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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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Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. The refuge is already open to migratory bird hunting, upland game hunting, and sport fishing. It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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Finally, South Africa has three 400+ hotspots, namely 1 Mkhuze Game Reserve 458 sp. Due to its range of habitats, over 500 species (573 eBirded so far) have been recorded and it is often possible to see over 100 species in a day, including a good selection of pelicans, storks, waders, ducks, kingfishers and hornbills.

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What Will My Next Five Queens Birds Be?

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Brown Pelican – This is a bird that will just take some luck while I am staring at the ocean. Either way, the odds of actually getting a Brown Pelican in Queens are pretty low. And are you as excited as I am to play this game again? Below are my predictions exactly as I made them. Three new birds in one month! 5 out of 8!).

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Snow in the Air

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Rarities and other goodies — a Ross’s Goose , a first-of-season White Pelican — also turn up, but the main attraction at Freezeout is sheer numbers, and these numbers, this spectacle, draw a fair number of non-birders to the scene as well as the dedicated bird nerds. The result?

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What Birds Will Get Me To 300 In Queens?

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Because it is much more interesting to predict the birds that will get me to my 300th Queens bird I will break from my tradition and predict my next eleven birds this time unlike the last three times I played this game and predicted my next ten. Brown Pelican - I refuse to acknowledge the unlikeliness of my finding one.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? If you want to get a detailed step-by-step description, see here.

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San Francisco – short of time and money.

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Brown Pelican and Brandt’s Cormorant roost here and can be seen flying in and out all day. Low tide reveals a small beach which may attract Marbled Godwit who were playing sanderling games in the gently advancing water during this most recent visit. In the foreground are the ruins of a once grand lido, known as Sutro Baths.