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Birding’s Biggest Dips

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All twitchers will experience it at some stage or another. First he drove to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware to twitch a possible Little Egret that had showed up. No luck but Mike knew he could get the “predictable” Kelp Gull at Sandgates, Maryland as the tide began to pull out at Bombay.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

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The economic impact of refuge visitation is broad: Recreational visitors pay for recreation through entrance fees, lodging near the refuge, and purchases from local businesses for items to pursue their recreational experience. Blackwater NWR (Maryland): 223,000; $7.8 Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware); 166,000; $5.3 Billy Frank Jr.

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