The Summer Doldrums
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2012
Nothing is quite as much of a downer to a birder than the summer doldrums. Sparrows are missing; wood-warblers vamoose. Tanagers, woodpeckers, gnatcatchers – missing! Migration hasn’t really kicked in, the breeders aren’t tied to breeding territories any more, and it is hot and sweaty outside.
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