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Barred Owl

"Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?" Probably not this owl. I think they are into more of a raw food kind of thing.

American Woodcock

How much walk can a Woodcock walk if a Woodcock could spot worms? WELL, Let me show you the cutest and weirdest bird walk that I've found so far...

Gray Catbird

It kind of "meeewww"s like cat. And I'm really trying not to make a joke about a hot tin roof. Trying.

Great Horned Owl

Crows harass hawks, but they specifically will harass Great Horned Owls - for hours on end, as this owl is a crow's most dangerous predator.

Yellow-breasted Chat

This bird shares the award for Longest Time Took to Figure Out What Bird Is Making that Call (the Woodcock was the other one).

Song Sparrow

The coloring of this sparrow varies greatly across North America, so learning it's song is also a good way to tell it apart from others.

Cooper’s Hawk

"In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s Hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, or wishbone." most likely from flying quickly through vegetation to catch other birds. (from allaboutbird.org)
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