A wonderful day outside leaves a wonderful feeling inside. Everyone has a story. Thatโs true of all creatures great and small. The love of birds and their stories can change a person. Take me. My wife claims I havenโt always looked like a sandhill crane.
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Almost daily, Violet the Dog and I take a walk at the Cedar Bluffs Natural Area above Cedar Creek in Mahaska County, Iowa, and these are my observations, photos, and Merlin bird logs.