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And this will happen in Wisconsin too...

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And this will happen in Wisconsin too...

Please see this link to the account of 4 (COUNT THEM, FOUR !!!!) Whooping Cranes illegally killed in Oklahoma during the Sandhill Crane hunting season.

Possibly the 4 most unhelpful words in the English language are: I told you so. Any parent can attest to how counter-productive those words are. So let's take the steps needed to never use those in Wisconsin with regard to the inadvertent slaughter of Whooping Cranes.

Photo by Mick Thompson

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'Tis the season to be birdy

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Years ago when I was a grad student, I made a silly t-shirt using iron-on letters. It read ‘Ornithophile’ to celebrate my love of birds. Whenever I wore it, I enjoyed the confused looks I got almost as much as the looks of recognition from fellow bird enthusiasts—like you!

Silly shirts aside, where the rubber meets the road for birds is how folks like you—the bird enthusiasts, habitat protectors, youth educators, citizen scientists, nature advocates—make a difference for birds. When you donate to Madison Audubon to protect and celebrate Wisconsin’s birds, it goes a LONG way.

Photo by Monica Hall