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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

10,000 Birds

Here is a flock of endangered species. These Black-legged and Red-legged Kittiwakes only need to fear gulls and Peregrine Falcons , although bad weather and erosion do take their toll on nests. In the case of these Tricolored Blackbirds , they are formed for DEFENSE. Buldir Island, AK. Buldir Island, AK.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

10,000 Birds

I was fortunate to rack up a number of lifers in 2013, both at home and abroad ( Varied Thrush in Washington, Brewer’s Blackbirds in California, Burrowing Owl in the Nevada desert). Meredith enjoyed her first sighting of an awesome migration spectacle. She blogged about it here.

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