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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>12-27 at dusk, about 4:45 pm, we saw a Great Horned
Owl fly from Dunawi Creek northward over Research Way and beyond.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>12-26 Yesterday on Brooklane by the pond next
to Marys River Natural Area, we heard a Western Scrub-Jay do its soft whisper
song. Some day, maybe I'll get a video of this. Until then here's a YouTube link
of a captive Scrub-Jay:</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu95fEK7FS0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu95fEK7FS0</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Don Boucher<BR>Corvallis, OR<BR><A
href="http://www.Neighborhood-Naturalist.com">www.Neighborhood-Naturalist.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>