10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2021

Additionally, I have written about Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs), which are important but underappreciated parts of the National Wildlife Refuge System. In late June, I flew into O’Hare and drove north to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Horicon NWR covers the northern part of the marsh and the remainder is a state wildlife area.

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Wisconsin LACS Milwaukee Portland 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Some birds breed in flocks, at least in part to avoid predation. Great Frigatebirds are infamous for assaulting boobies ( Red-footed Boobies , that is) in the air, but when perched they seem to get along just fine.

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North Dakota LACS Oakland Iceland 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND. Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Upland Sandpipers are one of the coolest and most awkward-looking of our continent’s birds.

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LACS Alaska Connecticut Wildlife 185