A new year, a fresh start, a chance to do whatever you want with your precious birding time! January is great, embrace the opportunity. How about kicking off the year by enjoying these five great birds?

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This Victorian contribution to our fauna might be diminutive, but what the little owl lacks in stature, it makes up for in fierce character and mythical cachet

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