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If you like birds on posts, if seeing “little brown jobs” posing nicely in the distance as you drive or walk along a dirt road only to have it fly away as you approach makes you deliriously happy, then NorthDakota is the place for you. I wanted to see prairie birds and I wanted to experience a new state.
The water this Northern Pintail is in has human poo in it, which completely ruins the experience of seeing this bird. I know part of the experience of birding is taking in the beauty of the outdoors, but (call me crazy) I’m actually in it for the birds. White Lake, NorthDakota. Oh wait, it doesn’t.
California is blessed with 51 NWRs and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), second only to NorthDakota with 77. I have put together a video to help you feel the experience I was a privy to on this beautiful fall morning at the refuge. You can check your state’s refuges here , listed by state.
Kirby Adams had a magical experience with his Best Bird of the Year and he blogged about it on his blog, Sharp Tern. While I had heard Yellow Rails in NorthDakota in 2010, to see this Ohio Review Species fly, not once but twice, right in front of me was an incredible experience.
I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!
Indeed, can you truly experience the wonder of nature from the confines of a vehicle? This is one of many Black Terns flying low over a bridge at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, NorthDakota. Always, always, have binoculars and camera within reach when you are driving around on a birding trip. Does that sound so bad?
I imagine these explorers had the same reaction as the Lewis and Clark expedition as they moved from the tallgrass prairies of NorthDakota and Montana into the northern Rockies of western Montana. I learned early and often when I moved to Colorado that a birder will have to up their physical ante to experience some of these birds.
Well, no one comes on a field trip at Space Coast trying to see a Carolina Wren except for someone from NorthDakota where, from what I can see in eBird , there have been three records of Carolina Wren ever. Anyway, the whole experience got me thinking. No one comes on a field trip at Space Coast trying to see a Carolina Wren !
Written in the tradition of the classic Hawks in Flight , but very much a product of the experiences of its birder authors, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a new way of identifying migratory birds at sea to all of us who observe the waters of eastern North America with expectation and excitement. Some maps are quite busy.
Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. However, 12 states, namely, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, NorthDakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin [Imagine, The Dairy State doesn't protect a woman's right to nurse!], How sick and twisted is that.
In June, I visited NorthDakota for the first time. The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I was hoping to seek out during the one day I had available between business commitments. That’s one of my photos above.
In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. My profile page identifies the states that I have not eBirded, including Nebraska, NorthDakota, Michigan, Mississippi, and Vermont. I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list.
.&# If my caller had said “I want to see ducks, or sparrows, or grassland birds&# I would have suggested another event to him—the Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival in Carrington, NorthDakota which is held in June each year. Aim small, bird small.
The Refuge has also become a place where people can experience and learn about wildlife and the places they call home, whether through self-guided discovery or by participating in one of our many educational programs. The Service proposes opening the following refuges to sport fishing for the first time: NorthDakota.
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