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A Colorado man received a five year probation sentence after shooting a woman in the head because he thought her hair was a bird.

According to a GJSentinel report the man confused the woman’s red Mohawk for a bird that allegedly had been harassing his cats.

The GJSentinel report says the man realized he had shot a person, not a bird, after he heard the 23-year-old woman moaning in pain.

Read the full GJSentinel report.