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The Joy of One-eyed Birding

10,000 Birds

Lamb, who surveyed the birds of western Mexico from 1932-1955, and whose lists have been posted on eBird in recent years. He worked back when you could still have a reasonable hope of seeing the now-probably-extinct Imperial Woodpecker, which he did, five times, though never in Michoacán.). All but one are from six east-central states.

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Birdmania at the Cano Negro Bird Count, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

“Bird Count at Cano Negro” was too mundane to portray the boat rides, mosquitoes, remote habitats, the surprise lamb chops lunch, and other situations. It was counting time and hard to keep up with many expected edge species while occasional forest species punctuated the humid morning air with their calls.