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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. “The

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Snow in the Air

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For all that, though, migration here is still largely a water-based show, with the most spectacular signs of springs coming in the forms of ducks, geese, and swans. Several locations in the state, most notably Freezeout Lake, are graced with epic spring migrations of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans as they return north along the Pacific Flyway.

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The Queens List Won’t Stop Growing

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It was hunting around the edges of the West Pond of Jamaica Bay back at the beginning of March, a day that I saw both the individual in Queens and one in Brooklyn. Brown Pelican – With all of that seawatching one of these birds is bound to show up! Short-eared Owl – Finally, a bird that I saw! Snow Bunting – Yes!

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

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It’s the boar hunting season. Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. We are approaching a large mudbar with some more Dalmatian Pelicans… and a flock of geese… dark, round-headed and short-billed, elongated white blaze on their faces – threatened and declining Lesser White-fronted Geese !

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Comebackers

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Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. Aleutian Cackling Geese on Buldir Island, Alaska, where they made their final stand. With a six-figure population now, Cackling Geese are an abundant visitor the west coast and the Aleutians.

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Munkajarra Wetlands near Derby

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You have to look carefully, because often there are Australasian Grebes and Green Pygmy-Geese amongst the ducks and lilies. Quite often there are Australian Pelicans , Brolga and Royal Spoonbills present and the egret species often include Great Egret , Intermediate Egret , Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Ducks at Munkajarra Wetland.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. This species’ population is suspected to have decreased rapidly, owing to levels of hunting on the staging and wintering grounds, and habitat deterioration (largely as a result of land cultivation).

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