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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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What remains of their range is currently protected as the Pastures of Great Bustard Special Nature Reserve, but in the last several years there are only a dozen birds left, and only one adult male among them. Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot. What treats do they face?

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The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. He strongly believes that waterfowl hunters are the major reason we have waterfowl and wetlands in North America today. million waterfowl hunters in the U.S. million to 2.2

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