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Winter Issue 2012Farming and Ranching

Naturalist’s Notebook: Migrating Birds Fill Up in Flooded Rice Fields

by John Muir Laws January 2, 2012October 19, 2018
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Naturalist and illustrator John Muir Laws is the author of the Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada and Sierra Birds: A Hiker's Guide. Learn more and find class schedules at johnmuirlaws.com.

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