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Signs of Spring Migration in Costa Rica

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Other warblers such as Chestnut-sided and Black-throated Green are still around but based on their breeding plumage, they will be quick to leave for the north any day now. Wilson’s Plovers are in Breeding Plumage. More Birds are Singing. Spring in Costa Rica is more of a transfer from dry to wet than from cold to hot.

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It’s On: The Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz!

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states, 9 Canadian provinces, and 3 Canadian territories) are asked to be on the lookout for these birds as they migrate toward their northern breeding grounds. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, and others). From March 1 through mid-June, birders in the Rusty’s range (38 U.S.

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During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. South Royalton, Vermont is a picturesque New England town that in 1991 didn’t even have a stoplight. I'll get back up to speed for next week, but without further ado. 

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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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Seney National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.” Swan Lake Refuge is managed as “a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife”. Seney National Wildlife Refuge : Expand migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and big game hunting.

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Hermit Thrush Brewery: Po Tweet

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Spring migration flies by – literally – rather quickly in the northeast but the closeness of the Adirondacks means that although all those boreal-breeding warblers, kinglets, thrushes, and sparrows disappear from my local patch by late May, many of them haven’t gone very far.

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“A wonderful bird is the pelican” – Pelican Brewing Company: Hazy Rock India Pale Ale

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Of course, reading field guides breeds jealousy. Less predictable are the particulars of the style itself, which coalesced at several Vermont breweries around the middle of the current decade. courtesy of a new generation of American, Australian, and New Zealand hop cultivars.

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