2008 2016 Experiments Hunting 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
The Italian wintering grounds are the WWF Oasis Laguna di Orbetello, where in February 2016 I was delighted to meet the flock. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. Shooting remains a major threat to this population, for the Italians are still passionately keen on hunting.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways. This was the High Island Experience, I was told. Well, he did pause for his photo-op, unlike his cousins. It was amazing.
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