Animal Person

JUNE 30, 2009

In March of 2007 I wrote, " in a horribly-depressing vote of 198-138, New Hampshire's House voted AGAINST a bill that would shut down live racing at its three greyhound race tracks."

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Greyhounds New Hampshire Legislation 2007 100

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

I can’t think of any birder (or botanist or lepidopterist) who wouldn’t find the Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of New England useful during a trip to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine. It is the perfect field guide for the beginning naturalist.

Massachusetts 214

Massachusetts Rhode Island North America Reptiles 214

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport).

Rhode Island 116

Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 116

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OCTOBER 1, 2011

Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds. Washington in New Hampshire in July. When and where did you see yours during your big year? The Catskills are beautiful, but I found my Bicknell’s Thrush on Mt.

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New York City New Hampshire New York Research Center 157

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JANUARY 4, 2017

In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. So, with no further ado, and in no particular order… Britain: The Nostalgia Award.

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United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 Singapore 100

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JULY 6, 2020

bike commutes, Natural Encounters describes other Beehler forays — as far south as the renowned “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Florida, where you can see enough Roseate Spoonbills to give you an ice-cream headache, and as far north as less well-known locales in northern New Hampshire and elsewhere.

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New Hampshire Washington Virginia Montana 263

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Gilbert Dunn started creating bird feeders in his New Hampshire workshop because he wanted to do something connected to the outdoors and be self-employed. The story of Duncraft is a good example.

America 250

America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

East of Ontario cone crops are generally poor in the Atlantic Provinces, New York State, New Hampshire and other northern New England States. The heavy spruce cone crop around James Bay extends east in a broad deep band across north-central Quebec into the Gaspe Peninsula.

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2014 2015 Alaska New Hampshire 264

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : I thank staff of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources designated by an asterisk* and others whose reports allow me to make annual forecasts: Dennis Barry (Durham Region), Eleanor Beagan (Prince Edward Island), Pascal Cote (Tadoussac Bird Observatory, Quebec), Bruce Di Labio (Eastern Ontario and Churchill, Manitoba), Carolle (..)

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2012 2013 Canada United States 253

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I was happy to see that the Mississippi Kite map documents the kite’s incursion into the Northeast, including two notable nesting sites in New Jersey and New Hampshire. Mississippi Kite, Birds of Prey of the East. Finding Species in Each Guide.

North America 203

North America Mississippi Bald Eagle Falcons 203

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MAY 9, 2022

Also new in this volume are some nice color photos of raptors, such as these, of a Peregrine falcon named Banshee, and a Red-shouldered hawk in Texas: Montgomery’s training in falconry comes via Nancy Cowan, a New Hampshire falconer, and Jazz, a female Harris’s hawk and “the most beautiful bird in the world,” as the author, smitten from the start, (..)

New Hampshire 260

New Hampshire Chickens Hunting Falcons 260

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

Conte NWR (New Hampshire): $1,066,450 to acquire 797 acres. In 2023, it did so with the following allocations: Cat Island NWR (Louisiana): $1,466,000 to acquire 548 acres. Clarks River NWR (Kentucky): $6,621,000 to acquire 2,482 acres. Green River NWR (Kentucky): $11,372,000 to acquire 1,335 acres.

Ducks 243

Ducks New Hampshire Kentucky South Carolina 243