Something in the Earth

Plains Folk by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Sep 26, 20264:10Government & Organizations

One thing I noticed was, there are a lot of eagles along the middle reaches of the Missouri River. Bald eagles in the trees, eagles soaring overhead, eagles huddling over carrion on the road.

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