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Sixth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit An Amazing Success!

10,000 Birds

By the time Matthieu Benoit arrived I had only added one more species, a White-throated Sparrow , but the sky had started to lighten in the east and after exchanging pleasantries we got down to the serious business of listening and scanning, striving to not miss a thing. Using this trick we added Field Sparrow (new to the list!)

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The Fourth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit

10,000 Birds

An Eastern Towhee che-winked from the vegetation, a Carolina Wren yelled about its teakettle, American Robins tut-tut-tutted from their roosts, Northern Cardinals started with metallic chips, a White-throated Sparrow sang about Canada, Gray Catbirds mewed from the bushes, and a Black-capped Chickadee whistled in the distance.

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