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An Owl-Full Day

10,000 Birds

Sunday morning dawned clear and cool, perfect weather in which to find some owls. Sunrise found me in a car with Rich Kelly and Seth Ausubel, on our way to Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx where we would be joined by Bob Dieterich and Gene Herskovics for an owl prowl. One owl down, two to go! We still needed Barred Owl !

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Chronic Exposure in Colorado

10,000 Birds

Another former military complex, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Reserve has very few rocky mountains in it, but it does have two herds of American Bison , at least one Striped Skunk , a lot of deer and an amazing number of birds (278 species in eBird). The park is a former US arsenal that has been rewilded.

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Do exotic (within reason) animals live a happier life with humans?

Reddit Animals

I have been thinking about this for awhile after I saw some people online with things like a pet skunk and even someone with a barn owl. However, the same people with these ducks, owls, armadillos, skunks, raccoons, etc are always showing clips of them with their little guys and they are just so happy, the animal and the owner.

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