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Slowing down Chimney Swifts

10,000 Birds

I always thought it was funny even before I really got what a stoagie was, because there’s something inherently joyful about the chittering, chattering Chimney Swifts that circle just about every neighborhood in eastern North America. And the next day they’re gone, coursing over the skies of South America.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina. A direct flight from Portland is also a plus, as is seeing new parts of America. That trip resulted in 88 lifers in limited birding.