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The Summer Doldrums

10,000 Birds

Who wants to spend time with a Canada Goose ? I must become a reverse Arctic Tern Spend northern summer in Australia and then return To the north once the sun has passed its zenith I think I’ll start this plan forthwith. What other birds can you find in summer’s dog days? Sparrows are missing; wood-warblers vamoose.

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Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

10,000 Birds

I got my first Emus ( Dromaius novaehollandiae ), family Casuariidae, in West Australia back in 2000. There are just two left for me in the Sibley Guide to Canada and the bits of the USA that count (Hawaii need not apply) – the Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)and the silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae).

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