The trumpeter swan, once plentiful in the state, had all but disappeared by the 1880s. In 1986 a program to reintroduce the bird to the state using eggs from Alaska was launched. The birds were hatched at the Milwaukee Zoo and released into the wild. In 2009, wildlife officials counted 183 trumpeter swan nests in the state.
The osprey population in the state was dramatically reduced due to the chemical pesticides in the bird’s food chain. But now there are nearly 500 nesting pairs of the bird in Wisconsin.
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Theodore Cross, the founder of Birders United and the author of Birds of the Sea, Shore, and Tundra, has authored a new book which is available from W.W. Norton Company. Cross’ photographs include birds from four continents. From the tundra of eastern Siberia to the tropical islands of the South Pacific, Cross has captured elegant and unusual birds—from auklets and egrets to gannets and sanderlings—in peak action, be they courting, landing on a perch, plunge diving, or engaged in aerobatics.
The 179 color photographs in this 344-page book are accompanied by gracefully written field notes and fascinating accounts of the birds’ habits and habitat.
You can obtain more information or order the book by clicking here.
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