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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

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White-faced Ibis Killed by One-eyed Peregrine – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird. White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Anyone with a passing interest in Egyptian mythology has seen the man with the ibis head, the god Thoth. Glossy Ibis , photo by Valerie Gebert.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? And I submit that it poses an unacceptable risk to whooping cranes to encourage hunting of the very populations of sandhill cranes that mingle with them. Another thing to consider.

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