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My Ten Best Birds of 2019

10,000 Birds

I also spent a week in northwestern Costa Rica on a family vacation, a long weekend in Barbados, a week in Georgia, and two week-plus-long trips to visit relatives in southern California. Let’s get right into it, shall we? Number 7 – Barbados Bullfinch. I saw 863 species of birds, bringing my life list to 1,820.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

10,000 Birds

Each species description starts with one novelty, compared to most other field guides, providing separate accounts and illustrations for each subspecies group recognized under current HBW/BirdLife taxonomy. Humiliated, Bloch pulled away. The Bond’s line. The colours are realistic, and, on this scale, the details are visible.