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Snowy Owl Invasion!

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Snowy Owl in Queens, New York, 1 December 2013. Snowy Owls have been sighted as far south as North Carolina and some locations have as many as seven! Here in New York State Snowy Owls have been reported in more than ten counties, with most of those counties having birds being seen in multiple locations.

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Birds of Prey of the East & Birds of Prey of the West: Review of Two Field Guides

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Unlike most field guides, the maps are large and specific, indicating permanent, winter, and summer ranges by color swatch; summer, winter, and all seasons dispersal routes by colored lines, and irregular breeding sites by shape and color. Mississippi Kite, Birds of Prey of the East. Finding Species in Each Guide.

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A Brief Interview with Greg Miller

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I also missed easy birds like Snowy Owl and Swainson’s Warbler. Bicknell’s Thrush is a bird that is important to me because I grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, one of the places that it breeds. Washington in New Hampshire in July. When and where did you see yours during your big year?