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Ugly Is In the Eye of the Beholder – Some Scruffy Scavengers Skate Through the Skies of Spring.
In my March 12, 2011, post on this blog, observant reader, I referred to the beginning of the spring migrations of birds – including raptors/birds of prey – heading up this way from further south. Among them, I referred to … Continue reading →
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