New bird

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Locals:

Is it just me or is there a new sort of urban bird hanging around the area? It is a big bird, the size of a pigeon, but it is dusky-colored, and has a more needley beak than pigeons do. I see them slumming around the residential / light-commercial areas around Davis and Porter.

Do any of you know what I'm talking about? I see a lot of these guys lately, and I don't recall seeing them before.

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Re: Recency Illusion

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The wet weather in the winter could have favored them somehow... Perhaps some bug they find yummy is especially popular. I've been noticing an increase in dragonfly population around here for that reason (and thank goodness, because who wants MORE mosquitos?)