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Birding and Butterflying North Carolina Gamelands

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Still, we are in the midst of spring migration here in North Carolina, and I wasn’t going to let a little cold stop me from seeing some birds. Wayne Bailey-Caswell Game Land a little past 2 p.m. Exploring North Carolina gamelands. Trips butterflies migration North Carolina prairie warbler'

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New Games for a New Year

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I love birding games. Way back last year, a whole two weeks ago, a sudden influx of Ross’s Geese in central North Carolina led to an unofficial competition between myself and some birders in the Raleigh-Durham Area. Birding competitions county listing fun games' Big Days, Big Years, County, state, and patch lists.

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The Catbird Seat

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Where I grew up in Missouri, Catbirds were present, but not in the same density that I find here in North Carolina. &# when a whining mew pierces the relative silence of the screen-door spring evenings, though my infatuation with Catbirds pre-dates his arrival.

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Halfway Through the Year and Still a Lot More Birds to See in Costa Rica

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It was freedom from studies and classrooms, and the weather also made it possible to play baseball, video games, tag, and (in my case), study bird books and look for birds. We rode down to the Cataracts of Niagara, we pedaled our way to Fort Niagara , I tried to reach different habitats.

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Wildlife and Life Celebrations

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Recently a baby was born in North Carolina with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal abnormality so severe most carriers die at birth. Bring your kids to the mud pit/water fight/pie throw, and let them get as filthy as they like (and join them, if you’re game). No balloons.

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