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JANUARY 2, 2017

Thank all that is good and holy in the world that the abomination that was 2016 is finally in the books. Here’s hoping that 2017 is a much better year than 2016! All of 2016 only netted me one new species for Queens, a Greater White-fronted Goose. I failed to do so in 2016 and that really sucks. Will I achieve them?

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MAY 4, 2021

The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year. Chapter One is all about Marybeth’s 2012 Big Year, an adventure she shares with Lynn, a fishing enthusiast who is probably the most supportive big year/300 year birding partner in the history of listing.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

This leads me to my third twitch for the celebrated Falcated Duck ( Anas falcata ) at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in January of 2012. In September of 2013 there was an Eastern Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus ) seen in Redding, California, less than 30 miles from my home. This was a no-brainer. I found it within 30 minutes.

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California North America Wildlife Campaign 100

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

I started keeping year lists – not just blogging about them but really keeping track of what I see each year – as late as 2012, roughly 30 years into my birding career. Therefore, the 2012 list itself was never the focus of my year listing, it was competition and blogging. This was fun. And a lot of work.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Sullivan, 2016), B irds of Chile: a Photo Guide (with Fabrice Schmitt, 2018), and Peterson Guide To Bird Identification in 12 Steps (with Brian Sullivan, 2018). Dyer spent many years working on these illustrations; the Preface notes that he visited Costa Rica and other Central American countries annually between 2007 and 2016.

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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 203

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AUGUST 21, 2016

Since then, we have seen a marvellous recovery, with an estimate of 123 in 2012, 145 in 2013, 165 in 2014, 197 in 2015 and now in 2016, around 232 Great Bustards roam the wilds of Germany, nearly doubling their number within just a handful of years!

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Germany Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 101

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JANUARY 7, 2020

There are no bird illustrations in Urban Ornithology, other than Arthur Morris’s Least Bittern on the cover, but there are maps and figures in the first two chapters, and scatterplots for 43 species, illustrating Bronx/Westchester CBC data from 1924 to 2013, in the Species Accounts. Which is true.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 146

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Overall, Wheeler follows the 2016 AOU/American Ornithologists’ Union (now AOS/American Ornithologists’ Society) Checklist (7th edition, 57th supplement), but there are exceptions. by Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton (HMH, 2012). List of Plates (2 pages of 3), Birds of Prey of the West.

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North America Birds Mississippi Bald Eagle 185

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

of Texas Press in 2013 (I haven’t examined either title). But, there is the excellent Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras by Jesse Fagan and Oliver Komar, with illustrations by Robert Dean and Peter Burke, published in 2016. The older field guides don’t.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 211

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JANUARY 24, 2016

On 28th November 2012 I came across a large flock of shorebirds and was carefully looking through them for anything a little bit different and generally observing their activities after high tide. The flock of shorebirds in 2012 with Grey-tailed Tattler “35” in it! Grey-tailed Tattler “35” in 2012.

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JANUARY 10, 2016

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 and 2015. This list was last updated January 10th 2016. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Our day ended with a total of 122, but the day was a birding surprise day.

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2016 Ducks Australia Eagles 101

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

If the beginning birders in your life live in other states, you can always give them IOUs for guides to be published in 2016. Press, 2012). Though, keep in mind that the regional East and West editions are promised for March 2016.). Another great birding adventure book is The Jewel Hunter by Chris Gooddie (Princeton Univ.

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Papua New Guinea 2014 Penguins Birds 177

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Should the fancy take you, you could call up a 10,000 Birds life list (from 2016 onwards. 27 Aug 2016. 29 Jan 2016. 09 Jan 2016. 17 Mar 2016. 20 Feb 2016. 28 May 2016. 22 Jan 2016. 08 Jan 2016. 01 Jan 2016. 22 Jan 2016. 10 Feb 2016. 22 Jan 2016. 01 Jan 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

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JANUARY 6, 2019

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016, 2017 and 2018. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Just looking at everyone’s lists over the years you can see how varied our birding lives can be.

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2019 Ducks Parrots Falcons 113

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JANUARY 7, 2018

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Just looking at everyone’s lists over the years you can see how varied our birding lives can be.

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2018 Ducks Barn Owls Falcons 100

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JANUARY 8, 2017

This all started way back in 2012 and several of us continued on in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016. Well, another New Year crept up on us once again and once again I will commit to listing on the website! Just looking at everyone’s lists over the years you can see how varied our birding lives can be.

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2017 Zebras Ducks Australia 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Silver Gull – Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Little Tern – Sternula albifrons. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. White-winged Tern – Chlidonias leucopterus. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Whiskered Tern – Chlidonias hybrida. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Willie-wagtail – Rhipidura leucophrys. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Mangrove Fantail – Rhipidura phasiana. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Magpie-lark – Grallina cyanoleuca. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Paperbark Flycatcher – Myiagra nana. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Lesser Greenlet – Pachysylvia decurtata. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Yellow-throated Vireo – Vireo flavifrons. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Nightingale Wren – Microcerculus philomela. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. El Tapir hummingbird garden.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Ridgefield NWR–River ‘S’ Unit. 01 Jan 2018. Harris’s Sparrow – Zonotrichia querula. Central Park. 04 Nov 2018. White-throated Sparrow – Zonotrichia albicollis. 01 Jan 2018. Sagebrush Sparrow – Artemisiospiza nevadensis. Hart Mountain, Hot Springs Camp Ground. 03 Sep 2018. Antelope Valley–110th St.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Scarlet-rumped Cacique – Cacicus uropygialis. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Black-vented Oriole – Icterus wagleri. Finca Santa Victoria. 13 Apr 2018. Bar-winged Oriole – Icterus maculialatus. Volcán Toliman. 12 Apr 2018. Black-cowled Oriole – Icterus prosthemelas. 01 Jan 2018. Sendero Bogarín. 07 Feb 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Cinnamon Woodpecker – Celeus loricatus. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. Rufous-winged Woodpecker – Piculus simplex. El Tapir hummingbird garden. 01 Jan 2018. El Tapir hummingbird garden.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100