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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. It brings to question the purpose of wildlife management. Street, N.W.

2011 242
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Best Bird of the Year 2013

10,000 Birds

My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening. I saw my best bird of the year during the World Birding Rally Challenge in South East Peru. But by far the best was witnessing the autumn migration of Sandhill Cranes.

2013 167