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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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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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A Near Conjunction

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As if to stamp its approval on the habitat alteration, a Pale-breasted Spinetail voiced its content with the human disturbance. Many friends and guests enjoyed seeing this particular bird soar, hunt, or even sit for hours in the valley. Some farming activity in the area meant that there had been some manner of clearing created.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. When you throw the feral Cat in there, not only do they push out the indigenous wild carnivores, but they are hunting animals that are not quite adapted to avoiding them as well as they may be to avoiding other animals.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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We are always content bird-watching around Broome anyway! It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. This year we were fortunate to observe birds in Victoria at the start of the year before all of the lockdowns. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. They provoke honeybee colonies, which then fly out and attack the bird.

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