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Go Find a Short-eared Owl This Winter

Across the country, this striking species is relatively easy to locate and beguiling to watch.

for being slow and frigid (gulls, anyone?), but it doesn’t have to be. Consider the Short-eared Owl, a charismatic species best seen during the depths of winter that, mercifully, can also be spied from the comfort of

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