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Twitching

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A very rare find in Northern California. For the past several years I have been taking advantage of our many National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) here in Northern California. In September of 2013 there was an Eastern Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) seen in Redding, California, less than 30 miles from my home. This was a no-brainer.

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Comebackers

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For mankind to snatch away a species’ very existence is wrong on so many levels that I can’t begin to explain them. However, despite our best efforts to wipe them off the face of the earth, some of the more vulnerable species have managed to hang on. this species breeds. Here are some U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Birding under Clouds of Uncertainty: Santa Ana NWR

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Trump’s presidential campaign was his promise to build a “great wall” along the border with Mexico. But the Administration is pushing hard to prove that it can deliver on promises made on the campaign trail. A key part of Donald J. So far, that promise has gone nowhere and the assurance that Mexico would pay for it is long gone.

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Andean Condors On The News

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The species is being re-introduced in Colombia and Ecuador where the condors are either locally extinct or persist in very low numbers. Fortunately, there is an interest for preserving the Andean condor and preventing an outcome similar to its California cousin. Photo: Alexander More.

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A Field Guide to the Birds of Honduras? An Interview with Robert Gallardo

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He is a great birder and has found over thirty new species in Honduras since he moved there in 1993. Honduras has a unique blend of birds unlike any neighboring country where more than 100 species end their normal southern and northern ranges, including many Mesoamerican endemics. Box 1166, Shasta Lake, California, 96019.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. With the exception of species that number in the hundreds, conservation biologists are not as concerned with the fates of individual animals, it is only when such fates of many individuals are added up do they begin to worry.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

Because we have ARK2000, our 2,300-acre sanctuary in San Andreas, California, we were happy to be able to help. &#. ADI gathered evidence has led to campaigns and legislative action all over the world to protect them. Ed Stewart, PAWS’ Sanctuary Director, added, “We have been busy developing plans for the new lion habitat.

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