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Essentials For Packing When Birding Anywhere In The World

10,000 Birds

The one downside: they make your feet incredibly stinky, but if that’s what I must suffer for foot comfort, so be it. I was at a birding festival in North Dakota in June and it was a chilly morning. They have great arch support and toe protection and are great for hiking. Hats are a must. ” 3.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

10,000 Birds

I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds. This sighting came at the end of five days at the Potholes & Prairie Birding Festival in Jamestown, North Dakota.