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    Apr 04, 2020 3 minutes

    NUTHATCH MEMORIES

    The January/February 2020 issue’s “ID Tips” (p. 38) by Kenn Kaufman regarding Pygmy Nuthatch brought back a special memory. My former next-door neighbor, and one who guided me in my early days of birdwatching, was none other than Robert A. Norris. Dr. Norris was perhaps the most gifted and remarkable ornithologist to hail from Georgia.

    Back when I had difficulty distinguishing an Eastern Kingbird from a Great Crested

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