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JUNE 17, 2015

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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AUGUST 25, 2021

It was also to be expected that the first passerine to turn up would be the Louisiana Waterthrush. These were two different Louisiana Waterthrushes , but with the same posing preference… dark and distant! I’m no expert, but I strongly suspect Rusty Sparrows only hunt for grubs when they are feeding babies.

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MAY 2, 2012

” That is the defense of Lloyd “Chip” Badeaux , a city councilman in Thibodaux, Louisiana, for killing 48 whistling-ducks at a friend’s house. Badeaux, who claims to never have violated hunting laws before this incident, faces up to six months in jail and a fine of $15,000. State law allows 6 dead ducks per day.

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APRIL 28, 2011

At least it made for a sunny Easter egg hunt… Get to Esopus Bend Nature Preserve. Now that is a bird that I had missed over our seemingly never-ending winter! It is a great little preserve and well worth a visit. Yeah, I am that much of an obsessive, thanks to the wonders of eBird.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

John James Audubon first heard the sparrow in July, 1944, on a buffalo hunt in North Dakota. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed relocating the 14 Whooping Cranes that live in Kissimmee Prairie, which includes the pair I saw, and relocating them to Louisiana. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

As background, a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). In 2023, it did so with the following allocations: Cat Island NWR (Louisiana): $1,466,000 to acquire 548 acres. These programs are effectively on auto-pilot. Silvio O.

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