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The Importance of Citizen Science in Mexico

10,000 Birds

Birding in Mexico is not like birding in the United States… especially when it comes to interpreting unusual sightings. There was the Yellow-billed Cuckoo that Mexico’s #1 birders pointed out to me one June, well south of its official summer range. In fact, I’ve come to expect to see them year-round.

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Harris’s Sparrow, Eh?

10,000 Birds

This big, chunky sparrow is one of Canada’s few endemic breeders (Wikipedia says the only one, but I trust Cornell more.) Exotic and mysterious — its nest wasn’t documented for science until the 1930s — but still, a sparrow. Of Least Concern, but worth stirring up a hotline or list serv over.

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