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Birding Central Alabama

10,000 Birds

Grist State Park in central Alabama. Newly re-opened after budget cuts, the park sported one staff member in the office who generously gave us a map, one woman and her dog, and one family in the set of RV camping spots at the edge of the lake. Alabama creek flowing through the woods. Pretty standard, in terms of bird-fare.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts. Another thing to consider. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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