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

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Why did the duck become a detective? Here are five birding jokes for you: Why don’t birds make good comedians? Because their jokes always “fly” over our heads! What do you call a bird that can fix anything? A “repairrot”! It always quacked the case! What do you call a bird that’s afraid to fly?

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Aslin Beer Company/Two Roads Brewing Company: Under the Wire

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In the following year, American telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse encountered such difficulty in his original plan to lay underground telegraph cable between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. that he had several miles already buried dug up and the entire system strung overhead on poles. As Daniel L.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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Of course, birders interested in contributing more concretely to the National Wildlife Refuge System should buy a Duck Stamp every year. Duck Stamps help conserve critical avian habitat regardless of who is in the White House. Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 Nisqually NWR (Washington): 289,000; $15.1

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Pacific Black Duck – Anas superciliosa. Pink-eared Duck – Malacorhynchus membranaceus.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Mandarin Duck – Aix galericulata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. ????–?????????????

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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In June, the 2018-2019 Federal Duck Stamp was released. Birders have been encouraged by the American Birding Association and others to buy Federal Duck Stamps. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has published a list of NWRs that have been created or expanded with Duck Stamp funds. Senators, and two U.S. Representatives.

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