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Happy Global Big Day from Costa Rica!

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The Cornell team is no doubt having a fantastic day of birding up there in beautiful spring Colorado while they identify Cassin’s Sparrow, Prairie Falcon, Lazuli Bunting , and other western birds in some of the same places I surveyed in 1997 and 2001.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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In fact, the bird is the fifth recorded in the history of the state,* and the first spotted in the Empire State since 2001. Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Third of all, the bird that was first seen on 30 October is, as of this blog posting, STILL THERE!

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Cassin’s Sparrow – Peucaea cassinii. Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. LeConte’s Sparrow – Ammospiza leconteii. Baird’s Sparrow – Centronyx bairdii. 06 Oct 2018. 03 Oct 2018. 30 Sep 2018.

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