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Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...
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Want to know if wetlands, so important to the environment, are healthy? Look to the birds.
Hundreds of species, including every kind of duck ... There were regular reports then of more than 100,000 white-backed canvasback ducks dotting the lake. But by 1959, that number had fallen ...
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For sport or food, love of birds is saving grace for America’s wetlands
Nearly all of the wetlands in Minnesota’s prairie region have been destroyed. Many of the few that remain – an estimated 5% ...
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7 rare birds spotted in Essex according to birdguides
Rare birds such as the Hen Harrier, Hawfinch and Canvasback have ... Can you feed ducks bread? Experts give warning over popular walking activity Snake species not seen in UK for 300k years ...
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Bird of prey among a number of rare bird sightings spotted across Essex
Canvasback (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The canvasback is a species of duck typically found in North America. A small number are known to have crossed the Atlantic, with several sightings ...
Witham Times27d
7 rare birds spotted in Essex according to birdguides
Rare birds such as the Hen Harrier, Hawfinch and Canvasback have been spotted ... making it illegal to disturb these birds. Can you feed ducks bread? Experts give warning over popular walking activity ...