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The Summer Doldrums

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Tanagers, woodpeckers, gnatcatchers – missing! Arctic Tern – the opposite of what I must be Though it is undoubtedly true That if with this plan I went through I would complain about those darned kangaroos So I’ll just stick with what works – a nice cold brew! Sparrows are missing; wood-warblers vamoose.

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Birding Nabang, Yunnan (2)

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“Now the kangaroos are drinking from the pool” (Jen is from Australia). Upon seeing the species, the first impulse of the eBird writer seems to have been to call a doctor – the species is described as an “odd-looking woodpecker with a … sickly-looking pale head” “Are you ok, Mr. Woodpecker?

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