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Accidental Big Year 2013: COOKING WITH SKUAS
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Saturday, December 28, 2013. What can I get you, sir? Umm I'll have the Great Skua, please. I believe it's medium rare. And I'll have a side of Tropicbird. Oh wait - that's probably out of season. Albatross? At least, that's what I'd like to say. But I don't, because (a) I'm hungry, (b) it's the only place in town that's open, and (c) they're about to close. I'm also wearing a Red Sox cap, and I don't want to give them another reason to not serve me. And so I play it safe. I'll have the grilled tuna.".
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Accidental Big Year 2013: October 2013
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Thursday, October 24, 2013. GERMAN SPARROWS AND ANGRY CARDINALS. Big Year Birding can be a dangerous sport. And today, I'm on one of the more risky adventures of the year. No - not stomping through Grizzly Bear-infested Alaskan tundra. Nor flying out in a twin-prop over a foggy Bering Sea. And not even trying the dessert at the Trident Fish Cannery in the Pribilofs. No Today, I'm in St Louis wearing a Red Sox cap the day after the Cardinals lost game 1 of the World Series. By 7 runs. Ouch. But no - they ...
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Accidental Big Year 2013: BARROW - BIRDING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
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Friday, October 4, 2013. BARROW - BIRDING ON TOP OF THE WORLD. We'd like to welcome you to Barrow, where the local time is 10am and the temperature is 22 degrees. We'd also like to congratulate the local boat crew: they landed a whale yesterday! Welcome to northern Alaska - where whales (especially big, blubbery dead ones) are big news. Arrival at Barrow - complete with up-to-date whale news. Flying into Barrow over the frozen Elson Lagoon to the east. Barrow is the most n. Snow - newly arrived this week.
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Accidental Big Year 2013: November 2013
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Saturday, November 30, 2013. THE SNOW BIRDS OF NOME. Oh, and the bird? It's a beautiful morning as I leave Anchorage. I've seen the city and surrounding landscape change through this year, during my 6 visits and 50 days in Alaska. And with ice floating in the Cook Inlet, framed by snow-clad mountains, I think this may be the most beautiful time to be here. On the north coast, which by now is in its long sun-less winter. At the corner of Fore and Aft Drive, and Round the Clock St. Some even more funky.
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Accidental Big Year 2013: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. There's something calming and meditative about watching hummingbirds. Like sitting in front of a good log fire, mesmerized by its crackling and warm, pulsating glow. I've been sitting here for over 6 hours and I'm still fascinated, held by the spell of the hummers. Here" is Madera Canyon in southeast Arizona. I've been at the Kubo lodge since 10:30 am waiting for the previously-reported Berylline Hummingbird. And there are few nicer places to wait…. Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon.
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Slow Birding: Denali National Park
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Sunday, June 26, 2011. We had bought tickets to ride the bus again yesterday, but decided to go to plan B. We slept in, and then drove out to the Savage River parking area which is where private vehicles have to stop. As we were approaching the parking area we were very lucky to have a lynx walk across the road in front of us before disappearing into the brush. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2010 Big Year Data. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. View my complete profile. Neil's Big Year 2013.
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Slow Birding: February 2014
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Monday, February 17, 2014. The owl was soon found again, but this time it had landed 300 yards further down the dunes. It could be viewed in a scope, but it was not ideal, so we decided to stop bothering it. Peter had emailed me the photo below of one of the owls that he had taken last Thursday. We do not know if it is of the same bird that we found on Saturday. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 2010 Big Year Data. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. View my complete profile. Other Big Year Blogsites.
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Slow Birding: Mid Year 2015 Update
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Mid Year 2015 Update. The rufous-necked wood-rail is a bird whose range begins in southern Mexico and extends into Central and South America. No one had this bird on their list of possible new visitors to the ABA area. It spent about 10 days at Bosque del Apache before it disappeared which allowed many birders to go to see it (click on any photo to enlarge). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2010 Big Year Data. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. View my complete profile.
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Slow Birding: June 2014
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Sunday, June 8, 2014. 700 Club Reunion: Trip to Hatteras, NC. Our next stop was a place just north of route 64 on the way out to Manteo. Dan and Doreene knew about Persimmon preserve from earlier trips out to Hatteras. It is the furthest north location to see red-cockaded woodpeckers. While waiting for the woodpecker to make an appearance, we did see prothonotary and yellow-throated warblers. We also found a couple of brown-headed nuthatches with food for their young. We returned to the dock with some ro...
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Slow Birding: April 2014
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Morocco- Day 13: Oukaimeden, Tizi n Test Pass, and Taroudant. We were up at first light to make sure that we did not miss out on the morning flight of the alpine and red-billed choughs. We also wanted to make sure that Linda and Gretchen had a chance to see the Seebohm's wheatear which they did. While waiting for the choughs to arrive, we walked up the hillside scanning the meadow below the summer herders' quarters, and found several different birds. With the chough spectacle in ...
