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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. billion for local communities.

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Finding a Ross’s Goose in a Flock of Snow Geese

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Then the accursed listserv had to ruin my peace of mind by letting me know that someone found a Ross’s Goose at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge while I was looking at no-good, lousy phoebe. And the West Pond was covered with Snow Geese , with well over 1,500 birds all around the edges.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona. The focus on Malheur is and was appropriate, but we should not lose sight of the significance of the entire National Wildlife Refuge System. The combination is potent.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. Commoner species include Bar-headed Geese , parakeets, shrikes, mynas and minivets. We would also visit Ranthambore National Park where we hope to see more wonderful wildlife, and with luck, tiger.

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Snow in the Air

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2014

For all that, though, migration here is still largely a water-based show, with the most spectacular signs of springs coming in the forms of ducks, geese, and swans. Several locations in the state, most notably Freezeout Lake, are graced with epic spring migrations of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans as they return north along the Pacific Flyway.

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Butte Valley Wildlife Area and Meiss Lake

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2017

A few weeks ago I led a field trip to Butte Valley Wildlife Area. It was a destination I had never experienced so I made a few phone calls and got some information from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife agent who actually runs both the Butte Valley and the Shasta Valley Wildlife Areas, which are about 25 miles apart.

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Birding Botswana

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2012

What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough species, numbers of birds and the overall wildlife experience. Specials include birds like African Pygmy Geese, Racket-tailed Roller and Western Banded Snake-eagle. We are currently filming in Botswana.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. is on a boat in the Aleutian chain.

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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Last year, I compiled a subjective list of the Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) manages the wildlife aspects of the unit while another federal agency (in this case the U.S. So I headed up to Tishomingo NWR , the other national wildlife refuge on Lake Texoma.

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The Queens List Won’t Stop Growing

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2011

Long-eared Owl – This is another owl species that was, like most winters, not seen in Queens (though tantalizing second-hand reports of one at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge during the Brooklyn CBC reached me). Short-eared Owl – Finally, a bird that I saw! Now that was a good day! Turkey Vulture – Wow!

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Holy Island, Northumberland

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2017

The skies were full of thousands of Greylag Geese , Pink-footed Geese , Barnacle Geese and Brent Geese on the move and in the shallow water there were already hundreds of Bar-tailed Godwits , Eurasian Oystercatchers , Dunlin and Eurasian Curlew. Thousands of Geese on the move on dusk. Eurasian Curlew.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “By

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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Welcome Back Waterfowl at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2012

Around thirty miles from Missoula in the Bitterroot Valley lies the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. A second pond held not only more of the same, but some American Coots and Canada Geese. Fish and Wildlife Service a. As a result, early migration season is an excellent time to visit. Most welcome.

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Birding Southeastern Washington (McNary NWR)

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

Part of the mitigation for the McNary Dam was the creation of McNary National Wildlife Refuge. Fish and Wildlife Service : Established in 1956, McNary NWR was created to replace wildlife habitat lost to construction of the McNary Dam downstream. According to the U.S.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If it is an emergency and since I get calls and texts from all over the country (even a few out of the country), I direct people to Rehabber Search or Wildlife Rehabber. Use the wildlife rahbber links at the top of this page to find a licensed pro near you. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds.

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Back in New York and Birding

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 15 March 2009 It was at about 1:30 AM on Saturday morning that I startled awake and found myself sitting in an empty subway car in an unfamiliar location. Tree Swallows squabbled and hunted in the air overhead and spent time examining the numerous nest boxes erected for them.

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Cinnamon Teal at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Cinnamon Teal ( Anas cyanoptera ) pair by Larry Jordan (click on photos for full sized images) Winter is the time to visit the National Wildlife Refuges in California. Fish and Wildlife Service; they serve as resting and feeding areas for nearly half the migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway.” By 1985, approximately 3.2

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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

American Kestrels, Cooper Hawks , and Northern Harriers also found the hunting here to their liking. Jeanne has long desired top photograph the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiestas ( You can see her photos here )and I wanted to visit the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. This was a first!

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Covenham Reservoir

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The reservoir offered Tufted Ducks , Eurasian Wigeon , Gadwall , Northern Shoveler , Common Pochard , Eurasian Teal , Eurasian Coots , Great Crested Grebes , Little Grebes , Canada Geese and Greylag Geese. Canada Geese. Birds at the edge of Covenham Reservoir. Common Pochard and two Eurasian Wigeon. Great Cormorants.

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Scaup are the Worst Duck

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Scaup are so worthless that when you input “I love scaup” into Google you only get four results and three of them are hunting related. At least Barnacle Geese are named for an arthropod. And even if such a bird existed and were endangered no one would want to see it. First, it’s not terribly difficult.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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Auto-pilot Conservation in the Era of Trump

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2019

Other than a sweeping public lands package in 2019 , there has been little or no progress on the environment or wildlife protection. A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters ; Geese at Edwin B.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

Finding a Ross’s Goose in a Flock of Snow Geese

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

Snow in the Air

Butte Valley Wildlife Area and Meiss Lake

Birding Botswana

Comebackers

Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

The Queens List Won’t Stop Growing

Holy Island, Northumberland

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

Welcome Back Waterfowl at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

Birding Southeastern Washington (McNary NWR)

How To Help A Baby Bird

Back in New York and Birding

Cinnamon Teal at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge

Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

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Scaup are the Worst Duck

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl–A Book Review

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