List of illustrations 



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The author and a Florida Bay compatriot 68 



Roseate spoonbills at seven weeks of age 

 Adult spoonbill feeding her young 



Young spoonbills having their morning nap 100 



Whooping cranes approaching a watering place 



Captive whoopers can be hand-fed 



Aerial shot of migrant whooping cranes 



A whooping-crane family group 



A portrait of the famous "Josephine" 



A Florida swamp buggy on Inagua 



Tea with the Copper Eskimos 



The Horse Cay flamingo colony 132 



Deserted nest mounds in a Venezuelan colony 

 The tedium of incubation in a flamingo colony 

 Flamingos feeding on "mud" 

 A creche of young flamingos 



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