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Matt Warnick of South Deerfield was coming down the mountain from a hike up Mount Toby in Sunderland Thursday evening when he saw this barred owl in the trees and took its picture. “It was pretty crazy,” he said. “He was just 10 feet away. I can’t believe I got this.”

Photo by MATT WARNICK of SOUTH DEERFIELD

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