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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Amendment. Below are highlights from across the country where conservation and stewardship won the day! Election Results = PASSED with 82.87% voter support. Savannah River. Photo by © Jamie Hargis. Measure 2A Parks and Open Space – Healthy Parks and Rivers for Everyone.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Twenty-four hours uninterrupted sleep,” wrote Vonda in Georgia. “I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Let me ponder it while I’m picking up two gulls and an egret.”. Just Desserts. “I’d

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Introduction to Winter Sparrows of South Florida

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Savannah Sparrow is actually named after the town of Savannah, GA where the type specimen was collected. Like Savannah Sparrow, the type specimen of Swamp Sparrow was collected in Georgia. Since the bulk of sparrow migration is upon us, these three are the focus of this article.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

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The introductory section also covers odonate colors, names, threats and conservation, research, how to photograph dragonflies, how to collect them, and, most importantly for us beginners, how to observe dragonflies and damselflies for identification.

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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

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When my friend Victoria, who lives in Georgia and who is an avid birder but who is not an avid reader of blogs and social media, asked me “Should I buy the new Sibley? Also notable, as Corey points out, is the 7-page section of the Introduction on Bird Topography, a collection of diagrams of bird anatomy. Again, access is important.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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She traveled to Antarctica and South Georgia, East Antarctica and the Ross Sea (“deep Antarctica”), Patagonia, the Falkland Islands, the small desert islands off the coast of Chile, the Galapagos, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.

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