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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. Summer is high season. Change in Attitude. “I

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Accessibility Matters

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A recent episode of the American Birding Podcast featured an interview with Virginia Rose (Founder and President) and Freya McGregor (Coordinator) of the non-profit Birdability. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. eBird checklists are here and here.).

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Birding from New York to North Carolina

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This is the third year that my family and some our close friends did a vacation together. To get there we would need to get out of New York, through New Jersey into Delaware, and then on through Maryland and Virginia until finally reaching our destination. Two years ago it was Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Come@Me: Bald Eagles Are Tools

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Fascinating wildlife viewing? Although this bad behavior may run in the overall eagle Family.) Yes, Virginia, there really was a Santa Claus who got pelted with snowballs at the Vet. But before it could go down the hatch, a Bald Eagle swooped in and snatched it. But also proof that Bald Eagles are just tools.

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Week 23: The advenure continues, Stateside

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We were able to find a very nice RV park, just a couple of miles from one of my all time favourite birding hotspots, Billy Frank Jr, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. I am sure that was the reason I was not able to spot the Virginia Rail, with its two babies that had just previously been spotted by a Bob, resident birder.

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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

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Timothy Barksdale is a birder, Prairie Chicken documentarian , and wildlife videographer well-known for his stunning Adventures with Birdman. As our hardcore group of birding attendees- will dwindle at some point, other groups perhaps more interested in the actors or a segment of more family oriented viewers will then take over from us.

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My Year in Birding 2012

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I went to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. We had a wonderful family vacation in Germany and the Czech Republic during which I managed to do a bit of birding. I also spent a bunch of time on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and, as usual, managed to see some birds on workdays.

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