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I Get Back

10,000 Birds

I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore. When it became too much to bear, I stayed away from Pino Real for 18 months. This Mexican Violetear decided to prove this law: Colorful. I start visiting a nearby canyon to see what other species might be around. A gorgeous Squirrel Cuckoo blows my mind.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

10,000 Birds

The members of the MBCC are set by law: the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the EPA, two U.S. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. Quivira NWR (Kansas): 99.1%. There was approximately $9 million carried over from the previous year and smaller contributions from a variety of other sources.

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