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Old 01-17-24, 06:51 PM
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There's an undeveloped area of a local park where I like to run-walk one of the hills in the early morning hours. Once in a while when out there just about dawn I'll see anywhere from one to three Great Horned owls perched on some leaf-less trees. They seem to sit there and watch me put myself through a bit of suffering for 5-10 minutes before noiselessly flying away into the big mature trees nearby to roost for the day. Very cool. Also the regular selection of coyotes coming through in the early morning, maybe a snake or two in the summer, lizards, skunk, racoons, mice, etc. One big surprise last summer was seeing an American Kestral sitting on a sign post; easy to spot with their small size and colorful head feathers. And most other folks using the area thinks it has no wildlife!
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