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The Big Dead-Fish Clean-Up
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October 31, 2019
My Column: Counting Raptors — Officially
Earlier this month, I volunteered to be the official migrating-raptor counter at the State Line Hawk watch in Alpine.
I lived to write a column about it. You can download it here.
Download Wright Bird Watcher TheRecord_20191031_BL04_1
One of the challenges: telling Cooper's Hawks from Sharp-shins. Which is the hawk above?
Photo by Steve Seyboth. (answer at the end of the column.) Thanks, Steve!
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Shows you what I know, I thought the hawk in the picture was a red-shouldered.
Rick -
Thanks, Sally!
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Great. Way to start off Halloween with smiles. Loved the column
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Rick Weiman
Shows you what I know, I thought the hawk in the picture was a red-shouldered.
Rick
Jim Wright
Thanks, Sally!
Sally
Great. Way to start off Halloween with smiles. Loved the column