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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

10,000 Birds

Our friends in the Old World can claim the seminal member of its clan known definitively as Wren. And they absolutely do that, but there are few birds in north America, at least, for which the family seem less fitting. But for those of us in the Americas, the cup runs over with species of Troglodytes.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. Definitely one of the highlights of my birding career!

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

10,000 Birds

Argentina 1046 19. The most bird-rich northeast of India includes e.g. the Kaziranga NP and the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, respectively, together with the world’s largest Amur Falcon roost in Nagaland. Democratic Republic of Congo 1185 11. United States 1160 12. Tanzania 1135 13.

Uganda 251