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Our colleagues at Altacal Audubon Society originally called attention to the poaching of a rare Long-tailed Duck in Oroville earlier this year. In the wake of the incident, a number of questions are being asked about whether social media accounts of the sighting drew attention to the bird. Nevertheless, conservation and hunting organizations are condemning the action -- and working to figure out how this can be avoided in the future.
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.