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The return of the Old Man

10,000 Birds

Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds. The individual I am pictured holding ( above ) was a friendly bird that (rather like a dog) seemed happy to be handled.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

Smith Oaks is a migratory bird sanctuary owned and maintained by Houston Audubon, and the Rookery is a year-round bonus, full of Spoonbills, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Neotropical Cormorants, Anhingas, Tricolored Herons and Black-crowned Night-Herons. This was the High Island Experience, I was told. It was amazing.

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