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Ohio to Michigan to S.C. Totality

Ohio Camping and Birding Sheree’ was finishing up at school as I took off for Ohio, and two days later I would pick her up in Detroit before continuing to Upper Michigan.  It was a really beautiful drive past Pilot Mountain and into West Virginia. I stopped at Wolf Run State Park in Ohio for…

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September on the NC/SC Coast (Oh, my Maria!)

The plan was – Sheree and I spend a day at Pettigrew State Park  and a day at Oregon Inlet campground, after which, I head solo down the Outer Banks, birding as I go, take the ferries, bird from Cedar Island all the way down to Litchfield Beach, S.C., where I attend the Carolina Bird Club fall…

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Falls Lake- Rollingview SRA

Bird Camping Falls Lake We parked our teardrop trailer at Rollingview SRA campground for a long weekend. It was really nice sitting outside listening to the birds say goodnight, followed by a wake-up call good morning the next day. Our site was above a small intermittent stream that attracted some nice birds and amphibians, including Parula…

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Bog Walk – Signs of Spring and a Shadowy Sora

Winds from the south, finally. Over the past month, I have become a wind watcher. It seems to me that many birds have been struggling to get up into the Upper Peninsula due to almost constant northerly winds. But at the same time, the foliage is not out much, and the insects that many warblers…

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