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Lost Among the Birds: A Review of a Big Year Book

10,000 Birds

Hayward, a 39-year old Brit who relocated to Massachusetts for work reasons and stayed, even developing a love of baseball (his Red Sox hat was famously one of his field marks in 2013), started his Big Year late. By the end of February, Hayward has seen 294 birds in five states and two provinces.

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Rare Birds of North America: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

What year was the Red-footed Falcon seen in Massachusetts? The Comments sections are analyses of the species’ vagrancy pattern, the answer to pull out when someone asks you, “But, why is there a Fieldfare in Massachusetts?” My friends had many more years of birding on me and had many stories to tell.