The Birds
Quills & Feathers: Literary Birds of the Northern Great Plains includes the main bird species of our region, with the the proper scientific apparati, a color photo, and, when available, audio recordings—the oral "text"—of said species.
Cowbird, Brown-headed
Crane, Sandhill
Crane, Whooping
Curlew, Long-Billed
Dove, Mourning
Falcon, Peregrine
Flicker, Northern
Grackle, Common
Harrier, Northern
Hawk, Red-tailed
Hummingbird, Calliope
Jay, Blue
Junco, Dark-Eyed
Magpie, Black-Billed
Meadowlark, Western
from Then The Badger Said This
from Sturnella Neglecta (Western Meadowlark)