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In Nevada? Pull Some Pipe!

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Plastic pipes that have been used to mark mining claims in Nevada are death traps for birds. So, if you are in Nevada, pull some pipe! A state law now allows anyone who finds the pipes to pull them from the ground.

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Looking Forward to Birding Fallon, Nevada

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I’ve never really been to Nevada—just a layover in the Las Vegas airport, where I was amused to see slot machines at the gates. Either way, I’m extremely excited to be attending my first birding festival, and very grateful to the organizers for covering the expenses. So I’m quite interested in exploring a new territory.

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Birding The City of Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

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All of these things can be found in Las Vegas, Nevada. He steered me right and there it was, my first life bird in Nevada! Trips Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve Las Vegas Nevada' All-you-can-eat Buffets. Sewage ponds. That is, all of them can be found in Las Vegas except the last one on the list. One lifer down and one to go.

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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

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The festival is now in its 16 th year in the quaint-yet-vibrant town of Fallon, Nevada (about an hour east of Reno), and it draws on the wide array of birds that flock to the area during spring migration. The town is actually nicknamed “The Oasis of Nevada.”) Birding Destinations Trips Nevada'

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Parks and Public Lands Win at the Polls

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American Oystercatcher. Photo by © Michael Todd. Renewable Energy Standards Initiative. Election Results = PASSED with 59%+ voter support. Northern Harrier. Photo by © Robin Edwards. Connecticut. Legislative Requirements to Transfer State Properties Amendment.

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Pigeon Feeding Ban Proposed in Clark County, Nevada

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Pigeons are, perhaps, the most loathed of birds. And now Clark County commissioner Chris Giunchigliani has proposed making it illegal to feed pigeons in unincorporated areas of the county, which includes Las Vegas. The law seems virtually unenforceable but could cause problems for those who have bird feeders that pigeons take advantage of.

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There’s More to Birding than Birds

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Nothing, however, prepared me for the fauna that awaited last weekend at the Spring Wings festival in Fallon, Nevada. But the wilds of Nevada revealed rattlesnakes, lizards (OK, the lizards didn’t seem that dangerous), and more than one mama cow who stared us down when our vehicles got too close to a calf. Not yet, knock on wood.)

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