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What’s in a Name: Brewer’s Blackbird

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It is a bird, and it is indeed black, so that part of the tag is accurate enough. The blackbird wasn’t Audubon’s only venture into naming things for the guy; there was also a Brewer’s Duck, but that proved to be a hybrid resulting from the notoriously incontinent habits of Mallards , and it fell by the wayside.

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Interesting Ads In The Wildlife Industry

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Here are some ads: This is from Advanced Telemetry Systems and it advertises how you can tag wildlife like coyotes and then check on your animals from anywhere…even from your beach vacation…and the magical wireless internet that is available there for your laptop. And the weapons don’t stop there.

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

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He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration. I had roughly 10-20 species for Serbia including species such as Ferruginous Duck , Hazel Grouse , Griffon Vulture and Spoonbill. ducks), IBA, particularly nice landscape/habitat, or scenery…. r=RS&yr=all&m= ).

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! You don’t even have to have a duck stamp! Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. Isn’t that neat? It’s free!

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do. Here’s the petition. It has not.

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