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Birding in the Dark

10,000 Birds

Mike invented Corey a few years ago to firstly promote the idea of a multi-authored bird blog and secondly so he could make up extremely productive birding trips to make the blog more exciting to read. Here in Germany, we are currently experiencing the darkest winter on record, since sunlight hours were first recorded in 1951.

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Bye Bye Birdies

10,000 Birds

Hummingbirds, like most birds, fly to the highest point when they’re frightened, and that’s the very peak of our vaulted-ceiling living room). They mew like kittens in the hand. it’s surprising and disarming, but it doesn’t mean the bird is dying. It’s just afraid. MBS rocks out loud.

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