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Fort Union Trading Post near Williston

UND, Grand Forks Ronald Fischer

Missouri River near Bismarck

Downtown Fargo

Theodore Roosevelt National Park Douglas Tschetter

Horseback Riding in the Badlands Photo credit: North Dakota Tourism/Jason Lindsey

Kayaking North Dakota's Waterways Photo credit: North Dakota Tourism/Jason Lindsey

Wheat Field Sunset

Beautiful Butterfly Stephanie Slabodnik

Summer Day, Grand Forks Ronald Fischer

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State Bird

Western Meadowlark

Sturnella Neglecta, approximately the size of a robin, the meadowlark sports a yellow breast with a black bib over its mottled brown body. These song birds are found from Wisconsin to Texas and westward to the Pacific.