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It’s On: The Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz!

10,000 Birds

and Canadian birders needed another reason to pull ourselves out of the winter doldrums, how about birding for a good cause? To help scientists determine how best to keep the bird and its “squeaky hinge” song from disappearing for good, the Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz is now officially underway.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only). 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. This is an Urban Refuge ! Why would you open it up to hunting?

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