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Cannonball Run to SE Arizona (part 4: Rufous-capped Warbler)

by Matt Fraker on April 14, 2012

A March Madness Cannonball Run to SE Arizona (part 3)

by Matt Fraker on April 13, 2012

A March Madness Cannonball Run to SE Arizona (part 2)

by Matt Fraker on March 26, 2012

A March Madness Cannonball Run to SE Arizona (part 1)

by Matt Fraker on March 23, 2012

An “Owlsome” Wednesday

by Matt Fraker on February 23, 2012

A Short Cannonball Run: southern Indiana via Minnesota and Nebraska

by Matt Fraker on February 13, 2012

A Raptorpalooza (with a LIGHT MORPH Adult Harlan’s Hawk); Woodford Co, IL

by Matt Fraker on January 20, 2012

The Community of Birding

by Matt Fraker on November 24, 2011

Clinton Lake; De Witt Co IL; 10/21/11

by Matt Fraker on October 22, 2011

Fraker Week In Review: August 24th -August 29th, 2011

by Matt Fraker on August 29, 2011

Fraker Farm Miscellany; 06/15/11

by Matt Fraker on June 16, 2011

Fraker Farm Miscellany; 06/01/11

by Matt Fraker on June 3, 2011

Fraker Weekend in Review: a 91-29-103 Weekend

by Matt Fraker on May 9, 2011

Fraker Weekend in Review: 3 Days, 14 Sparrow Species, 18 Snakes, 100 plus Smith’s Longspurs, and Other Miscellany (04/23-25/11)

by Matt Fraker on April 25, 2011

Yellow-headed Blackbird, Eurasian Wigeon, and Other Typical Central Illinois Miscellany; 04/21/11

by Matt Fraker on April 21, 2011

Fraker Week In Review: 04/13 to 04/18/2011

by Matt Fraker on April 19, 2011

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