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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 3387955" data-attributes="member: 64478">Can't really come up with any good ABA area nemesis, plenty of previous ones but they've all fallen over time.. Spruce Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Northern Goshawk (still waiting for a GOOD view though), Connecticut Warbler, and many others eventually yielded with time and persistence.Mangrove Cuckoo though... never saw one despite living in southern Florida for almost a year and visiting many other times, seen them in other countries now but still not here.  Never birded the area in May or June though when they are vocal.I'll also add Long-eared Owl even though I've seen one... but only one and over 10 years ago now, I've searched for them many times in recent years with no luck.  I didn't react to a recent report of one nearby because they tend to be one-day wonders in this area, of course it was seen for 5 days straight but not when I finally went to check it out.</blockquote>