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

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For example, the federal government owns less than 1% in Connecticut but nearly 80% in Nevada. For example, migratory waterfowl make extensive use of national wildlife refuges during migration or as wintering grounds. For example, most of the world’s Black-footed and Laysan Albatross and Ashy Storm-Petrel breed on these islands.

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

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He gives lots of marvelous examples, such as the Blackpoll warbler, “among the most astonishing and extreme of all migratory birds.”. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Example A, perfectly up to date, is the wind turbine.

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Not enough Woodpeckers

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There is a Chinese proverb stating “Laws control a lesser person, right conduct controls a greater one.” For example, the Northern Flicker (Reno, USA) is always interested in discussing the nutritional merits of different ant species. With jokes like that, Great Spotted Woodpeckers rarely are successful in stand-up comedy.

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Flights of Passage: a book review

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And, in a nice irony, an example par excellence of the law of unintended consequences: the Redhead, a diving duck, has an aversion to wind turbines, and will change its feeding areas to avoid them. “Scientists fear that this may cause them to lose condition over winter and thus damage their breeding prospects.”

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Angry Birds, What’s Black and White and Hungry All Over, and a Little Something for the Ladies: This Week in Bird News

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The smart-looking example in the photo above is by Michael Catanzariti, through Wikimedia Commons.). The law of unintended consequences has tragic effects at a zoo in England, as rat poison ends up killing the Rainbow Lorikeets it was intended to protect. So crazy it just might work?

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

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Cleaning brushes, for example. Technique is often included in the bird image commentary; to paint the Greater Roadrunner, for example, Hashimoto notes that she did the eyes and beak last, and then added the background colors when the bird portrait was complete. Isn’t it time consuming?).

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Accessibility Matters

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Some access issues are addressed by federal law. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George H.W. I also did a post about eBird Mobile Track using the refuge as an example.). Bush in 1990. Thus, there is a good amount of online information for planning purposes. (I

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