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Birdwatching at the Lake of the Ozarks
The Lake of the Ozarks, although man-made, funtions as a natural water environment that is feeding and resting ground for numerous species of wildlife, including a spectacular variety of birds.
Species that are a familiar sight on the Lake (and in the area), including the great blue heron, hawks and ducks of many varieties, wild turkey, pectoral sandpipers, cliff swallows, terns, American goldfinches, ruby-throated hummingbirds, robins, bobwhites, whippoorwills, cardinals, blue jays, wood thrushes, eastern meadowlarks, phoebes, belted kingfishers, pileated woodpeckers and the "leftovers" king of the sky, the turkey vulture.
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