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    The magic oak

    Apr 03, 2021 3 minutes
    BY PETE DUNNE

    When I first envisioned this column, I saw myself and wife Linda using our retirement to motor around to key birding hotspots, but then came COVID and stay-at-home orders from California Governor Gavin Newsom. California? Yes, while our permanent address is in New Jersey, our winters seem destined to anchor themselves at my in-laws’ home in Central Coast wine country. All in all, not a bad deal.

    This is where I came to know the “magic oak,” as I named the 30-foot California oak whose latticework

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