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The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

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We have a simple solution to raise more money for the National Wildlife Refuge System. million hunters. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp) sales were at their peak in the 1970′s with 2.1 This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. A lot more money!

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

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Gaines, notwithstanding that the story (1) takes place in the Uruguay of 1999, with plenty of commentary on the Uruguayan political scene of that time, (2) is narrated by a bird illustrator who identifies the birds he sees only by their common Spanish names, and (3) flashes back to the use of torture by South American juntas in the 1970’s.

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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

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They will list ten or twenty or fifty titles, and will include, inevitably, Hunter Biden’s autobiography, and Volume 12 of Barack Obama’s, and other such works. But if there is any justice in this world, there will be room on those lists for Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home , by Roger Morgan-Grenville.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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With the lockdown lasting until the end of May (ironically thus pretty much including the whole spring migration – the divine sense of humor is a rather malign one, I am afraid), June still had the freedom of birding anywhere in Shanghai, not just inside a smallish compound. Accessorizing for birds.

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A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

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(Just ask whoever greenlit the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty , about a family that sells duck calls.) Birds Conservation duck stamp' But what about those of us who’d rather just look at ducks than shoot them? Where’s our duck stamp? The ducks, and those who enjoy them, will thank you.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

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The family Picathartidae consists of two very unusual birds; White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes , endemic to the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa; and Gray-necked or Red-headed , restricted to Lower Guinea forests of Central Africa. White-necked or Yellow-headed Picathartes, Bonkro, Ghana.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

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Birds are singing and migrating, freshets are running, and trees are budding – yes, it’s time for all those things. And given what these birds have been through, this caution is certainly warranted. At last, it’s spring in the northern half of the world. What’s in a name?