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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

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I recently traveled to Texas and made a trip to Hagerman NWR (an “Honorable Mention”), which is north of Dallas. In the Fall, Franklin’s Gulls migrate through Texas and Oklahoma on their way south. Bonus Birding : My eBird Profile also showed that I had never entered a checklist in the state of Oklahoma.

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II

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Not far behind is California (348, up from 297), followed by Arizona (294, up from 155), Florida (233, up from 227), New Jersey (223, up from 199), Oregon (221, up from 209), and Texas (218, up from 106). Thus, there are now seven states with 200+ observed species. The state with the largest increase was Arizona , with 139 species added.

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Trump Signs Executive Orders And Scott Pruitt Stacks EPA With Climate Change Skeptics

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” Meanwhile, Ryan Zinke, the newly appointed Secretary of the Interior announced that the Department will offer 73 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida for oil and gas exploration and development. As stated in a recent New York Times article.

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My eBird 10th Anniversary

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Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. Texas and Florida round out the Top 5. I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list. A checklist from Rock Creek Park in Washington D.C. was good for 11 lifers. Our honeymoon in the U.S

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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and it breeds in the scrublands of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico. The comment period closed in February 2017, and not all commenters were fully convinced, including Audubon Texas. Photos: Black-capped Vireos ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) at Fort Hood, Texas, by Cameron Rutt. It winters on the Pacific coast of Mexico.

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What is a Titmouse?

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This native of Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico is now recognized as a separate species, but the two species will hybridize when they meet. The Oak Titmouse resides on the Pacific Slope from southern Oregon to the Baja, while the Juniper is a bird of the Great Basin and desert riparian woods as far south as Arizona, Texas, and Mexico.

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At What Point Are American Tea Baggers Labeled "Terrorists?"

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Was Tim McVeigh who blew up the Oklahoma Federal Building an animal rights/environmental activist? What about the nut who flew his plane into the IRS building in Texas? According to our government, the animal rights and environmental movements are the number one domestic terrorism threat in the United States. What about militias?

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