The Price of Folly
Mar 26, 2018
2 minutes
BY RAILLAN BROOKS
ILLUSTRATION BY FELIX SOCKWELL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK HAWKINS
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THE EARLY MORNING HOURS at the Leopold-Pine Island Important Bird Area in Wisconsin are typically the most lethal for roosting Sandhill Cranes. The floodplains are dark and quiet, and they’re edged by power lines.
If a coyote were to scare the cranes up, they might crash straight into the wires and be electrocuted. But in this case, local conservation groups
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