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There’s More to Birding than Birds

10,000 Birds

We’ve got coyotes in Chicago and its suburbs, but I’ve never bumped into one in the field. The tours out to the Stillwater Refuge and Carson Lake, though, offered good looks at two coyotes. Ditto for the Mule Deer who stood still for a few photos before bounding away.). Any herpophiles out there have a clue?

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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

We also saw Prairie Dogs , Bison , Mule Deer , Abert’s Squirrel and Coyote. Although careful preparation, sophisticated intel from real ornithologists and a lot of planning had been derailed by half a meter of snow, we ended up scoring 63 species over the weekend. I ticked off 9 lifers.

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