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Birders are excited! A brown booby has landed in Kansas City
NPR | By Frank Morris
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A tropical seabird way off course in deeply landlocked Kansas City has set off a birding frenzy. Even as the city hosts the World Cup, for some the most exotic visitor is a Brown booby.
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