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Birders As Family

10,000 Birds

Buying a bunch of votes and dropping it like a big crap bomb at an annual meeting may get you what you want but boy howdy, I can’t imagine people lining up to join that group. The sparrows are easily viewed, all you have to do is wait a few minutes and eventually they come out of the surrounding vegetation to feed on the mud.

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Week 30: We return to Summer Lake

10,000 Birds

Hundreds of Black-necked Stilts were around the refuge, this group passed right by me on a short morning walk. This group of American White Pelicans were good enough to stop right where I wanted them to, to get this shot. This Savannah Sparrow was one of many that flitted around the gravel on the trails and roadways.