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Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

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Why put additional pressure on a recovering species? Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. Remember, they were hunted nearly to extinction in the East before.

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Week 8: Wrapping up the South Island, and more!

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This area is famous for its glaciers, the Franz Joseph and to the south, Fox Glacier. Our next stop, Havelock was one I had been looking forward to, as it has a huge estuary, with a large number of species that could be found here. I added the Australasian Shoveler finally, along with 22 other species that have already made the list.