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“The Center of the Universe”: Fremont Brewing: Universale Pale Ale

10,000 Birds

There is, however, an eBird hotspot for the Geographical Center of the Continental United States , so be sure to submit a checklist next time you’re in that part of Smith County, Kansas.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

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I Get Back

10,000 Birds

I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore. This Mexican Violetear decided to prove this law: Colorful. I start visiting a nearby canyon to see what other species might be around. A gorgeous Squirrel Cuckoo blows my mind. It is a little known fact that Mexican Violetears love flamenco dancing.

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eBird Profile Pages and the Power of Suggestion

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But I had spent years in Ann Arbor attending law school at the University of Michigan, albeit before I started birding. On eBird profile pages, size matters: tiny Delaware is barely noticeable whereas Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri are conspicuous. Some states just seemed to taunt. territories, some of which are missing entirely.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

Just don’t bring up the topic during a dinner with your in-laws. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota.

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Duck Stamps and the Best National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

10,000 Birds

The members of the MBCC are set by law: the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the EPA, two U.S. Quivira NWR (Kansas): 99.1%. There was approximately $9 million carried over from the previous year and smaller contributions from a variety of other sources. Senators, and two U.S.

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