Bergen, Månen

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Friday, May 14
Today I had an absolutely fantastic day, finally getting outside the wire into the surrounding farmland on a civil affairs mission, delivering school supplies to children. Not many new birds since I was trying not to drive into an irrigation canal. I did see a few egrets in the fields (maybe cattle egrets) and a group of blue-cheeked bee-eaters hawking for insects and perching on power lines.