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BIRDING ACHERON: Hell is closed for renovation

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We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra , the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked up (well, not really for renovation, but for further research and digging at this archeological site). I can still hear the gunshots and hope that the hunters really do shoot only the flying birds.

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

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Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. Visitors are encouraged to wear hunter orange during hunting seasons for safety. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA. v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

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