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As he hoped, the birds returned to Avery Island in the spring, bringing with them even more snowy egrets. This pattern continued until, by 1911, the refuge served as the summer
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and located several surviving egrets, which he took back to his estate on Avery Island. There he turned the birds loose in a type of
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he called a "flying cage," where the birds soon adapted to their new surroundings. In the fall McIlhenny set the birds loose to
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Today, snowy egrets continue to return to Bird City each spring to nest until resuming their migration in the fall.
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Because of its early founding and example to others,
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892:J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area
118:Alarmed by this trend, McIlhenny searched the
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137:ground for an estimated 100,000 egrets.
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1038:Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary
323:National wild and scenic rivers
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987:Tangipahoa Parish School Board
781:Acadiana Conservation Corridor
107:, which were commonly used by
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254:Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve
111:for the adornment of ladies'
80:because of its lush tropical
1165:Nature reserves in Louisiana
804:Ben Lilly Conservation Area
645:Forts Randolph & Buhlow
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762:Terrebonne Barrier Islands
87:By the late 19th century,
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775:Wildlife management areas
711:Louisiana State Arboretum
287:National Marine Sanctuary
241:National Historical Parks
91:had nearly wiped out the
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167:Edward Avery McIlhenny,
704:State Preservation Area
582:Poverty Point Reservoir
741:State Wildlife Refuges
640:Fort St. Jean Baptiste
130:south for the winter.
70:Edward Avery McIlhenny
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1116:29.90611°N 91.91083°W
835:Bonnet Carré Spillway
655:Longfellow-Evangeline
144:, father of American
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904:Lake Ramsey Savannah
612:State Historic Sites
76:known eventually as
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766:White Lake Wetlands
690:Rosedown Plantation
295:Flower Garden Banks
794:Barataria Preserve
567:Lake Fausse Pointe
522:Fairview-Riverside
269:National Monuments
142:Theodore Roosevelt
99:in pursuit of the
95:population of the
61:It was founded by
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954:Richard K. Yancey
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924:Old River Control
888:Jackson Bienville
871:Floy Ward McElroy
785:Atchafalaya Delta
597:South Toledo Bend
592:Sam Houston Jones
572:North Toledo Bend
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993:Three Rivers
984:Spring Bayou
972:Sandy Hollow
959:Russell Sage
940:Peason Ridge
907:Little River
885:Indian Bayou
858:Elbow Slough
800:Bayou Pierre
750:Marsh Island
732:Indian Creek
650:Locust Grove
542:Jimmie Davis
502:Bogue Chitto
461:Tensas River
436:Lake Ophelia
381:Bogue Chitto
331:Saline Bayou
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1002:Walnut Hill
936:Pearl River
916:Marsh Bayou
910:Loggy Bayou
878:Grassy Lake
867:Esler Field
854:Dewey Wills
849:Clear Creek
808:Ben's Creek
797:Bayou Macon
756:St. Tammany
753:Rockefeller
685:Rebel State
675:Port Hudson
587:St. Bernard
489:State Parks
426:Handy Brake
366:Bayou Teche
351:Atchafalaya
93:snowy egret
50:in coastal
46:located on
20:Bird City,
1134:Categories
1107:91°54′39″W
1104:29°54′22″N
901:Lake Boeuf
630:Fort Jesup
552:Lake Bruin
532:Grand Isle
456:Shell Keys
421:Grand Cote
396:Cat Island
155:References
120:Gulf Coast
28:, c. 2005.
1033:Bird City
981:Soda Lake
976:Sherburne
874:Fort Polk
790:Attakapas
727:Alexander
665:Mansfield
660:Los Adaes
635:Fort Pike
625:Centenary
446:Red River
431:Lacassine
416:East Cove
406:D'Arbonne
401:Catahoula
313:Kisatchie
224:Louisiana
169:Bird City
109:milliners
65:heir and
56:Louisiana
33:Bird City
26:Louisiana
1140:Acadiana
1006:West Bay
927:Ouachita
862:Elm Hall
839:Buckhorn
815:Big Lake
441:Mandalay
105:feathers
37:wildfowl
1026:Private
913:Manchac
620:Audubon
602:Tickfaw
232:Federal
135:nesting
128:migrate
963:Sabine
825:Bodcau
820:Biloxi
512:Chicot
451:Sabine
386:Breton
124:aviary
74:estate
40:refuge
1019:Other
999:Union
897:Joyce
830:Boeuf
759:State
480:State
411:Delta
82:flora
1047:City
113:hats
101:bird
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