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A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

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JUNE 30, 2013

A mockup of what a Wildlife Conservation Stamp might look like. If this all sounds like a great idea to you, check out the Wildlife Conservation Stamp’s website to learn more. Birds Conservation duck stamp' Duck hunting is big business in the United States. The ducks, and those who enjoy them, will thank you.

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Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

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JULY 17, 2013

Ring-necked Duck ( Aythya collaris ) photo by Larry Jordan. The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act , which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1, 1934, authorized the annual issuance of what is popularly known as the Duck Stamp. 30 million wildlife viewing visits. 30 million wildlife viewing visits.

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Cinnamon Teal at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cinnamon Teal ( Anas cyanoptera ) pair by Larry Jordan (click on photos for full sized images) Winter is the time to visit the National Wildlife Refuges in California. Fish and Wildlife Service; they serve as resting and feeding areas for nearly half the migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway.”

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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

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MARCH 2, 2011

Being winter, this bird is in non-breeding plumage with more brown upper parts and lacking the white face it acquires in its aternate (breeding) plumage. • Explore These Related Posts Another California Bird? Larry wanted to share his passion for birds and conservation and hatched The Birders Report in September of 2007.

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Northern Pintails at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Northern Pintails ( Anas acuta ) photos by Larry Jordan (click on images for full size) It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it was a dark and stormy morning when I got to the photo blind (also known as a hide) an hour before dawn, as is required by the refuge rules. These two birds pictured below were obviously a pair.

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California Peregrines Victims of Their Own Success?

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JULY 25, 2013

This Peregrine close-up courtesy of Larry Jordan. Fish and Wildlife Service, which granted permits to rescuers who moved Peregrine chicks away from bridges, more precarious spots than cliffs or buildings for young just learning to fly. total was roughly 100 birds. The ruling was handed down by the U.S.

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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

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JULY 18, 2013

You may not realize it when you look at those bizarre looking waders with the massive bills and the vacant expression, but you’re looking at a group of birds that has inspired humankind for literal centuries. It’s hard not to be taken in with the green-glossy plumage of these highly migratory and social birds.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Sales of duck stamps have funded the preservation of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, which in turn has supported an increase in waterfowl populations. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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The Unique Black-necked Stilt

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Black-necked Stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus ) photos by Larry Jordan Click on photos for full sized images. The male is the only Black-necked Stilt in the second segment of this video, along with several Greater White-fronted Geese, and the third bird that comes into view in the final segment that is larger than the other two birds.

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The Western Screech-Owl Nests in Tree Cavities

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Western Screech-Owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) photos by Larry Jordan It’s been an interesting winter in my neck of the woods. When we arrived at the house with the “No Trespassing” sign, atop which the bird was perched, it was sleeping peacefully until a couple of rowdy Western Scrub-Jays roused it from its slumber.

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Duck Butts

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Duck Butts Duck Butts By Corey • February 28, 2011 • 7 comments Tweet Share We here at 10,000 Birds believe that every bird is beautiful and, moreover, that every part of every bird is beautiful.

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Duck Migration

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MARCH 14, 2011

And, sure enough, as the sun set birds came over in ones and twos and fours and fives, adding to what was already a pretty darn big flock of birds spread out on the West Pond. Mostly the ducks were Red-breasted Merganser and Greater Scaup , the two most prevalent species on the pond, but there were a few other birds mixed in as well.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York

Leucistic Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

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MARCH 9, 2011

This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #133. … If you liked this series of images you’ll love 10,000 Clicks , our photo-galleries page here at 10,000 Birds. It’s always interesting to find a leucistic bird. Go check it out! Get yours today! Thanks, Corey! I for one missed it.

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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

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JUNE 6, 2013

There are few birds in the sprawl of suburbia or the sylvan ideal of semi-rural existence as appreciated as wrens. The name wren first entered language to refer to that bouncy bird we now call the Eurasian Wren in the 8th Century as the Old English wraenna. like a snake through grass. Carolina Wren, photo by Nate Swick.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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MARCH 21, 2011

Melanerpes lewis is, to put it simply, a really cool bird. Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. In fact, the bird is the fifth recorded in the history of the state,* and the first spotted in the Empire State since 2001. What a bird! Really well.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. We also want to know what YOUR Best Bird of the Year was. Now on to the Best Birds of the Year for those who write on 10,000 Birds! Sound good?

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? photo by JZ When a population of birds numbers only 400 in the wild, there can be no such thing as a “nonessential” individual. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It flies on.

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Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring

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MARCH 16, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring By Larry • March 16, 2011 • 8 comments Tweet Share Whenever I see Tree Swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ) I know that Spring is upon us.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. We also want to know what YOUR Best Bird of the Year was. Now on to the Best Birds of the Year for those who write on 10,000 Birds! Sound good?

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Spotted Thick-knee

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MARCH 19, 2011

They are cryptically plumaged birds whose camouflage helps them to blend in with their often arid environments. The Water Thick-knee’s , Burhinus vermiculatus, preference for moist areas may contribute to the eroneous habit of considering them amongst the wading birds. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate.

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A Modest Proposal for a Wildlife Conservation Stamp

Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

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Cinnamon Teal at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

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White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

Northern Pintails at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

California Peregrines Victims of Their Own Success?

I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

The Unique Black-necked Stilt

The Western Screech-Owl Nests in Tree Cavities

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Leucistic Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

Best Bird of the Year 2013

The Nonessential Whooping Crane

Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring

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