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Privileged to have been a part of one of the few tours of Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge open to the public. By my count, and review of photographs, we saw 5 free flying birds and 8 juveniles in a cage soon to be released, totaling 13 birds.

One younger bird in particular spotted the group and came in to investigate, flying what must have been inside 100’ overhead.

Very grateful to the folks who work quite hard to give these creatures a fighting chance.