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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. Overall they are pretty amazing birds. This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. Great Trumpeter Swan birding report HERE.

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Into the Florida Woods for the Holiday Weekend

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We slipped Noah into the baby backpack and covered him with a mosquito net, noting a pair of Mississippi Kites swirling in the hazy sky overhead. The trail wound down steep ravines and crossed narrow, sand-filled creeks before skirting the edge of the lake itself. The path may have been fun to follow, but full of birds it was not.

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