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The European Christmas Bird Count

10,000 Birds

A Great Egret , a few Pygmy Cormorants and, by the middle of the Danube, about a hundred Greylag Geese. Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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Auto-pilot Conservation in the Era of Trump

10,000 Birds

A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters ; Geese at Edwin B. These programs are on auto-pilot. Among them are Federal Duck Stamps and related waterfowl conservation programs. It also approved $15.1

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