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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Black-footed Albatross – Phoebastria nigripes. Gray-headed Albatross – Thalassarche chrysostoma. Buller’s Albatross – Thalassarche bulleri. Black-browed Albatross – Thalassarche melanophris. Glacier Bay.

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Collaborative List – January 2018

10,000 Birds

A line plotted against the law of diminishing returns describes an increasingly downward curve and a lister’s life is destined to follow that decline. The Life list sum was boosted by sightings of Ural Owl , Whooping Crane, Black-throated Magpie-jay and the proceeds from Duncan’s Albatross Encounter. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

10,000 Birds

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. White-capped Albatross – Thalassarche cauta. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. As at June 30 th , it stands at 1796.

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