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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The snow geese had been hanging out at the Big Ditch. The LaConner Birding Festival is going on this weekend. That's a good place to ask.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:18:44 -0800<br>
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<div dir="ltr">From: Vicki King via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Subject: [Tweeters] Seeking a field guide to the birds of Ecuador<br>
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<div dir="ltr">If anyone has this field guide --<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:46:00 -0800<br>
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<div dir="ltr">? Thanks to all - I guess I've just been missing them.? I -have- <br>
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<div dir="ltr">guess the hunting pressure is more to blame than anything else.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">? I did not hear any shots there today - so expect he was carrying all
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