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A pygmy owl and a great horned owl.
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A red-winged blackbird and a close-up of a kestrel.
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A mourning dove and a starling on a prickly pear.
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A cardinal at the right and a pyrrhuloxia at the left.
The pyrrhuloxia belongs to the same family as the cardinal.
One easy way to tell the difference - the pyrrhuloxia's beak isn't red.
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A Common Moorhen. I've seen a pair of them at the Santa Cruz River and I've seen plenty killdeer there, too.
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A Juvenile great blue heron and a pair of large billed dowitcher. The second is a rarity in Tucson since there has been only one counted and that was in 2004.
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