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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

10,000 Birds

If you like birds on posts, if seeing “little brown jobs” posing nicely in the distance as you drive or walk along a dirt road only to have it fly away as you approach makes you deliriously happy, then North Dakota is the place for you. Scott Barnes, N.J. Audubon Naturalist, and Linda Mack, N.J.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The Service proposes opening the following refuges to sport fishing for the first time: North Dakota.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

10,000 Birds

In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. Black Rosy-Finch. Brown-headed Nuthatch. McCown’s Longspur. White-headed Woodpecker.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching: A Review by an Aspiring Seawatcher

10,000 Birds

Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. No rails or gallinules.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America. Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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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). This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. North Dakota. South Dakota. Examples: California. Connecticut.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much.

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