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The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study by Scott Rashid

10,000 Birds

He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park. In addition to his passion for bird rescue, Rashid is also a talented artist, and his paintings and sketches supplement the many photographs in illustrating various aspects of the Great Horned Owl ‘s appearance and behavior.

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Mountain Plover at the Shore

10,000 Birds

Researchers doing shorebird surveys on the Core Banks (that is, the section of coast between Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout) had a tendency to find some interesting stuff. Daylight broke around New Bern and the view turned to acres and acres of saltmarsh as I wound my way through this part of the state where I had spent far too little time.