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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. I traveled to the other side of the world just to see a chicken! I chose the Black-backed Woodpecker as my Best Bird of the Year for a couple of reasons.

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