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But…It’s a Canada Goose?

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Luis Gonzalez is a Miami resident and IT major who was originally born and raised in Cuba. The birds in questions were the aforementioned Canada Goose and three happily foraging Chipping Sparrows. It almost sounds like the. punch line to a bad birding joke, right?

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Big Years in 2013

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On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly House Sparrow. Rangel Diaz is doing a big year in Miami-Dade County, Florida, hoping to reach 300 species, and keeping a blog about it. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program.

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