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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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Use it or lose it?

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The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. she’s Texan.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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Sadly, the numbers of Falcated Duck are similarly declining – it is thus listed as Near Threatened. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). Fortunately, Tianmashan is probably too hilly to ever be turned into a Tesla factory or a technology park.

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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

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Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. This is particularly useful for a bird with small eyes that hunts under the soil surface at night. Ducks are the avian leaders of bill touch. A Little-spotted Kiwi by David Shackleford And then there are the vultures.

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