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Junco Mashup

10,000 Birds

Last week a mystery bird from New Jersey rightly caused a fair bit of confusion among birders of the Garden State and beyond. New Jersey mystery sparrow. As the old saying goes, “when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras” This is not an easy bird, but it is expected.

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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. Fair parts of the property were used to cultivate different crops, some areas were pasture for cows and horses, and other areas were covered in forest that was meant to be logged, selectively or otherwise.