10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. Hauber is really good at presenting scientific findings so they don’t seem scientific at all, simply reasonable answers to our questions. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

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Chicago Barn Owls Penguins New Zealand 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Whooping Cranes occurred naturally in the eastern United States until the late 1940s, and there are records of Whooping Cranes in Florida until the 1930s. But most importantly its vital to reflect on how close we came to losing an incredible species. One of the last remaining Whooping Cranes in the non-migratory Florida flock.

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 242

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 258