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resting time and another batch under trees along the edge of the field where hawks & owls sit.

[[underline]] The birds seen today were [[/underline]]:

[[underline]] Archibuteo sanctijohannus [[/underline]]. At least 4 were seen in the trees along the fields or out in mouse infested fields.
[[underline]] Buteo b. calurus [[/underline]] - Red tail hawks are unusually common over the fields, or sitting on the ground or in the trees along the fences too full for action. In the evening as they flew out of the trees, their crops were as stuffed out as to [[hand?]] conspicuously as the hawks flew.
[[underline]] Buteo swainsoni [[/underline]] - a few were seen along the rows of cottonwoods bordering the fields and and others flying over the fields. They are slightly less common than the red tails.
[[underline]] Cercus hudsonicus [[/underline]]. A few marsh hawks were seen skimming low over the fields
[[underline]] Buteo [[space]] [[/underline]] - A great horned owl came into the cottonwoods close to the ranch house in the evening, but paid no attention to the chickens, ducks & turkeys under the trees.