Another Rough-legged Hawk winged its way over the bay. The day’s total had already exceeded 300 birds and it was just after 1:00 p.m. I had decided to come to Whitefish Point in the spring of 2000 as the official hawk counter because many fall and winter birding sites had recorded record-high numbers of Rough-legged […]
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I like birding in places where there are only 22 people per square mile. Especially when the birds vastly outnumber the bird watchers, and many of those birds are some of the most sought-after species in North America. Welcome to Presque Isle County, Michigan, a true avian Eden. This northern Michigan paradise is so rich
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By the time Christopher Columbus first reached America in 1492, they were already at least a millennium old. What were they? Mounds: human-made earthworks of unbelievable size and variety, dotting the entire eastern half of North America. Some were conical mounds, others earthen walls, embankments, flat-topped platform mounds, and effigy mounds constructed in the shapes
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Nebraska Bird Watching Even nonbirds know about the spring and fall spectacle of sandhill crane migration along the Platte River. It should be on every birder’s bucket list, especially when combined with a trip to see greater prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse displaying on their leks. The Cornhusker State is heavily agricultural, but its natural
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