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Birds to be Removed from Florida Endangered Species List

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be meeting on Wednesday and will be voting on the removal of sixteen species from the state’s endangered species list , including four birds – Snowy Egret , Brown Pelican , Limpkin , and White Ibis.

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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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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. Bear River MBR (Utah). Ding Darling NWR (Florida). Marks NWR (Florida). Many were specifically established for migratory birds and are strategically positioned along one of the four major North American migration flyways. Anahuac NWR (Texas).

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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While photographing the Brown Bears in the Russian Far East, a friend of mine, Jovan “Lucky” Lakatos, was with Michio Hoshino, Japanese-born nature photographer specialized in Alaskan wildlife and experienced in how to behave facing this apex predator. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps.

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A Day in Anchorage

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I’ve tackled Texas, collected in California, fooled around in Florida. The Anchorage area hosts a number of far norther species I could never hope to see in North Carolina, and I quickly pulled together a list of targets and my friends made a plan. Where bears are loose and grouse wander around with impunity.

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Purple Gallinule Photo Gallery

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Such is the burden that a digiscoping bird blogger bears when he visits the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in January. Most of them are year-round residents though much of the population in the United States – with the exception of south Florida birds – migrate south for the winter.

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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 Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. Ever since, our staff has been working hard to turn the land back to a more natural state within the floodplain of the Tualatin River basin. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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