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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The seal hunters accidentally introduced mice to Marion, as was the case for many islands around the world.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

We documented Least Terns fishing for their young in oil-contaminated water Likewise with Caspian Terns Several ospreys had visible traces of oil, a result of fishing in contaminated water May 7, 2010 The failed container dome is lowered onto the wellhead.

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Sperm Whales in Kaikoura

10,000 Birds

What put this once small fishing town on the map was not birds but mammals, specifically whales and dolphins. As we shot out into the ocean we received a lecture on the Kaikoura Canyon, its wildlife and the Sperm Whale from Hayley, a local girl who was our guide. For a hardcore birder the trip might have been a touch disappointing.

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