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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. Please note that the availability of specific bird species may vary depending on the season.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. Our mobile phones had no signal inside the reserve, yet, the guides were communicating on some local network, informing each other where the tigers are. The Telia Lake.

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

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Critically, NWRs preserve habitat and wildlife, often for endangered species. For example, even if nobody visited Aransas NWR in Texas, it would still provide virtually all of the wintering habitat for the endangered Whooping Crane. Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 Billy Frank Jr.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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And, it is this spirit of acceptance, an embrace of this pristine wilderness and its inhabitants–even when he’s fording a river in icy slush up to his waist or waiting in bitter cold for a fish owl to come into a trap or getting lost in the middle of a snowy nowhere—that informs this book and brings us totally into his world.

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Birding under Clouds of Uncertainty: Santa Ana NWR

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It would also consider cost, design, location, and other variables, such as the impact on the environment, including endangered species. These are the people who would most directly bear the burdens and reap the benefits of a wall, so their views are worthy of consideration.

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