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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. and provides diverse nature experiences for visitors from around the world. Due to some erroneous numbers thrown about by Duck Stamp advocates, I feel that some explanations are in order. Now, as the popularity of hunting has declined, so too have the sales of Duck Stamps.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Also, it is a part of the international ecological corridor and the “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers” Important Bird Area (IBA), already proposed for a nature reserve by the Government’s Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia. Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of January 2017)

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Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful 2017, full of amazing birds and experiences. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. And of all of them making that move I think that the Red-throated Loons were the most entertaining, so I chose one of them as my Best Bird of the Weekend.

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The Ultimate Reward

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The world record holder is the town of Kikinda, further north, with 700 birds in their town square which has recently become an officially protected owl habitat – a small, urban nature reserve. I observe them, but feel I still lack experience to tell with certainty the SEO from LEO in flight. Long-eared Owls are irresistibly cute.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa). Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha). American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris).

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Common Moorhens at Hannover Zoo

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At these places they are neither shy nor reed-dependent but can often be seen grazing on lawns like cows or swimming on open ponds no less visible than a rubber duck in a bath tub. The following pictures were taken at Hannover Zoo recently, showing just that – feeding and preening, for a family-friendly birding experience.

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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

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Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).