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Visitors on the Range

10,000 Birds

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals. Are the bison the stars of the show, or is the real star the range itself?

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Over the Mountain

10,000 Birds

Brewer’s Blackbirds and House Finches were carting nesting material to and fro. Things were quiet at first as I headed upwards, until I startled two Mule Deer. Although I didn’t see the woodpeckers I hoped for, I did spot a Townsend’s Solitaire. It’s not actually this steep. It just feels this steep.

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