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The Goal – 200 by 2016

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I had planned to reach that goal by the end of 2016, accounting not only for the impressive potential of the county, but also for the fact that birding with two young children at home is not the easiest thing in the world. In the darkening evening and rain, I found the goose among a flock of golf course Canada Geese.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2016)

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Don’t think we’ve noticed that most of you don’t play along with this game of sharing the best–meaning the coolest, rarest, fanciest, or dearest–bird species you’ve spotted in a given weekend.

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New Year’s Day Birding at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

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On New Year’s Day 2016, our last day in California before heading back to New York, I was pleased for the chance to get out for a few hours in the morning to jump start the year list. The goose flies out early with a flock of Canada Geese so if you want to see it get there at or shortly after dawn!

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Spurn National Nature Reserve

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In October 2016 everybody was receiving messages on their mobile phones and also of interest were some people that did not own a telescope or binoculars and just photographed every bird with a massive camera even larger and heavier than many of the telescopes! Meadow Pipit. Little Egrets.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

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I saw Painted Wolves again, my favourite species ever. The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Singapore is a densely populated city-state which still manages to protect a number of species. I went to Ethiopia. I bought a house. A new duck!

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Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

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Ducks, swans, and geese may initially appear easy to identify. And, the whole question of subspecies, which in the Northeast tends to focus on the Cackling Goose, but which I’m sure is a topic of fascination with other waterfowl species in all other parts of the world. Or, a Tufted Duck or Cackling Goose.

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A day of clouds and colours

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We had hoped to add a few more bird species at the Poo Ponds. It is only during particularly wet seasons that Magpie Geese come to Broome and already they have started to arrive. Magpie Geese enjoying the flooded plains. We had a list of 92 bird species for the day. The red pindan dirt colours near the port of Broome.

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