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    A colony of Great Blue Heron nests in the forest in Rochester, Minn. on Thursday, April 16, 2021. The trees were just about to come down to make way for a new housing development when neighbors intervened to alert authorities. The site is currently under a Minnesota Environmental Rights Act protection order. 
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