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The Birds at Itasca State Park Are All Wet

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I’m writing this post a day late (sorry) from Itasca State Park, Minnesota. Which reminds me of something funny about Minnesota. One of the most interesting locals in Minnesota, but if your cabin is up a different route you would not know about it! But there is the Alexandria-Detroit Lakes axis, I suppose.

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10 Questions for Birdchick on 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know

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My other two favorites would be the Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds in Minnesota because you can do three different biomes—one day it’s prairie (bobolinks, shorebirds and Henslow’s sparrows), the next boreal forest (black-backed woodpeckers and loons) and then load up on warblers in a deciduous hardwood forest.

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