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Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

Featured image credit: “Gray Catbird” by Mike’s Birds is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Gray Catbird page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

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