I don't know if we're going to do the Rivers and Wildlife Celebration but we will get out for some sandhill crane and snow goose action. |
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Bird watchers will be treated to the sight of caracara hawks, Florida sandhill cranes, and numerous other species. |
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She's also hoping to prevent the establishment of hunting seasons on mourning doves, sandhill cranes, and wolves. |
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In 2000 the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership worked together to test the first full migration with sandhill cranes. |
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It is fascinating to watch for and to listen for each returning bird species, like sandhill cranes and robins, with their very distinct sound. |
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He followed the sandhill cranes in 2001 and the whooping cranes on their journey north the following year. |
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Today, fewer than 200 whoopers survive in the wild, most migrating with sandhill cranes between Canada and Texas. |
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Two species are native to North America, the whooping crane and the sandhill crane. |
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Vast flocks of Canada geese, sandhill cranes, snow geese, and shorebirds make this look like a nature movie. |
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In the summer season, swans and sandhill cranes flock to the province by the millions. |
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The latter initiative is expected to restore 250,000 acres of habitat for species such as upland ducks, pheasants and sandhill cranes. |
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Previous research with Canada geese and sandhill cranes has shown that birds led south by ultralight return the next spring. |
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The endangered whooping cranes occasionally visit the river during migration, and sandhill cranes and whistling swans are common. |
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The skies are quiet except for the occasional sandhill crane and its raucous cries. |
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Ernie Kuyt, famous for his work with sandhill cranes, was one of the first biologists stationed here. |
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Three swan species, bald eagle, sandhill crane, and most dramatically the Canada Goose and Wild Turkey, have all increased. |
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The heron refers to the District's current logo and honours the rich riverside wildlife of the District, as does the sandhill crane. |
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The arrow indicates the band corresponding to the crane sex-linked DNA fragment, which has a size of 421 bp in whooping crane and hooded crane and 424 bp in sandhill crane. |
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I've radio-tracked sandhill and whooping cranes, black bears, Florida panthers, alligators, gopher tortoises, fox squirrels and even an indigo snake. |
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You pick your point according to the wind over the sandhill on the left. |
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It contains historic wetlands that could be restored to provide important habitat for sandhill crane nesting and foraging as well as Oregon spotted frog breeding habitat. |
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Yet there are six subspecies of sandhill crane, and not all are thriving. |
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Swans, geese, ducks, and other water birds including the endangered sandhill crane also inhabit the state's wetlands. |
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Moose, elks, black bears, wolves, pumas, groundhogs, squirrels, beavers, whisky jacks, sandhill cranes, ravens and bald eagles are seen frequently. |
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At certain times there can be a million birds in front of you consisting of sandhill cranes, snow geese, cackling geese, white-fronted geese, pintails, wigeons and mallards. |
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The refuge is also an important migration stopover point for many northern nesters, including shorebircls, white-fronted geese, arid sandhill cranes. |
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Thirteen species of rare or vulnerable birds were counted in Rupert Bay, including marbled godwit, sandhill crane, yellow rail and Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow. |
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Loggerhead shrikes and northern harriers frequent the area, and during the winter, sandhill cranes stalk insects. |
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The anticoccidial efficacy of amprolium, clazuril, and monensin were studied in sandhill cranes infected with a mixture of Eimeria spp oocysts. |
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Things take a further turn for the worse when Tess discovers that her uncle is working on a development project that gravely threatens the marsh habitat of her favourite type of bird, the greater sandhill crane. |
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This story takes on even greater poignancy when one learns in the afterword that Pitt Polder is a real place, and that the greater sandhill crane population there currently numbers between 13 and 19 birds only. |
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The region's estuaries, rocky shorelines and beaches provide critical habitat for countless migrating shorebirds and waterfowl, including the trumpeter swan and sandhill crane. |
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The results, collated year by year, offer a window on trends in the abundance and range of species ranging from the snow bunting to the sandhill crane. |
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But war is still war, and the dangers of unintended consequences, mission creep and cracking on for the sake of cracking on lurk behind every sandhill. |
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The sandhill crane includes berries and grass in its otherwise animal diet on the northern tundra and gleans some plant material from old potato and grain fields on its southern wintering grounds. |
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Yellowstone Lake and its environs are a haven for aquatic birds, including Canada geese, several species of ducks, sandhill cranes, common loons, American white pelicans, and the rare trumpeter swan. |
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Summer breeders of interest include sandhill cranes, white pelicans, and common loons with Yellowstone representing one of the southernmost points that the latter group reaches in North America. |
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Some 185 species of birds can be found in the park, including permanent residents such as golden eagles and great horned owls and dozens of migrants, notably sandhill cranes. |
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Tundra swans, snow geese, common loons, pacific loons, sandhill cranes, and a variety of ducks and shorebirds rest here during their long migration to arctic islands further north. |
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This is a place where one gets a sense of the spaces that once were home to plains bison, elk, sandhill cranes and fishers, and to the Aboriginal peoples whose cultures are founded on this rich ecosystem. |
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For 15 days and 750 miles, pilot Kent Clegg led a brood of sandhill cranes as they hopscotched their way south for the winter. |
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By the time this November's moon turns full, sandhill cranes will be traveling south along their flyways, foretelling the arrival of early winter with their calls. |
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About 12 miles northeast is Lake Sommerville, which in spring is a stop for sandhill cranes, whooping cranes, eagles, Canada geese and other migratory birds. |
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This is the wintering ground of sandhill cranes, hawks, falcons, Canada geese, great blue herons, and abundant waterfowl, including mallards and canvasbacks. |
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Sandhill Cranes are big birds, with long legs and necks, long pointed beaks, and wingspans which can be over six feet. |
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He was a sociable man and a popular figure in Newcastle, fond of a gossip on the Quayside or at the Exchange on Sandhill. |
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He was one of the first to film courtship behavior of Sandhill Cranes, Spruce Grouse, and Greater-Prairie Chickens. |
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The Doncaster-based club has not proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Sandhill Laners with five defeats from five visits. |
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Although most of North Yorkshire was snowbound Sandhill Lane provided a welcome island of green. |
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Having dropped just three points since the turn of the year, the Sandhill Lane club are now chasing down a top-five finish. |
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The subspecies of Sandhill Crane seen in Washington are migratory. |
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Knowledge of the population structure of northern pike, an important recreational and top-level piscivore, is essential to Nebraska Sandhill lakes management. |
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