10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2013

The Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act , which went into effect seventy-nine years ago on July 1, 1934, authorized the annual issuance of what is popularly known as the Duck Stamp. In 1976, Congress changed the official name to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp , presumably to broaden its appeal to non-hunters.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Plasticity in humans is probably modulated primarily through experience and enculturation. As I’ve noted elsewhere, it was really Darwin’s experiences on the Falklands that first congealed many of his evolutionary insights. The study used many species, good sample sizes, and is statistically convincing.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. Tiger’s historic range in about 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

If you ever wonder why so many American birders leaven their love of nature with a little self-loathing, look no further than the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , which the U.S. Many of our most puzzling statistics arise from this otherwise innocuous report. It’s that damnable Duck Stamp.

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