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JUNE 29, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other. Patience, thus, is key.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Dorian Anderson finds a moment of connection with a duck hunter during his bicycle big year, and, despite his distaste for the sport, realizes that in hunters we have allies for conservation. Another surprise is the two pieces on hunting, an interesting change from the essays on bird feeding in volume one. In the next essay, J.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Deadbeats To clarify, our more generous brothers and sisters on the extractive side of the wildlife appreciation line pay for licenses, excise taxes, and of course, the mighty Duck Stamp. economy than either hunters or anglers: 2011 Fishing Expenditures: $41.8 It’s that damnable Duck Stamp. Birders pay bupkis.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. He started experimenting with silk screening to produce most of his designs, including the images in Birds & Art. White article on bird feeding stations.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The birds that I have experience with, like some of the raptors, wading birds, shorebirds, and tanagers, are all true-to-life in color, shape, and proportions to say nothing of being pretty paintings, if slightly sterile on the standard plain white background. of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

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. Unlike most of the other units in the study, however, most visits were from hunters.).

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

My own trip was not an intensive birding experience, and August is clearly not the most productive month. Ducks and herons include Garganey and Ferruginous Duck , Squacco and Purple Herons , as well as the Eurasian Spoonbill. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, wildlife is still more commonly sold to foreign hunters.

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MARCH 20, 2014

even before I took binoculars, I was always chasing, hmm… impressionable experiences. The intensity of experience is not the same, but, e.g. focusing on a single bird and trying to solve the puzzle… or finding the rarest owl of India , that was a mind-blowing one. Museums – majority of them? Town squares? Who cares??!),

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area , which is open to vehicles not driven by hunters on Mondays and Thursdays only. I would have stuck around longer and kind of regret that I didn’t but I was on a mission to find a Fulvous Whistling-Duck , which was a life bird just waiting for me at T.M. In particular, I headed south, to the T.M.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience.

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MARCH 21, 2011

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or Looking at the Queens Bird List Again Ducks Winding Up Migration Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2010? These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010? I disapprove.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck. Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding.

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