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DC Cougar's avatar

That's a lot of birds on your list! I guess we do have quite a few species up here in north Idaho, but they're not very densely populated. We have majestic bald eagles and ospreys and plenty of water birds. I could do without so many turkeys, which can leave quite a mess on our new stone walkways. :^/

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John Wills Lloyd's avatar

Nice, DC. Thanks.

I missed a lot of birds during the walk this morning.

Though we see plenty of them during the fall migration, I’ve only once seen a Bald Eagle in our back yard. No osprey there, but we do sometimes see them along the Rivanna when we walk there. Other backyard raptors (in order of decreasing frequency): Nesting pair of Red-shouldered Hawks; Coopers Hawks; Red-tail Hawks; Sharp-Shinned Hawks….

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