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My Column: State Line Hawk Watch
A view of State Line Lookout and the Hudson River beyond in Alpine. By Jim WrightSpecial to The Record |…
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Monday Morning Mystery 062810
What in the world is this? Huge clue: It's bird/birding related.
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That’s the easy part. What kind of bird was wearing it, and where was the bird found? Answer tomorrow…
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“Jess guessing,” since it’s hard to tell true size and length in a photo, but this looks like a falconer’s jess.
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Jim Wright
That’s the easy part. What kind of bird was wearing it, and where was the bird found? Answer tomorrow…
John Workman
“Jess guessing,” since it’s hard to tell true size and length in a photo, but this looks like a falconer’s jess.