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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second Weekend of 2011)

10,000 Birds

Just two weekends into 2012, I already love this year. As promised, I watched Falcons get plucked, pinioned, and debeaked this weekend. But since these sorry birds are giving avifauna a bad name, I should mention the sleek Cooper’s Hawk I spotted at Turning Point Park. Not a bad bird at all!

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