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    Worth the Neck Pain

    Great Horned Owl

    Marcus T., Wisconsin

    Two of them duetting in the oaks behind our house. The female's voice is higher — I never knew that. Stood there so long my feet went numb. Could not care less.

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    Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Jenn K., North Carolina

    This bird has been hammering the same dead branch for three weeks. Today it finally excavated a hole and stuck its entire head inside like it was checking for mail. I whispered 'yes' out loud. Alone. In my office.

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    Sleeper Pick

    Brown Creeper

    David R., Ohio

    Nobody ever posts about this bird because it looks like a piece of bark that learned to walk. But right now they're working tree trunks everywhere and if you actually stop and watch one spiral up an oak for two minutes, you'll wonder how you ever missed them. The tiniest, weirdest climber. A gremlin in the best way.

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