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My eBird 10th Anniversary

10,000 Birds

In other words, eBird is effectively a complete history of my birding experiences. I don’t think I have added any new species, but I did add Alaska, Kansas, and Oklahoma to the group state list. Indeed, eBird is the only way I track my observations and the app is the only way I enter checklists from the field.

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I Get Back

10,000 Birds

My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore. … to where I once belonged. I start visiting a nearby canyon to see what other species might be around.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

10,000 Birds

Elizabeth’s experience and ingenuity, for example, can be seen in her lithograph of Langsdorff’s Aracari; there was only a single specimen in a German collection and its tail was mutilated, so she obscured the tail in her plate by placing it behind a large leaf (pp. A little late, but very well done.

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