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First Post-COVID-19 Birding Trip: Wisconsin and Horicon NWR

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Additionally, I have written about Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs), which are important but underappreciated parts of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Horicon NWR covers the northern part of the marsh and the remainder is a state wildlife area. It is a popular eBird hotspot with nearly 13,000 checklists and 260 recorded species.

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Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014)

10,000 Birds

Beer has become famously associated with particular cities in history – Munich, London, Dublin, Pilsen, Milwaukee – in ways that no wine ever has. For birders who know the importance of being in just the right habitat in finding a particular species, this isn’t at all an unfamiliar idea.

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