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Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors
How Much Would You Pay to See a Red Crossbill?
On Sunday afternoon, two birding friends found Red Crossbills in a pine plantation in White County, Arkansas. This was news. Crossbills are rare in Arkansas, and can be difficult to find even where they aren’t rare. I’ve seen them once … Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day
My wife and I went out for lunch today, as we often do. Our destination was Smokin’ Buns BBQ in Jacksonville, Arkansas—forty-five minutes east of our house. It happened to be Valentine’s Day, but that wasn’t the reason for our … Continue reading
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You Can’t Go Home Again (because other people live there now)
On the way home from Wisconsin, we stayed a night in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, close to where we lived for 18 years. We got a surprisingly good rate on a room at a new and fancy Hampton Inn … Continue reading
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Five Days Up North
We rented a cabin in the Oaken Bucket Resort on Thunder Lake in Rhinelander. While it was actually in town, the resort was on a peninsula and felt a lot remoter than it was. We were about five miles from … Continue reading
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Bird #601 — American Flamingo
phoenicopterus (from Greek, red-winged) ruber (Latin, red) Adams County, Wisconsin — Pentenwell Lake Sunday, October 8, 2023 — 1:18 pm In my last post, I reported my failed trip to Alabama to see American Flamingos that were blown there by … Continue reading
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