A Soldier's Update on Birding in Iraq

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Published January 22, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

A member of the National Guard stationed in Iraq has been chronicling the birds and other forms of wildlife he has observed there for almost a year. We last spoke with Jon in October. We checked in with him as he prepared to leave Iraq, and he told us about his latest sightings.

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