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Archives for August 2018

08.17.18 | Avian Care, Bird Sanctuary, Birds, Conservation

Saving the Piping Plover

A Piping Plover explores the lakeshore. Photo by Sara DePew-Bäby

A tiny shorebird chick, only a few days old, is eating insects along a beach. An adult in the area suddenly makes an alarm call and the chick quickly runs to some rocks and lays down. The young bird, camouflaged, cannot be seen by Read More

08.02.18 | Avian Care, Bird Sanctuary, Birds, Intern

Trumpeting … Troopers?

European Whooper Swan swimming.

There are a variety of different swan species for visitors to see at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. One of these species, rarer for our guests to spot, are Trooper swans. At the sanctuary there are two resident Trooper swans that enjoy Read More

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