Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner 
I'm afraid I don't know.

Sandra


From: Geo Kloppel 
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:39 PM
To: Kevin J. McGowan
Cc: Donna Lee Scott; Sandra J. Kisner; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

What food was being offered to attract the Crows ?

-Geo

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:


Crows would not tolerate an eagle unless it was very focused on eating 
something else. Vulture sounds most likely.

Kevin



From: bounce-125566860-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:46 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate 
being next to them.
Kevin McGowan would know.
Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), 
but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know 
where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.

Sandra


From: Joshua Snodgrass mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see at that distance).  She also 
occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

Sandra
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Geo Kloppel 
What food was being offered to attract the Crows ?

-Geo

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Kevin J. McGowan  wrote:
> 
> 
> Crows would not tolerate an eagle unless it was very focused on eating 
> something else. Vulture sounds most likely.
>  
> Kevin
>  
>  
>  
> From: bounce-125566860-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
>  On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:46 PM
> To: Sandra J. Kisner 
> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird
>  
> Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate 
> being next to them. 
> Kevin McGowan would know. 
> 
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner  wrote:
> 
> By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was 
> short), but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't 
> actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to 
> be in the area.
> 
> Sandra
> 
> 
> From: Joshua Snodgrass 
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
> To: Sandra J. Kisner
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird
> 
> Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
> white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
> mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I 
> promised I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group 
> of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) 
> driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is 
> from far away; not knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of 
> grackles being joined by a crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows. 
>  The guest is rather stocky, with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't 
> in the least disturbed by the visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At 
> one point she pointed out what looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see 
> at that distance).  She also occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look 
> like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?
> 
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Crows would not tolerate an eagle unless it was very focused on eating 
something else. Vulture sounds most likely.

Kevin



From: bounce-125566860-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:46 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate 
being next to them.
Kevin McGowan would know.
Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), 
but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know 
where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.

Sandra


From: Joshua Snodgrass mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see at that distance).  She also 
occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

Sandra
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Reminder - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

2021-04-22 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
Just a reminder to scan over all D-c Cormorants for other potential goodies, 
such as Great Cormorant or Neotropic Cormorant!

For example, a single Neotropic Cormorant was found yesterday in Ottawa (still 
present today).

I’ll never forget this statement from Kevin McGowan: “bad weather = good 
birds!” It’s so true. :-)

Good birding!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H


On Apr 22, 2021, at 9:21 AM, Arnold Talentino 
mailto:arnold.talent...@cortland.edu>> wrote:

100 plus cormorants on Dryden Lake,  Wednesday 3:30 pm; also of note, 50 plus 
buffleheads

Arnold Talentino


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mailto:bounce-125561293-28222...@list.cornell.edu>>
 on behalf of david nicosia mailto:daven1...@yahoo.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:50 PM
To: Donna Lee Scott mailto:d...@cornell.edu>>; Sandy Podulka 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>>
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

I just estimated 200+ DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS Whitney Point Reservoir in 
Broome County this evening!


On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 04:45:51 PM EDT, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:


Cormorants have been flying by to north in small flocks for at least an hour!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Apr 20, 2021, at 3:31 PM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Two days ago I saw a flock of about 10+ DC Cormorants flying north over Cayuga 
Lake.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 20, 2021, at 3:23 PM, Sandy Podulka 
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John Greenly reports at 2:30 today that there was a flock of 132 +- 
Double-crested Cormorants off East Shore Park (SE corner of Cayuga Lake).


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Peter Saracino 
Sibley:
Ravens 24" long
Crows 17.5 " long

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 1:24 PM Sandra J. Kisner  wrote:

> I suggested raven to her, but it was an awful lot larger.  Is there that
> much difference between crows and ravens?
>
> Sandra
>
> 
> From: Donna Lee Scott 
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:45 PM
> To: Sandra J. Kisner
> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird
>
> Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would
> tolerate being next to them.
> Kevin McGowan would know.
>
> Donna Scott
> Lansing
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner  s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
>
> By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was
> short), but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't
> actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to
> be in the area.
>
> Sandra
>
> 
> From: Joshua Snodgrass mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com>>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
> To: Sandra J. Kisner
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird
>
> Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but
> have white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner  s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I
> promised I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group
> of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural)
> driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is
> from far away; not knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of
> grackles being joined by a crow, but she assures me they are her usual
> crows.  The guest is rather stocky, with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows
> weren't in the least disturbed by the visitor, so it's not likely it was a
> hawk.  At one point she pointed out what looked like a white wing bar (very
> hard to see at that distance).  She also occasionally sees turkeys, but
> this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?
>
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner 
I suggested raven to her, but it was an awful lot larger.  Is there that much 
difference between crows and ravens?

Sandra


From: Donna Lee Scott 
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:45 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate 
being next to them.
Kevin McGowan would know.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), 
but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know 
where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.

