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Shifting Baselines and Sneaky Jays

10,000 Birds

Unlike Barred Owls they were accompanied by no great controversy , and unlike Cattle Egrets or Eurasian Collared Doves they didn’t come as an abrupt continent-hopping surprise. 1978, for reference, was the year of my birth. But shifting baseline syndrome doesn’t just apply to things that have become diminished.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

10,000 Birds

Ruddy Quail-Dove – Geotrygon montana. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). White-browed Shortwing – Brachypteryx montana. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). White-browed Shortwing – Brachypteryx montana. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). 03 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019.

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