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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Hawaiian Petrel has become an annual visitor in recent years, and albatross are more abundant in this part of the state. McDonald Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA. When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S.,

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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In other words what are the chances of one of these extremely remote species showing up in a less remote place – like my backyard in Lake Worth, Florida? The Heard and Mcdonald Islands are also extremely remote and Clements lists the Heard Island Shag as a full species, although Sibley/Monroe lists it as a subspecies of Imperial Shag.

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