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ABA-Area Bird Number 500!

10,000 Birds

This post is old news to those who pay attention to what I say on Facebook but I am still pleased as punch to point out that I have finally reached the 500-bird milestone in the American Birding Association area (basically North America north of Mexico). There were, however, several rarities around that would get me to 500 birds.

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Painted Redstart at Irvine Lake

10,000 Birds

I have been relatively negligent about having blogged about the birding I did while I was there so I thought I would try to rectify my lackadaisical attitude with a quick post about a quick twitch for a rather stunning bird. In fact, as of this post the bird is still present.) Painted Redstart at Irvine Lake. Painted Redstart.