10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2013

More than 50,000 Sandhill Cranes stop to feed while migrating during the fall and winter between Wisconsin and Florida. To me, this is like giving a child a baby rabbit as a birthday present, and then when Harvey proves to be a bit too much to care for, bumping him off in front of her. The state’s response? It’s bad PR.

Tennessee 230

Tennessee Hunting Hunters Wisconsin 230

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Except for the falconer’s jesses and bell, they were to be allowed freedom to pursue life in the wild, life with minimal human contact.

Falcons 178

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

is going to have to go to Michigan or Wisconsin. Rabbits were introduced to the island by guano miners, which turned the previously verdant island into a giant sand dune; almost all vegetation was wiped out. Photographed in Crawford County, MI, by Chris McCreedy.

Albatross 203

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 203