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Words to Live By
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First published 125 years ago, Audubon’s predecessor, Bird-Lore, held as its motto: “A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.” It’s one that a long lineage of editors ever since has carried through this magazine in spirit, if not in letter. Bird-
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Where the Cranes Flew
By the 1940s, Whooping Cranes seemed all but lost. The last migratory flock, which wintered at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, had dwindled to 15 birds in 1941. Their former breeding grounds on the northern prairies lay empty; the location