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(The new 500mm lens, which is actually a 750mm digital, definitely makes a difference)

The first female rose-breasted grosbeak [pheucticus ludovicianus] of the spring bird migration showed up on the birdbath today, which means the males can’t be far behind. The temperature topped 80 in on the screened-in porch in Wilsonville this afternoon.

And a spring American robin turdus migratorius showed up too…

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