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Eurasian Tree Sparrows from long ago

10,000 Birds

This event took place in April of 1870, in Lafayette Park in St. First, we were on a schedule that, while not tight, did involve being in Kansas City before nightfall. Red-winged Blackbirds and Starlings around the Arch were panting and flocking to the water features like Saharan castaways.

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