10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2016
For the first time in 75 years, a pair has successfully nested in Louisiana , producing not one but two fuzzy, wild-born chicks. Louisiana’s last wild Whoopers disappeared just after World War II. Photo by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Warning: cute baby alert!).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
Louisiana is known for a lot of things. It’s that coastline, however, that called me to Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, an oasis drawing migrating waterfowl like a magnet. Louisiana, I do so love you for your birding opportunities!
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
Another pair of Whoopers has been shot , this time in Louisiana. Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). The pair was part of a project aimed at restoring the birds to Louisiana. The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
On a sandbar in the center of the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, hundreds of ducks swirled around each other or lay down to take cover against the punishing wind. Have time along the Texas-Louisiana coast? I recommend stopping in as many of the wildlife refuges as possible. I couldn’t believe it.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
In 1938, they were reduced to only 18 birds in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock and only 11 remaining in the non-migratory Louisiana flock. By 1950, the Louisiana flock was gone. I contacted Marty Folk from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and asked him if he had any clues.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2011
The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife. However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could.
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