Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
This is a bird that flew over 3,400 miles in one flight from Brazil to South Carolina, an amazing bird that is representative of every other Whimbrel. This practice is a throwback to more than a century ago when gunners hunted shorebirds throughout the Americas. Machi was, of course, only one bird.
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