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A Snowflake’s Chance

10,000 Birds

The species that calls western Montana home is the black cottonwood, while plains and narrowleaf cottonwood call the rest of the state home. They shelter and shade, feed and bind. The are strong, they are important. Despite this, they are in some ways quite fragile.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

Meanwhile, a birder from Montana who happened to be watching the Magnificent Pirate next to me, was shouting the magic words, “Life Bird!” Many birders left at the first drops, but I crowded with a few other birders under the shelter of the volunteer kiosk. ” Magnificent Frigatebird. Black-and-white!

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