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Whooping Crane Ancestry

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In late January of 2013 I spent some time with a pair of Whooping Cranes just off Canoe Creek Road in Osceola County, Florida. I contacted Marty Folk from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and asked him if he had any clues. Today only 19 members of this dwindling flock remain.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway?

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Tirat Zvi fish ponds. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. 18 Feb 2016. Qutub Minar. 08 Feb 2016.

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