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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

10,000 Birds

I spooked three Barn Owls out of a dense scrub row, just as the sun was setting. I counted about 600 of them, along with a few Red-wing Blackbirds and about 50-75 Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The second morning, the winds were up, and the balloon event was called off, so Jeanne joined me in the refuge.