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Twitching a Gray Kingbird in New York

10,000 Birds

By Wednesday I was thinking about the odds of the bird both sticking through the end of the day on Friday and Daisy agreeing to me taking the entire day before Mothers Day to twitch a bird that I saw last week in Florida. All was not lost though.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

10,000 Birds

the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Other forest birds here include Sooty and Ruffed Grouse, Spotted and Barred Owls, Vaux’s Swift, Gray Jay, Pacific Wren, American Dipper, and Varied Thrush. McDonald Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA. Convict Lake, CA.