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The Little Big Year-week 46: All this fun comes to an end

10,000 Birds

John O’Groats Ferry Boat Wildlife Tours – Scotland. Jonnie at the Spurn National Wildlife Refuge, England – accommodations.spurnbirdsobs@hotmail.com. Andres Chinchilla – Guide at Alexander Skutch Bird Sanctuary, Costa Rica. Carol and Livia – Doha, Qatar. Alison MacLenna with the RSPB – Isle of Skye.

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First Noel

10,000 Birds

The finest pizza and cookies graced the Alley Pond Environmental Center, and under the watchful eyes of a pair of inexplicable chinchillas some of the most storied birders in Queens rattled off their sightings. Scaup photo by David Menke and Bufflehead by Donna Dewhurst, via the US Fish and Wildlife Service.