Through photographs, maps, video, artifacts, bird specimens and artwork
this exhibit tells the story of how man's view of the birds has evolved
from a simple economic commodity into a complex recreational, agricultural
and aesthetic resource requiring thoughtful management. There are no taxpayer
funded refuges of wildlife areas in the Delta.
Habitat is provided by landowners and farmers to create a major traditional wintering area for waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds and raptors. Survival of this migratory bird
stronghold, a significant component of the Pacific Flyway, depends on
good water quality, too. This exhibit touches on all these complex items.
This unique exhibit, "Fine Feathered Friends...Man and the Birds of the Delta"
runs at the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California April 18 to June 17, 2012.
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