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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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Pelee National Park – Ohio Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge – Texas These locations offer a variety of habitats including marshes, wetlands, forests, coastal areas, and deserts, attracting numerous bird species throughout the year. Please note that the availability of specific bird species may vary depending on the season.

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What is the Terra Project?

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The Terra Project is an exciting collaboration between bird guide author Scott Whittle , wildlife tracker manufacturer CTT , and non-profit Conservation Science Global. Listen for and upload bird sounds to a central database for researchers and conservationists. Terra sounds like that dream device. ” Wow, right?

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An American Avocet in Rookery Bay

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Fed by the freshwater of Henderson Creek, the bay eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike many other estuaries in this part of Florida, Rookery Bay is protected by the Estuarine Research Reserve system, and remains almost entirely undeveloped.

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Western Snowy Plover

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Now that I am here in Mexico, I finally found them! The State of Oregon, in 1975 listed the bird as Threatened, and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife reaffirmed that status in 1989 under the Oregon Endangered Species Act. org [link] The American Bird Conservancy [link] and Defenders of Wildlife [link].

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Keeping up with the times

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Working my way thru college towards a wildlife sciences degree, and ever since, rarely has there not been a bird book close at hand. I also have a good selection of Mexico bird guides, but they are strongly biased towards the mainland Mexico and Central America.

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The Rusty Squirrel-Hawk AKA Ferruginous Hawk

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Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1. Obviously more research needs to be done on this magnificent raptor. The latest study I found was a migration study which included Canada, the United States and Mexico done by the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

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