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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Snowy Owl NY Times

yep..they are even getting in the NY Times...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/us/influx-of-snowy-owls-thrills-and-baffles-birders.html?hp&_r=1
Posted by Kingsboider at 7:39 AM
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