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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Spotted Owls depend on old growth forests, largely in national forests and parks in the Pacific Northwest. This includes the military.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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And reports of birds nesting – not owls, of course, those weirdo snow fetishists, but other birds nesting – light up my life. With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. In 1998 W.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or A Fascinating Blog Post Three Brave Boys Save Secretary Bird Black-backed Woodpecker to Get Protection in California? Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:38 am Wow! Thanks for visiting!

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Camas and Cranes

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Highway 12, as it takes you from Montana into Idaho, has been the road to some of my greatest adventures during my time here. Today, the camas fields rest protected in the vast bosom of the Clearwater National Forest. Depending on a visitor’s luck, one can see moose and wolves, hear Boreal Owls or Townsend’s Warblers.

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Starlings and Eagles

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To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. To understand, and thus to protect. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates.

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What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?

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Share Your Thoughts « The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Nice post Corey! Corey Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:53 pm @Renato: Thanks! Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of March 2011?

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VRinA2 Mar 4th, 2011 at 9:32 pm Heading to the Soo, looking for Snowy Owls. Calif.) @ VRinA2 – where are you looking for Snowy Owls? We took a trip a couple of weeks ago to Montana – Pablo Reservoir just south of Flathead Lake had 2 Snowies for awhile, but (of course) they left about a week before we got there.

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