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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. Of course there were other Trumpeter Swans out there, but not many. Canada has more than the US.

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Into the Florida Woods for the Holiday Weekend

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We slipped Noah into the baby backpack and covered him with a mosquito net, noting a pair of Mississippi Kites swirling in the hazy sky overhead. The trail wound down steep ravines and crossed narrow, sand-filled creeks before skirting the edge of the lake itself.

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