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Birding Inner Mongolia

10,000 Birds

So, to claim that I birded Inner Mongolia is a massive exaggeration. Let’s move to the birds). According to an apocryphal story, the painter later turned politician once painted a watercolor of this innocent bird and liked the appearance so much that he copied it for his own style. Third note: no more notes.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

10,000 Birds

The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.* But then came the biggest obstacle of all… …would Daisy agree to a boat ride that had a bird as its goal? Read on, dear reader, and you will be sure to find out!