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My Global Big (half-)Day, May 2022

10,000 Birds

In the end, I opted for the Tamis River floodplain, north of Belgrade, and its fish farms, some non-operational, some selling daily angling licenses. Driving with open windows (to hear the birds) becomes unbearable and I am heading out of this fish farm.

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Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

10,000 Birds

They were such a common bird when I was kid, running around the refuge, driving the old farm truck, when I was a few years shy of the legal driving age. A White-crowned Sparrow is always a beautiful subject! I had the antelope greet me on my way in, and this Mule Deer doe, was there to say goodbye on my way out.

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