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Larsen, who describes himself as a birder, said he enjoyed spotting a great egret in the river.

Today, the park and lake are a birder’s paradise, as it is home to more than 300 species of migratory birds.

My husband is a hiker, a birder, a nature person.

It seemed like an incredible moment for birders, but the next day ended with nearly a thousand dead birds outside one building along Lake Michigan and even more scattered across the city’s streets.

Yet another reader described a “magical” spot at Stinson Beach in Marin County, where birders could watch scores of snowy egrets and great blue herons nest.