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A Birder’s Guide To…INDOCTRINATION

10,000 Birds

4) For the sake of keeping it real…if you are the breed of birder that is in possession of a very poor set of social skills… maybe you should just send any prospective birders my way instead. Holy cow, there’s not even a dihedryl on that thing, its really flat. Photographed near Lostwood, North Dakota.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. Additionally, sandhill cranes reproduce very slowly. Lots to think about.

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