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

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The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,000-acre wildlife sanctuary that provides habitat for more than 330 species of birds. It is located just northeast of the Denver International Airport and offers excellent birding opportunities.

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Rachel Carson: Secret Birder

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Growing up in western Pennsylvania, she explored nearby woodlands with her mother, a naturalist, who encouraged her daughter to observe all of nature, which ultimately led to Carson’s early stories about birds. One such woman was Ada Govan, an amateur ornithologist who’d already established a bird sanctuary in Massachusetts.

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My Favorite Release

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Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Sophie the Scissortail was the most difficult but the most satisfying bird of the season.”.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

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The voices of Jim Vandersluis and Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis of Maple Farm Sanctuary were especially poignant, and the anguish in their faces--in their eyes--jumps off the screen as they explain how and when it hit them that the business of raising goats for milk requires surrendering the babies to be slaughtered.

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Extreme Raptors

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If you have never been to Hawk Mountain , Pennsylvania during fall migration I would strongly recommend a visit. Sharp-shinned Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Merlin and Peregrine, amongst others, dazzled the crowds on this, one of the busiest weekends at this important sanctuary.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Central Park–The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary. Central Park–The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary. Central Park–The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary. Golden-breasted Bunting – Emberiza flaviventris. Kruger NP Malelane Gate to Pretoriuskop, via Afsaal. 19 Oct 2019.

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey: A Book Review

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Major hotspots like Garret Mountain Reserve, Scherman Hoffman Sanctuary, Sandy Hook NWR, and, yes, Cape May, are cited, but also smaller, less-known birding spots like Rogers Refuge, Walker Avenue Wetlands, and my Negri-Nepote. A map of the state on the inside front cover shows where most of these sites are located.