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Proposed Changes to the Duck Stamp Not Well Received

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In 2015 a Federal Duck Stamp Task Force was convened under the auspices of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) consisting of seventeen individuals. b) Recommendation : Work with all groups to identify synergistic opportunities for promoting broad conservation benefits of the Duck Stamp. 1) Action : U.S.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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” Other birds are the subjects of Kaufman’s wonder, too, such as the early ducks — pintails, green-winged teal, and various diving ducks. “The The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences.

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Drones: The Next Thing Birders Will Be Arguing About

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Say a duck hunter knows that the closed pools nearby has ducks and it’s dead in the pool where they are hunting. They call their friend to check the ducks with a drone and the ducks get flushed and go to the hunting pond? Is a regular flight of a drone over a wetland going to affect what birds nest there?

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Interesting Ads In The Wildlife Industry

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Here’s a fun one from a company called Advanced Weapon’s Technology.

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My Loo List

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A glorious black monstrous male, he pecked at a berry with his ivory-white beak then turned and ducked back behind cover. Dusky Grasswren has multiple entries as they seem to find a human squatting on a desert mountain fascinating. I stood there, frozen mid-piddle, and the most incredible bird I had so far seen stepped forward.

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Old World waterfowl… and other waterfowl in the Old World

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As I mentioned last week, my wife, son, and daughter-in-law spent much of the month of October in Europe. I occasionally get to see the Redhead duck near my Mexican home of Morelia. Mute Swans seem equally adapted to human presence in Europe. Only a pair of Mandarin Ducks ! I also managed to see some I did not expect.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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It is threatened by habitat degradation as a result of the human exploitation of natural resources in the taiga and lower tundra regions of its breeding range, and by lake drainage for irrigation and hydroelectric power production (Armenia).” But, lacking the law enforcement in the field, nothing has really changed.

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