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Farmers whose crops are plagued with gopher problems can recruit the help of owls for the burrowing creatures eradication, according to a story that was published in Ag Alert, a magazine for California farmers. This barn owl was spotted in a palm tree surrounded by almond orchards in rural south Manteca. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO

COLUMNBirdBrains-right lt — Farmers whose crops are plagued with gopher problems can recruit the help of owls for the burrowing creatures eradication, according to a story that was published in Ag Alert, a magazine for California farmers. This barn owl was spotted in a palm tree surrounded by almond orchards in rural south Manteca. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO

Have you thanked a bird today? Yes, a bird. As in the feather-weight pinioned creature whose name some people even borrow or invoke to send out an insult to someone they deem mentally challenged.

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