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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

10,000 Birds

The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”, Soon the girls emerged.

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