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Big Whoop, Indeed: Whooping Cranes in Louisiana!

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For the first time in 75 years, a pair has successfully nested in Louisiana , producing not one but two fuzzy, wild-born chicks. With the bird’s total population hovering roughly 600, every new addition counts—and counts big. Louisiana’s last wild Whoopers disappeared just after World War II. Warning: cute baby alert!).

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Saving Pelican 895

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The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife. However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could.

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Climate Change and Birds

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But when you think about it, climate change might be more important to the people who read 10,000 Birds than a lot of other groups of people. Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. I truly hope that there are no climate change denialists among the bird lovers.

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