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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. Federal Lands are Vital to Birds Federal lands are vast and diverse, from the far north ( Arctic NWR in Alaska) to the Caribbean ( Virgin Islands NP in the U.S. Virgin Islands). But what else should birders know?

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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Virgin Islands , and the remote Pacific Ocean. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. The combination is potent.

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