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Brown thrasher in a nest bush. Copyright by Bill Drazkowski.

Red-headed woodpecker. Copyright by Andy Nyhus.

Female rusty blackbird. 90% decline during the last 30 years. Copyright by Kathy Carlyle.

Red-shouldered hawks in a cottonwood. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Great egret. Copyright by Andy Nyhus.

Eastern kingbird. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Least bittern. Copyright by Bill Drazkowski.

Black tern on eggs in bulrush. Copyright Kay Shaw.

A prothonotary warbler claims his nest hole and the center of their territory with moss. Copyright Howard Munson.

Yellow billed cuckoo. Copyright by Bill Drazkowski.

Bay-breasted warbler, one of at least 25 warblers using Aghaming. Copyright by Andy Nyhus.

Ospreys about to copulate. Copyright by Andy Nyhus.

Yellow-bellied sapsucker. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Tree Swallow on river birch. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Northern flicker. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Lesser scaup. Copyright by Bill Drazkowski.

Hooded mergansers. Copyright by Allen Blake Sheldon.

Great Blue Heron. Copyright by Andy Nyhus.

River-otter. Copyright Allen Blake Sheldon.

Red-shouldered hawk. Copyright Bill Drazkowski.

A yellow-crowned night heron in breeding plumage at Aghaming, June 1976. Copyright by Bill Drazkowski.

Copyright by Kathleen Carlyle

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Richie explored North America by bicycle 1977-2006, frequently visiting Indian reservations. He writes fiction, bird articles and an occasional book review and newspaper column.

He has monitored bird populations for professional institutions and as a citizen scientist since the 1980s.