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EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - As you slept last night, an estimated 314,900 birds crossed through El Dorado County. At its peak at 1 a.m. Sunday, 170,300 birds were in flight. Since migrating birds regularly fly up to 10,000 feet above the ground, we don t normally see them though the birds overnight were at an average of 3,900 feet.