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The Unsung Hero of Denver Birding!

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Once having spent enough time in this park a birder will notice that it offers the “kill eight birds with one stone,&# feel in terms of hitting multiple habitats. He moved from Delaware to Colorado and then like a week later this bird shows up in Denver. I joked with my good friend, Jeff Gordon (ABA President ), of his luck.

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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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Due to Prime Hook’s strategic location on the Delaware Bay, the refuge has national conservation significance as a designated RAMSAR Wetland of International Significance Site (1999), American Bird Conservancy-Important Bird Area (2000), and a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site (1986).

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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Without further ado, here are our Best Birds of the Year for 2015… Jochen makes us all jealous with a bird that most of us would kill to see. My Best Bird of the Year isn’t that spectacular … just my lifer Violet-chinned Hummingbird at my husband’s family’s house in CO. Hummingbirds are awesome!

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