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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

I often start with a question that piques my interest (frequently triggered by the news, social media, or other reading) and then I do some research. For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors.

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Reflections on Five Years of Blogging

10,000 Birds

I often start with a question that piques my interest (frequently triggered by the news, social media, or other reading) and then I do some research. For example, in reading about the re-introduction of the California Condor into the Pacific Northwest, the press releases referred to a “non-essential experimental” group of condors.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

Virgin Islands. I’ve also been on pelagic birding trips on both coasts, out of Half Moon Bay and Monterey, California; Newport, Oregon; and Hatteras, North Carolina. I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel.