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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

10,000 Birds

The potholes and associated grasslands create North America’s most productive habitat for breeding waterfowl, making it an area of global significance for Mallards , Northern Pintails , Blue-winged Teals , Gadwalls , Northern Shovelers , and others. Photos: Prairie Potholes at Kulm WMD in North Dakota (USFWS). million acres.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

thesis on the “Social Behavior and Cooperative Breeding of Kalij Pheasants” in a place with much nicer sanitary facilities than where I saw the bird (in rural Fujian). North Dakota. South Dakota. This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. Examples: California.