10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2018

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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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). 03 Jan 2019. 03 Jan 2019.

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199).

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2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (Cypress, Middle Bear, Chihuahua Pine Picnic Areas). Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. Refugio mixto Caño Negro. 15 Jan 2019. 15 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113