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Car Birding: A Birder Litmus Test

10,000 Birds

Barbed wire fences are terrible for wildlife, snaring large birds and mammals alike…but for smaller passerines, they sure make good perches. This is one of many Black Terns flying low over a bridge at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. This roadside Mountain Bluebird was photographed near Santa Ynez, CA. -

LACS 134