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Hawking for Nighthawks

10,000 Birds

Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Two species of icterids populated the area, the presence of either was a direct indicator of the degree of water present. Both are direct results of the pet trade. Arriving before sunrise, we could already see the thick clouds on the horizon. Great Blue Heron.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

They also warn that the product should not be directly applied to “water or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark,” and that “runoff also may be hazardous to aquatic organism in water adjacent to treated areas.”