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Great Gray Owl: Seeing the Ghost

10,000 Birds

As part of my commitment to birding excellence in 2014, I signed up for eBird alerts — receiving messages each time a bird not yet on my year list is reported in Missoula County. Not only did they, but they invited us to tag along with them. Despite our best efforts, the snow crunched and the ice crackled.

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