In 1918 Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes writing for the US Supreme Court stated ‘the protection of wild birds is in the national interest’. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act saved the Egrets from extinction. They were hunted for the hat trade until only a few survived.
I’m not sure that would happen today.
Ahh. Stately and noble, with feathers as if plucked from the sky!
Such beautiful birds that you’ve photographed so well! Let’s hope the act stays in place.
Thanks. I assume nothing