Sandra


From: Joshua Snodgrass mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see at that distance).  She also 
occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

Sandra
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Ravens hang around where eagles are, but i am not sure crows would tolerate 
being next to them.
Kevin McGowan would know.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), 
but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know 
where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.

Sandra


From: Joshua Snodgrass mailto:cedarsh...@gmail.com>>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
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I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
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large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
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with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
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occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Peter Saracino 
Raven?
Sar

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 12:41 PM Sandra J. Kisner  wrote:

> By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was
> short), but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't
> actually know where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to
> be in the area.
>
> Sandra
>
> 
> From: Joshua Snodgrass 
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
> To: Sandra J. Kisner
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird
>
> Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but
> have white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner  s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I
> promised I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group
> of crows that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural)
> driveway, with a large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is
> from far away; not knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of
> grackles being joined by a crow, but she assures me they are her usual
> crows.  The guest is rather stocky, with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows
> weren't in the least disturbed by the visitor, so it's not likely it was a
> hawk.  At one point she pointed out what looked like a white wing bar (very
> hard to see at that distance).  She also occasionally sees turkeys, but
> this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?
>
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[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner 
By appearance the eagle seems more likely than a vulture (the neck was short), 
but would crows tolerate it?  I'll suggest it to her; I don't actually know 
where she lives, so I don't know if bald eagles are likely to be in the area.

Sandra


From: Joshua Snodgrass 
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2021 12:11 PM
To: Sandra J. Kisner
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

Any chance it was a juvenile Bald Eagle? Young birds are very dark, but have 
white markings. It would be huge compared to crows.

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 10:19 AM Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
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occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

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[cayugabirds-l] Field sparrow and other observations

2021-04-22 Thread Andrew David Miller 
A field sparrow joined the current sparrows (song, white-throated, and a lone 
fox) at our feeder station this morning picking through the snow.  We last had 
a redpoll at our Nyjer feeder on Monday of this week.  We were also visited by 
a hermit thrush scratching under the feeder station this morning.  This happens 
rarely, but consistently, every winter where a hermit thrush will show up for a 
few hours, pick around for food and then we don't see one for weeks on end.  I 
have no idea the significance of this since it is not a bird I associate with 
feeders, but I thought it was an interesting observation to share.


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[cayugabirds-l] Towhee

2021-04-22 Thread W Larry Hymes 
I had my FOY TOWHEE this morning.  A beautiful male!  I guess they're finally 
coming back.

Larry Hymes
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Maybe a turkey vulture?

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 22, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Sandra J. Kisner 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
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occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

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[cayugabirds-l] large dark bird

2021-04-22 Thread Sandra J. Kisner 
I'm afraid I don't have much information to base my question on, but I promised 
I'd try.  A friend showed me a short video on her phone of a group of crows 
that she puts food out for near the end of her long (rural) driveway, with a 
large dark bird apparently feeding with them.  The shot is from far away; not 
knowing that I would have guessed it was a bunch of grackles being joined by a 
crow, but she assures me they are her usual crows.  The guest is rather stocky, 
with a short (broad?) tail.  The crows weren't in the least disturbed by the 
visitor, so it's not likely it was a hawk.  At one point she pointed out what 
looked like a white wing bar (very hard to see at that distance).  She also 
occasionally sees turkeys, but this didn't look like a turkey to me.  Any ideas?

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[cayugabirds-l] yesterday's feeder birds

2021-04-22 Thread Marty Schlabach 
18 species were sighted at our feeders yesterday.  Of particular note were one 
brown thrasher and one lingering redpoll.

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

2021-04-22 Thread Arnold Talentino 
100 plus cormorants on Dryden Lake,  Wednesday 3:30 pm; also of note, 50 plus 
buffleheads

Arnold Talentino


From: bounce-125561293-28222...@list.cornell.edu 
 on behalf of david nicosia 

Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 7:50 PM
To: Donna Lee Scott ; Sandy Podulka 
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Huge Cormorant Flock off East Shore Park

I just estimated 200+ DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS Whitney Point Reservoir in 
Broome County this evening!


On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 04:45:51 PM EDT, Donna Lee Scott  
wrote:


Cormorants have been flying by to north in small flocks for at least an hour!

Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Apr 20, 2021, at 3:31 PM, Donna Lee Scott 
mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

Two days ago I saw a flock of about 10+ DC Cormorants flying north over Cayuga 
Lake.

Donna Scott
Lansing
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 20, 2021, at 3:23 PM, Sandy Podulka 
mailto:s...@cornell.edu>> wrote:

John Greenly reports at 2:30 today that there was a flock of 132 +- 
Double-crested Cormorants off East Shore Park (SE corner of Cayuga Lake).


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[cayugabirds-l] Towhee at my door!

2021-04-22 Thread anneb . clark 
Lovely male E Towhee foraged and back kicked snow on my deck about 12” from the 
sliding door this am. Quite a sight in the fluffy snow and a first for the 
fenced yard. 
Anne

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