Birding Michigan “If you seek a beautiful peninsula, look about you,” is Michigan’s motto. Consisting of two peninsulas surrounded by the largest freshwater system in the world, the Great Lakes, there is indeed much beauty here. Michigan offers much of beauty and interest to the bird watcher and nature enthusiast. Michigan boasts 3,000 miles of […]
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Birding Ohio Ohio’s official promotional slogan (the one on our license plates) is “Ohio: The Heart of it All!” In many ways this is also an accurate description of The Buckeye State’s birdlife because Ohio has recorded more than 412 bird species on its official list. Of these 400-plus bird species, nearly 300 are considered
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The Surprises of Nebraska We slipped into Omaha behind a late-March snowstorm, drawn by the promise of sandhill cranes. Arriving from Oregon, where the mountains are lofty, the rivers deep and swift, my expectations for the Nebraska countryside were minimal. But Nebraska held surprises. It didn’t take long, either. Not far from Omaha we crossed
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