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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

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The first time I saw a puffin, it was a revelation. Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely. Soon after our late afternoon arrival we met up with my friend Pete Salmonsohn, Education Coordinator for Audubon’s Project Puffin , who hustled us into a van for a 20-minute drive to New Harbor. said Bau-Hien.

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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I love puffins. Before my trip to Washington the only species of puffin I had ever seen in the wild was the puffin of the Atlantic Ocean, the appropriately named Atlantic Puffin. At $55 a head, and free for toddler Desi, the chance to see puffins from a comfortable boat seemed too good to ignore.

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What do you get a bird-lover who has everything?

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But on the other hand, there was so much more I wanted to do in 2012 … and wow, I really need to start buying gifts for my family and friends. On the plus side, it’s almost time for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, and by all accounts, it’s shaping up to be a very finchy winter across much of North America.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

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Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Tufted Puffin – Fratercula cirrhata. Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? above Socorro.

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