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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Bear River MBR (Utah). For example, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is part of Gateway National Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service. Anahuac NWR (Texas).

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The Golden-cheeked Warbler and Conservation Banks

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For example, a developer building a subdivision will likely harm warbler habitat even though that is not the goal of the development. For example, a developer could set aside land for protection within the project (“on-site mitigation”). That is, the harm is “incidental.”

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. It’s not just for the birds.

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

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Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.”

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Our Ambassador

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Who can bear the weight of the birding world on their shoulders? You can be the one who blows your fortune to protect bird habitat. You don’t need to know what this is to be a shining example to us all…doesn’t hurt though! The question I ask you is, who should we look up to? But what about now?

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Have You Considered Keeping Goats as Pets?

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Bear in mind they are good at jumping, but also at damaging fences, so you will need to make sure you have secure fencing of reasonable height to make sure they don’t escape. It’s important to provide goats with a shelter to protect them from the elements.

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