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[laura.c-ctr.farron@xxxxxxx]

Hello birders,

I have to make this brief; it's one of those days.  To my knowledge, the
Ripley hummingbird has not been seen since dusk on Friday... a somewhat
ominous sign, since winter hummingbirds often depart in January.  I watched
from 11:45 to 12:50 today, but I did not see her.  It would be unfortunate,
since Mary did not get a chance to catch and identify or band this one, but
last week's weather was not hospitable. I did see two scrapping
mockingbirds, one now sporting 3 leg bands.  I thought there were only 2
before... maybe anklet bracelets are the new hip accessory for mockingbird
this year!

                                                      Laura Farron


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