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Birdless Pain at Ross Coastal Plain

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To anyone considering spending time on the serene summer shores of Lake Michigan, I applaud your discerning taste. My family and I are enjoying our week in a beautiful house in the St. The summer doldrums are in full effect right now in southern Michigan. Summer in Michigan feels a lot like summer in New York.

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Reflecting on a Year of Less Birding

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In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. It’s not about the birds you’ve missed, it’s about the birds you have yet to see.

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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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Aïthurus polytmus , a family of Red-billed Streamerbirds depicted in a print dated between 1820 and 1860 from the Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam. Well, even though it’s blended in Detroit, Michigan, Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum from Two James Spirits gives us just that. I can think of no higher honor.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2016?

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This weekend, I’ll be heading out to Lake Michigan to really soak in summer moods with extended family. Corey will be enjoying immediate family in the Capitol Region, so look for him at the Vly. Right glad to meet the evenings dewy veil. & & see the light fade into glooms around. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of July 2012)

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My family and I have taken our show to the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. The month of July is drawing to a close, so prepare yourself for the inevitable chorus expressing surprise, chagrin, and dismay at the imminent end of summer. Do folks on the southern side of the globe, I wonder, do the same thing around the end of January?

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of August 2012?

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Thus, I was surprised and a little saddened to learn from my Kentucky family that kids in the Bluegrass State go back to school next week. Sunsets over Lake Michigan are phenomenal! The summer span of school-free days from late June to early September always seemed to me to be an experience all United States students held in common.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. wrote Laura, on Long Island.

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