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Do the Right thing, Charles County

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Here’s hoping that Charles County, Maryland, stands up to the feral cat mafia and moves ahead with plans to require cats be licensed and special “animal fancier” licenses be required for those who harbor ten or more cats on their property.

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What is this egg?

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If it helps, I live northern Maryland by the Chesapeake Bay. Not sure if this is the right subreddit to ask this in but I figured I'd give it a try (if there's another one that may be better suited please lmk). submitted by /u/Dignalrump [link] [comments]

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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Then again, Geothlypis trichas was ever so briefly called the Maryland Yellow-throat , but cooler heads recognized how very common this warbler was. We here at 10,000 Birds have decided to right some wrongs and improve the birding world by renaming birds the way they should have been named from Linnaeus to the present. (Or,

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Birding from New York to North Carolina

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To get there we would need to get out of New York, through New Jersey into Delaware, and then on through Maryland and Virginia until finally reaching our destination. Upside-down, right side up, it doesn’t matter to Brown-headed Nuthatches. It’s entertaining and a fun way to get a bunch of county ticks.

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But…It’s a Canada Goose?

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punch line to a bad birding joke, right? She’s from Maryland, so birds like Anhinga , Purple Gallinule , Short-tailed Hawk and Tropical Kingbird were all new for her. Welcome to the Everglades where Wood Storks , spoonbills and frigatebirds are expected, but Canada Goose and Chipping Sparrow require documentation.

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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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Look at the Maryland-based website Crow Busters , although I warn you you’ll need a strong stomach for the photographs. Read your own headline, take a look at the buffalo skulls pictured at right, and wake up, Rip Van Winkle. Why do they do this? It’s not the 1800s anymore.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. Fidelity And Guaranty home office building in Baltimore, Maryland. An eyas was what he was after that day he worked the Texas draw, a young nestling about to fly.

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