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Creating a Birdwatching Backyard Paradise

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With the right amount of food, shelter, water and areas for birds to raise their babies, you can transform your backyard into a birdwatching paradise. Here are a few tips to get you started. One thing that will bring all kinds of wildlife to your backyard throughout the year is access to water. Access to Water.

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A Slacker’s Guide to Bird Photography (Part One)

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It occurred to me recently that many of the readers of 10,000 Birds might be like me… self-taught bird photographers, who would like to take enjoyable photos, but do not have the time or commitment necessary to take professional- or competition-level wildlife pictures. Flash in the pan: Flash photography freaks out birds.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Now, it’s time to go to the top. Street, N.W. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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It features detailed illustrations by Kenn Kaufman, concise species descriptions, range maps, and useful identification tips. They engage in advocacy efforts, raise awareness about conservation issues, and collaborate with other organizations and initiatives to preserve and restore bird populations and their environments.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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that is dedicated to conserving wildlife in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Hat-tip to Stella.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Hat-tip to Stella. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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