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Urban Birding in San Diego

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San Diego has a lot going for it. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon. My family visited San Diego every year as part of a Disneyland-SoCal Road trip to escape the rainy Christmases at home near Portland, Oregon.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, CA. Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge offers a fine show of raptors and waterfowl, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge has reliable Trumpeter Swans in winter, and the Warner Mountains are home to Cordilleran Flycatcher in spring and summer. Southern California pelagics (San Diego to Morro Bay).

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Sand Point Family Vineyards: Cabernet Sauvignon (2015 Lodi Appellation)

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At last count, there are 25 species of birds named for U.S. But only two states have more than one bird named for them: Hawaii and California, with nine and seven extant and eponymous species, respectively. states, with varying degrees of geographical relevance (sorry, Tennessee Warbler ).

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. If it was not, there would be no listing, as the overall species was not in peril.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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Fish and Wildlife Service. Salmon, UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego Co.; Gorenzel, Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis Produced by IPM Education and Publications, University of California Statewide IPM Program 2 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 a. Authors: T.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) Five species of frigatebird ply the planet’s tropical skies and seas. Ringer Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) Cormorants are more speciose than other families in the order; 30-40 species range widely on every continent and many islands. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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It’s a girl! Discovery Cove welcomes new dolphin.

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This scientific advancement affords Discovery Cove the opportunity to manage its species’ genetic diversity and social environment. Scientists at the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Reproductive Research Center in San Diego, Calif., Why is this important?

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