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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees–A Field Guide Review

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I selfishly would have like more attention paid to New York on these tables and maps, though logically that makes no sense since most Eastern flycatchers take the Gulf of Mexico migration route. Lee is also a geochemist and professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University, Houston.

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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

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Anthony Collerton also broke a big year record, with 361 species checked off his New York State checklist, breaking the state record of 352 set in 2011 by Richard Fried. Not only that, but they raised money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. Anthony has the rundown on his big year here.

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