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The Goal – 200 by 2016

10,000 Birds

It is my goal to track down species for my Piedmont eBird Challenge team, and county birds are secondary, but they come in twos. May 7, 2015 – I started the day in Raleigh, 100 miles from home, not expected to get any birding done. 10 minutes later I was on a Lincoln’s Sparrow.

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What we talk about when we talk about reputation

10,000 Birds

As an example, not long ago I found a pair of Long-tailed Ducks – a locally rare species – on a nearby reservoir. I found this young Glaucous Gull at a Raleigh landfill among several thousand more common birds. When people refind your birds, people realize you know what you’re talking about.

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