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

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Pelee National Park – Ohio Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge – Texas These locations offer a variety of habitats including marshes, wetlands, forests, coastal areas, and deserts, attracting numerous bird species throughout the year.

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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Bear River MBR (Utah). Ding Darling NWR (Florida). Klamath Basin NWR Complex (California and Oregon). Marks NWR (Florida). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR (Washington). Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada).

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A Day in Anchorage

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I’ve tackled Texas, collected in California, fooled around in Florida. As we headed down the trail, we were stopped from taking the long route by yellow tape and a sign warning of bears. ” A mid-sized Grizzly Bear was slowly making its way along the opposite bank of the river. What an incredible experience.

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High Noon Birding in the Mountains of Los Angeles

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Scaly-breasted Munia , formerly Nutmeg Mannikan, is supposed to be easy to find in southern California in late August (just check the eBird graphs), but the established exotic had eluded me till Catherine Hamilton and Luke Tiller invited me to bird their small Pasadena neighborhood park. Birding California San Gabriel Mountains'

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My Subtropical Bird Garden

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We share some plant options with southern California, and others with Florida. And it bears for more than half the year! Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. And nothing more. Salvias, salvias, salvias!

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Service also proposes expanding hunting and sport fishing on the following refuges: California. It encompasses over 70,000 acres spread out between Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties, and includes about 43 miles along the Gulf Coast of northwest Florida.” The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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Or an animal that could use the aid of human intervention, such as the Florida panther, which has benefited from the culverts built to help it safely cross highways (221). For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. Consider all the steps it took to create our massive carbon footprint.