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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

10,000 Birds

Many refuges are strategically located along major flyways, allowing ducks and geese to hopscotch their way up the continent to northern breeding grounds and back down again. Several endangered species are (or have been) highly dependent on specific tracts of federal land.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

10,000 Birds

The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Singapore is a densely populated city-state which still manages to protect a number of species. Southern White-faced Owl or African Scops Owl ? Singapore: Urban Bird of the Year.