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Death of the Downy Woodpecker, or, Dunlin at 10,000 Feet: The Eighth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit

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His delay would cost him too, as Ryan and I were treated to a fly-by Red-headed Woodpecker , only the second time we’ve had one on the count! I was keeping a worried eye on our list of never-missed species, which is relatively short because we had a very bad year in 2016 when rain washed out our efforts early.

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Two Birds

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” Budgerigar (Ayers Rock, Australia, Dec 2016). Ground Woodpecker (Drakensberg, South Africa, Nov 2018). Rainbow Lorikeet (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016). Rufous Woodpecker (Fuzhou, China, Mar 2019). Sunda Woodpecker (Singapore, Dec 2015). Superb Fairywren (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016).

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Highlights from the 2016 Arenal, Costa Rica Christmas Count

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But enough of that, now for some highlights from the first count of the season in Costa Rica, the 2016 Arenal Christmas Count !: There are hundreds of avian possibilities and you never know if some super rare lifer is waiting right around the next bend in the trail.

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What the rings reveal

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I’d love to have known where and when the Great Spotted Woodpecker in my photograph below was ringed, but though the ring is clearly visible, the number stamped on it isn’t. I discovered that it had been ringed on 26 September 2016 at Iken, on the River Alde on the Suffolk coast, so almost exactly four years before my sighting.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of November 2016)

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Corey could have chosen his first Pine Siskins of the year in New York, a Red-headed Woodpecker , a late Osprey , or a Vesper Sparrow as his Best Bird of the Weekend this weekend. One small thing that made me happy this weekend was the return of Long-tailed Ducks to our lakeshore. Can Snowy Owls be far behind?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2016)

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I saw lots of different kinds of woodpeckers this weekend, but that big, honking Pileated always wins out over the others for Best Bird honors. Nature lovers, on the other hand, find time for wildlife watching every weekend. Just be sure to choose a Halloween costume that doesn’t obscure your vision too much!

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes

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Add Common Tody-Flycatcher and several Hoffmann’s Woodpeckers and Brown-hooded Parrots to that picture, among many others. She started guiding at Rancho in 2016, only to embark upon a Costa Rica Big Year in the next, 2017.