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Our family has seen two uncommon birds in the past few weeks. The first was the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a type of woodpecker that is around our region only during migration. The second we saw this morning. Actually there were three of these birds, and they stuck around all day. Dad was the first to see them sitting on our backyard fence. They were orange and black, and Mom wondered if it was an oriole. I checked the internet to see if they were orioles. The internet confirmed the fact. It also said that South Dakota was in the summer territory of these lovely birds. I was elated. Orioles were on the top of my ‘birds I want to see’ list. I hope they stay all summer and build their nest here.
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