Comments on: Desert tortoise: Mining ban saves 1 million acres of tortoise habitat http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2009/11/17/desert-tortoise-mining-ban-saves-1-million-acres-of-tortoise-habitat/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Karen http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2009/11/17/desert-tortoise-mining-ban-saves-1-million-acres-of-tortoise-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-3670 Karen Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:44:08 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/?p=1427#comment-3670 With gold selling at such a high price, people will be itching to reopen some of those gold mines. This mining ban couldn’t come at a better time for the tortoise; at least no new mines can be started.

]]> By: ROBERT LEE http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/2009/11/17/desert-tortoise-mining-ban-saves-1-million-acres-of-tortoise-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-3662 ROBERT LEE Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:25:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/garybogue/?p=1427#comment-3662 Hello Gary,

This is unrelated to the Desert Tortoise article above.

I have spotted a pair of Nuttall’s Woodpeckers
(Picoides nuttallii)foraging on my backyard neighbors Yucca tree and apparently residing next door in a contiguous neighbors backyard. What an amazingly beautiful pair of woodpeckers. I will try to get a photograph of the pair and send it in.

Something of interest for yourself and your readers,

Robert.

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