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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2013)

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In fact, we lead the world in these ubiquitous red birds, a fact that undoubtedly chafes terrorists and freedom haters everywhere. The Arizona Cardinals may not be covering the team totem in glory, but the St. Louis Cardinals just locked in another trip to the World Series. Birding best bird weekend' Go Cardinals!

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Eurasian Tree Sparrows from long ago

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This event took place in April of 1870, in Lafayette Park in St. In July of 2010, I checked into a bed and breakfast on Lafayette Square, a little frustrated because I hadn’t yet had a life bird on my epic journey across most of America. Louis without putting in a sporting effort to get this one.

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The Little Big Year-week 46: All this fun comes to an end

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It ended with little fan fare; in fact I did not even go chasing birds on the last two days of 2018, as I am just plain tired. Not of the birds, but the seemingly endless early mornings, rarely sleeping in my own bed, and the pressure, mostly self imposed, to find yet one more bird. Overall World Ranking as per eBird.com 79th.