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Least Terns Breeding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: The Largest US Breeding Area

6/1/2019

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On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, there are two one-mile stretches of beach that make up the largest nesting colony of Least Tern in the United States. This Important Birding Area right along the Gulf of Mexico contains sections of five beaches: Biloxi Beach, Gulfport East, Gulfport West, Long Beach, and Pass Christian; putting the Least Tern within the most populated area for beach-goers along the Mississippi coastline. Situations such as this make biologists suspect that humans and the family pet are the number one reason the Least Tern population is in decline.

I was not aware of this Important Breeding Area until I visited Biloxi several months ago to photograph the birds wintering in the area. Nesting Least Terns quickly became a priority on my birding bucket list.


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Great Blue Herons a Common Sight at Crab Orchard

3/21/2018

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Blue Heron Portrait
​This is the closest I have been to a blue heron…

With wildlife, I’m convinced that no matter how much you try to plan ahead it's really just dumb luck that you are in the right spot at the right time.

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The Spring Migration of the Sandhill Crane

1/27/2018

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The Mating Dance
The Mating Dance
​National Geographic calls the spring migration of the Sandhill Cranes through central Nebraska “one of the greatest wildlife phenomena in North America”.  If you are a birder, a wildlife photographer or just a nature lover, I really consider this a “must do” for your bucket list!

In 2017, I was lucky enough to spend the entire migration season in Nebraska with the Sandhill Cranes. It had been on my bucket list for quite some time. I had gotten a small taste of it about 10 years ago when my husband completed a 2 month assignment in Grand Island. That year, we left at the beginning of March when the cranes were just starting to arrive but what I saw in those first few weeks literary blew my mind!


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Moonlit Flight

3/13/2017

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Sandhill Cranes fly across a moonlit sky traveling to their nightly roost on the Platte River in Central Nebraska. Copyright 2017 Susan Rissi Tregoning | SusanTregoning.com
Sandhill Cranes fly across a moonlit sky traveling to their nightly roost on the Platte River in Central Nebraska.
Sometimes what's going on behind the scenes is just as good as the image created....

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