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Away From it All: The North Cascades

10,000 Birds

And though this part of the world has emerged onto the Washington plane crash since my visit, it’s still a vastly under-appreciated part of the country. I didn’t see the mountain goats that lend the town of Mazama its logo, though I did buy a water bottle as a souvenir. Now, none of these are great rarities.

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Birding Mount Rainier National Park

10,000 Birds

It didn’t take too long for a bird to catch my interest. We were in the mountains! The second life bird of the day, after the Clark’s Nutcracker welcoming committee , was Cassin’s Finch in the form of a small flock that flew over that sounded different than Purple Finches.

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