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Little Big Year-Week 37: Settling down in Tucson AZ

10,000 Birds

Today, with assistance from the Tucson Audubon Society, this world-famous destination is “The Place” to go for not only rare hummingbirds, but dozens of other species as well. By the time we left there four hours later, I checked off, seven total hummingbird species. US species – 257. eBird.org submissions – 320.

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Call B for Birder or Waterfowling East Anglia

10,000 Birds

In my native Serbia, I’ve observed this species in winter only once, while here in East Anglia every site held one. Next were the wet meadows of Tunstall Marshes (cover photo), where grazing sheep awaited us and, among them, Mute Swans. Still, the tide was not nearly as high as we hoped for and all the birds were quite far away.

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