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The Plume Hunter

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I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.

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Birding at a Historic Sporting Estate

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In a rare afternoon to myself, I had driven across the Florida/Georgia border to pick up a few things in a nearby town (curbside + social distancing), and discovered a historic estate, open to the public, along the road on my way back. During cold winters, the hunters retreated to the south, intent on quail and other game species.

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Looking for Waterfowl in Gulf Islands National Seashore

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After being “officially” closed during the government shutdown, Florida’s Gulf Islands National Seashore didn’t look too worse for wear when my husband and I visited over the weekend. As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m.

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Stop the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Hunt! (Again)

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More than 50,000 Sandhill Cranes stop to feed while migrating during the fall and winter between Wisconsin and Florida. As Vickie reminds us, not even a majority of Tennessee hunters support a hunting season on Sandhill Cranes : Once again, a proposed sandhill crane season is on the table in Tennessee.

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Carolina Parakeet: Mystery of the Incas

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And this from New England to Florida, west as far as the Great Plains. When hunters would fire into a flock, the survivors would wheel around and return to the dead and dying. Imagine those sun-headed, screeching demons alighting on a stand of cockleburrs or sweetgum or sycamore. Can you imagine it? photo from wikipedia.

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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As a result, animals like the Florida panther and diminishing habitats like the prairie grasslands stand a fighting chance. Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp).

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Flock to Marion

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This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world.