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

10,000 Birds

American Kestrels, Cooper Hawks , and Northern Harriers also found the hunting here to their liking. I spooked three Barn Owls out of a dense scrub row, just as the sun was setting. It got to within about 15 yards, calmly hunting for breakfast as it came. This one flew right over my head.