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Saturday, December 7, 2013

more about Snowy Owls..why they here

There's an interesting article by Kenn Kaufman in Audubon Magazine about this year's Snowy Owl irruption.http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/notes-snowy-owl-invasionThere's an interesting article by Kenn Kaufman in Audubon Magazine about this year's Snowy Owl irruption. <a href="http://">
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