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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

It is mid-March and I am back in Colorado for meetings. Late summer 2023 the lakes and ponds had been empty, presumably because the ducks and geese were moulting. Empty no more, the ponds were now brimming with ducks of all creeds and persuasions – it was spectacular. Our goal was the usually very busy Staunton State Park.

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One Year Under El Jefferino

10,000 Birds

But the fact remains there may be a few more weeks yet of getting by enjoying pretty ducks, and savoring the returning Tree Swallows and Eastern Phoebes before we get to that magic tipping point where the flood gates open and things get really interesting. Colorado or Delaware? That way, you can stuff the Green Heron ’s ballot box!

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