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2013 Big Year Update

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Rangel Diaz’s big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, is going well. Willie D’Anna is doing a big year in the region covered by the Buffalo Ornithological Society (essentially western New York State and the Niagara peninsula). He’s hoping to reach 300 species and blogging it at EPIC Big Year 2013.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

Red-necked Grebe by Carlos Sanchez My Best Bird of the Year was a Red-necked Grebe discovered in an urban pond in Tallahassee which lingered long enough for me to go and see it — a full 17 hour round trip drive from Miami. This bird represented only the second documented record of this species in Florida.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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US-FL-Miami-5801 SW 137th Ave – 25.7129x-80.4144. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412. US-FL-Miami-Olympic Park – 8520 SW 152nd Ave – 25.6870x-80.4412. Long Valley. 07 Jan 2016.

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