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What the rings reveal

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Only when I downloaded my images did I spot the ring, which was clear and easy to read (2BAT). It was only after I had downloaded my photographs on my iPad that I noticed that the bird was tagged, with a yellow tag 4F in each wing. Once again I did my internet research and managed to contact the person who had ringed the gull.

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From Russia With Birds: The World’s Biggest Owl, “Zombie” Pigeons

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Blakiston’s Fish Owl (image by Robert tdc/Wikimedia Commons) . In the hardcore “news” department, scientists from the United States and Russia have managed a successful study of the foraging and nesting habits of Blakiston’s Fish Owl , the largest owl on the planet and one of the rarest. ” side.

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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

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At a minimum, there should be a free and downloadable (without the need for an email address) dedicated or special issue of Birding for new birders. But as far as I can tell, nobody advocates for birders, so lands are opened to hunting and fishing , but not birding, photography, and other non-consumptive uses.

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Catify yourself!

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The Friskies “Catify Yourself” app is free to download and allows you to send photo messages to your friends from a cat-like you! Download from the iTunes app store, or use “Catify Yourself” on the Friskies Facebook page. Just want to have a chance to see what you might look like as a cat?

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How Many Birders Are There, Really? (Updated)

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Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) releases a survey called “ Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis.”. The most recent report was issued in December 2019 and it used data from the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Every few years, the U.S.

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Getting to Know Your National Wildlife Refuge: Comprehensive Conservation Plans

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The CCP also identifies challenges, whether endangered species, invasive plants, fish, or animals, pollution from adjacent lands, encroaching development, or any number of others. Most can be readily located online and a PDF can be downloaded for reading when convenient. (NWRs in Alaska are governed by their own rules.).

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Where to Watch Birds in the Iron Gates

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East of it, between the villages of Kostol and Mala Vrbica, there is the Mala Vrbica fish farm and Important Bird Area (the fish farm is not operational, hence the entrance is free, without the need to ask for permission). Download the map of the Upper Gorge. Download the map of the Lower Gorge.

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