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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

10,000 Birds

The snake was wrapped firmly around the hawk’s tail, neck, and wings, and had enough strength to immobilize the bird but not to kill him. Eventually the business and the workers moved to Tampa, leaving a sizable chicken population behind. The duo locked in battle turned out to be a juvenile Broad-winged Hawk and a Black Snake.

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Weddings and Birds

10,000 Birds

Sunday we had to head to Tampa to take a flight home, Brian back to the Richmond area for work and me to Washington. If we had been able to stop on the highway without killing ourselves or missing our flights I would have identified even more, as there were dozens of species along the edge of the waters or paddling along. Great Egret.

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