To the man who wants to shoot the brown bird that makes a “beastly noise” on the shore of his lakefront home. You say you’re not aquatinted with our laws down here yet. Would you be able to shoot this ...

As large and showy as the bird is, there can be a hundred of them in the islands of Florida Bay without any passing boaters spotting them since they often forage in ponds encircled by thick mangroves.