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Birding Senegal: Costco ads and Scissor-tailed Kites

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According to Google, Senegal is about the same size as South Dakota. lists in South Dakota and Senegal has had 757 eBirders submit 12.1K We ended up in the area just south of Kaolack at around 4:00 pm where we headed off the highway into a small village along the Saloum River.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. Change in Law.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2011?

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My mother, mother-in-law, and godmother are all visiting right now. Turkeys, 3 or 4 species of woodpeckers, all kinds of song birds grace our view constantly. All conditions are perfect here in central South Dakota for the waterfowl travelers. On my side of the Equator, the future is growing a whole lot brighter.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words). 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.