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The Little Big Year-Week 44: Off to the islands ‘Mon

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Last week, we quite impulsively jumped in a rental car and drove 2600 miles round trip to south Texas to pick up 34 new species. It just so happens, that there were some pretty decent priced flights out of Tucson, so Jeanne booked a couple of tickets, and then had to beat it back home from Texas. L ittle Big Year species – 1280.

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Will Environmental Laws Prevent a Wall Through Santa Ana NWR?

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Birders have been apprehensively watching developments regarding the construction of a border wall through the renowned birding location of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. County of El Paso v. And, most recently , again near San Diego in 2017. Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff , 527 F. 2d 119 (D.D.C.

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