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            |  American Kestrel,
            Salton Sea
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             American Kestrel,
            Phoenix
 |  American Kestrel, Phoenix
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             American Kestrel, Yuma
 | American Kestrels are very
            common to abundant winter visitors to the Imperial and Lower
            Colorado Valleys.  Look for them perched on telephone lines and
            poles in agricultural areas south of the Salton Sea and south of
            Yuma.  In summer, when our winter visitors return north, they
            are much less commonly seen, but there are still good numbers
            present. | 
              American Kestrel, Yuma
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