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The Little Big Year-Week 44: Off to the islands ‘Mon

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That was the best possible spot we could find from our Tucson base, and given our badly stressed budget. It seems his family of 5, had rented a condo that sleeps 8, at Atlantis Resort, on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas. This Black-throated Blue Warbler was a bird we missed while in Texas, so it was great to see one right off the bat!

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Arizona in Summer: It Ain’t All Hummers

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I managed to get some video of this greedy thrasher before a family walked down the path, and you can view it here. I met the group in Tucson and we spend the next week birding the hell out of the Sky Islands. It was time to drive south and up, to the Sky Islands of southeast Arizona. Highlights included a day on Mt.

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