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The Summer Doldrums

10,000 Birds

Who wants to spend time with a Canada Goose ? Arctic Tern – the opposite of what I must be Though it is undoubtedly true That if with this plan I went through I would complain about those darned kangaroos So I’ll just stick with what works – a nice cold brew! What other birds can you find in summer’s dog days?

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Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

10,000 Birds

There are just two left for me in the Sibley Guide to Canada and the bits of the USA that count (Hawaii need not apply) – the Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)and the silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae). But as you do more and more birding and go to more an more places it gets much harder to get new family ticks.

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