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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “By

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Everyday Sunshine: Great Blue Herons

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As I’ve posted before they are efficient and merciless hunters. This one was so good it caught two fish at a time (just once though). They do like to supplement their diet with small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects. They are aided by excellent binocular vision that lines up with their dagger-like bill.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. Of course, Little Egrets like to eat fish. But then, I am not a hunter, and do not understand them either). Maybe link to another music recommendation?

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