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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk, by Steve Thornhill
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Sabine's Gull at Jamestown Ferry
This very rare and strikingly patterned juvenile Sabine's Gull was following the Jamestown/Scotland Ferry near Williamsburg today...they typically migrate far offshore...a first local record and one of few for Virginia.
Brian Taber