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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Most of the world’s domestic geese can be traced back thousands of years to the wild Greylag Goose ( Anser anser ) although domestic geese were also bred from Swan Goose ( A. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. cygnoides ) ancestors. cygnoides ) ancestors. Get yours today!

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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Many refuges are strategically located along major flyways, allowing ducks and geese to hopscotch their way up the continent to northern breeding grounds and back down again. Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. This includes the military.

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St. Michael’s summer birding along the Danube in Serbia

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In two months they will depart for valleys, leaving the bare branches bare of birds, too – apart from woodpeckers – but for now they are in the forest. A sudden flight of a forest ghost, the Black Woodpecker goes from one side of the gully to another. Black Woodpecker , photo Heinonlein/Wikimedia Commons.

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Week four: We wrap up our stay in the US.

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In 1974, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge was established to protect the delta and its diversity of fish and wildlife habitats. This cold weather and snow does not seem to have much effect on the huge number of ducks and geese, but the smaller song birds, all seem to wake up much later in the days, and only after it has warmed up a bit.

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The top-5 birds of 2018

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Lesser White-fronted Geese, of course. With one Black Stork near them, some 80 LWfG were foraging in the distance, where the sun was just now clearing the mist. Then 20 more joined them, so I entered 100 in my notebook. Great Bustard by Andrej Chudy/Wikimedia Commons. Sombre Tit by Ivan Medenica/Wikimedia Commons.

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Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage

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These Blasts From The Past Requiem For The Rock Dove Domestic or Ganky Geese Birds at the Feeders in Saugerties Cardinal King Usurped The Sharpie: A Love-Hate Relationship About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. at Gloucester Harbor.Or

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

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While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew over the road and landed in a pine tree. I had two possibilities, an uncommon Middle Spotted or scarce White-backed Woodpecker – which would have been a lifer for me. One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start.

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