me, but bear with me here. Breeding, migration (twice a year), and molting.

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King of Kings

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They are fiercely territorial on breeding territory, but in migration they often gather in rather large numbers. Eastern Kingbirds breed across the eastern United States and much of southern Canada. Eastern Kingbirds can pull off amazing aerial maneuvers but can also look very inefficient in flight.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. GUIDE COVERAGE.