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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams

10,000 Birds

Focusing on an often under-appreciated portion of the continent, the book showcases forty species found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio – but perhaps not for long. The result is a book that invites and doesn’t exhaust the reader. I honestly found it in many ways quite hopeful.

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Birding by Volunteering

10,000 Birds

I bring this up not to boast (well, not much) but because I think that this approach to wildlife travel is somewhat neglected in birding circles. You may not get the species counts that the race delivers, but you’ll have memories burned into your skull. I’ll also take the opportunity to travel a bit.

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