Operation Migration

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Per Operation Migration's website:

Follow the story of a record-making 21 endangered Whooping Crane chicks making their first journey south as ultralight airplanes show them the way! Weekly "countdown" reports begin September 4. Then join the chicks' first migration south with daily reports (and Operation Migration's live CraneCam!) starting in October!

If the team finds connectivity at remote stopover locations, you may be able to watch each morning's departure as the cranes and planes make their way south on a journey of over 1,200 miles. The CraneCam will also deliver views of the Class of 2009 in their travel pen after each migration flight leg is completed.

Demographics of United States Birding

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A recently released report by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis” shows that 48 million of us, 16 years of age or older, are birders.

Among other things, the report shows that more males than females are birders, the four most bird-rich states in the U.S. have the lowest birder participation rates and that birding is primarily an activity of white people??? Go figure....get out there and get some sun everyone.

Read the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s report, "Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis” here.

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