10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I should have known that birding High Island meant I would be 20 minutes away from a place where hundreds of thousands of shorebirds and waterbirds rest, feed, breed, and generally have a good time. As a talked to a couple from Boston, new to birding, I spotted a Clapper Rail walking close behind us. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 217

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APRIL 20, 2011

In Boston, a turkey was the cause of a 2 car accident during the morning commute. I think the main reason turkey/vehicle collisions are more noticeable this time of year are breeding hormones. There’s also another issue–the spring turkey hunting season. A woman in Ohio had a turkey crash through her windshield.

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Turkey Hunters New Jersey Boston 235

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MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 250

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MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. Another thing to consider.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

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APRIL 30, 2011

Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape. A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. The shearwaters make good subjects for homing experiments.

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United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 160