20 Birding Hot Spots within 274 miles of Minneapolis
(as chosen by National Geographic)
Minnesota:
Gunflint Trail
Sax-Zim Bog
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
McGregor Marsh State Natural Area
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Felton Prairie
Rothsay Wildlife Management Area
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
Beaver Creek Valley State Park
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin
Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
Wyalusing State Park
South Dakota
Sica Hollow State Park
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Newton Hills State Park
North Dakota
Sheyenne National Grassland
Oak Grove Park, Fargo
Iowa
Lost Island Nature Center, Ruthven
Effigy Mounds National Monument (along Mississippi River)
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