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Bloody Bay Birding

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The bay itself is fairly large and sheltered from the elements, and one of the larger rivers draining the Main Ridge Forest Reserve empties into the bay on the northern end. As it got a little brighter, the terns took flight and began hunting in the shallows. Observing them hunt was almost as thrilling as being on the mission myself.

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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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The great green Caribbean lowlands – Costa Rica

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Watching my first Brown Pelicans , I am inhaling deeply and commenting to Sergio Arias how strong the scent is. Sergio and I continue to a sloth shelter, where, waiting for the tour, I sit in a café. He answers: “Maybe the ganja those guys are smoking makes it that strong.”.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways.

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