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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Now, as the popularity of hunting has declined, so too have the sales of Duck Stamps. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. Case in point.

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Rough-legged Tough

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Rough-legged Hawks (or Buzzards ) don’t seem to generate much excitement here in northern North America. Let’s face it, they’d probably eat the nose right off Chuck Norris’s face. And yet they do not.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. According to R.D.

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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

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In North America we only have three regularly occurring ibis, the aforementioned White Ibis and the two species of the genus Plegadis , White-faced Ibis and the far reaching Glossy Ibis , a species we share with every continent save Antarctica making it one of the world’s most cosmopolitan bird species.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds. Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press.

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Comebackers

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Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. Most birders are familiar with this story; back in the day, the pesticide DDT was in widespread use all over North America. Santa Cruz Island, CA. It was thought of as a wonder-chemical, with no ill effects.

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National Family Pack Walk Giveaway

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will walk to raise money to save the lives of shelter dogs. mile walk around the National Mall will be led by Cesar and Scooby, followed by an afternoon packed with Scooby-Doo-themed activities such as arts & crafts, a reading lounge, game tents, a scavenger hunt, and more! Sign up and donate: [link].

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