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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

10,000 Birds

The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” The resulting properties—WPAs—are small ponds, wetlands, and associated grasslands, primarily in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, but also in Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

Lifers included Cape May, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Kentucky, Canada, and Blue-winged warblers. That bird stuck around for a while, invariably associating with some Canada Geese on a specific fairway on a specific golf course near Half Moon Bay. It truly is the “Warbler Capital of the World.”