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Mama dark eyed junco with the first helmet baby out of the nest...they sure grow up faster than swallows!!
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First fledgeling with mama. At this point this baby could only get about six inches off the ground, and then would land in a heap.
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Rescued baby great blue heron being handled by a girl whose hands can read the body of an injured or orphaned or abandoned animal like a book.
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Coopers Hawk ( or maybe a juvenile sharp shinned hawk?) According to Bob the Birdman, it is a migrating Broad-winged hawk.
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Snugga and baby swallow (No horses or baby birds were hurt in the making of this photo!)
