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Summer Birding Puzzles

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Pat Jaquith

by Pat Jaquith
pat@westvalleynaturalists.org

Molting Juvenile 8.17.22

What are those beautiful birds feeding on the shiny red berries of roadside shrubs? They are the size of adult birds, but they don’t resemble any I can think of!

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