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Summer Birding at Conboy Lake NWR

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I decided to walk Willard Springs trial , a two-mile loop that provides a nice sample of the various habitats on the refuge , including wet prairie, marsh, meadow, and pine forest. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot effectively restore the lake or other natural hydrology. There are also private land inholdings, so the U.S.

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What is a “Nonessential Experimental” California Condor?

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently proposed reintroducing California Condors in the Pacific Northwest. But this potential population of California Condors will be a “nonessential experimental” group. In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border.

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A Survey of U.S. Birders

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Birders seem to be a fairly modest group: “Respondents rated themselves as somewhat skilled in identifying birds. Thus, the sample appears to skew young (late-30s) relative to my impression of the overall age of the birding community, likely a consequence using eBird as the pool of potential respondents. Citation: Patton, Stephanie.

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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. A sample of this process is here.) The environmental groups appealed to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., Fish & Wildlife Serv. For species listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. LEXIS 93734 (D.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. Fish and Wildlife Service talked about the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria on the wild populations of Puerto Rican Parrots. Last week, I “attended” the virtual North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC).

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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups.

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

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While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska. Best guess?