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Biannual update?
Still in Texas. Still rocking out the birds.
Note the following split:
65 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma woodhouseii Seven Springs Recreation Area US-AZ 30 Nov 2003
158 California Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica Montana de Oro SP--Bluff Trail US-CA 26 May 2004
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New birds since 2013
Despite my ever decreasing free time, I have doubled down on the birding (somewhat to the detriment of the anime reviews side of things (DOH)).
Here's my lifers since the end of 2013.
(italicized and struckthrough birds are non ABA countable)
668 Le Conte's Sparrow - Ammodramus leconteii (private) County Road 422 residence, Davilla US-TX 04 Jan 2014
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A lot of changes since I've been here.
Well, let's see.
I'm now Program Monitor for the senior nutrition and transportation programs in a ten-county area of central Texas. My life list has ballooned above 700. Kimi and I are still as solid as the day we said I do.
Life is pretty good. There's everyday stresses, but it's mostly first world problems.
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Birding in 2013 - Part Two - Year List (Non-Passerines)
Cut and pasted from eBird - here's my year list for 2013. (It's admittedly not the prettiest format, but meh.)
Italicized birds are introduced. Birds that are italicized and struck through are exotics that are not countable by current ABA guidelines were nevertheless seen free-flying and are reproducing in the wild. Bolded birds are lifers first ( Read more... ) -
Birding in 2013 - Part One
Since tumblr is being stupid about text entries, I'll be posting some of my non FB friendly content (mostly long text entries) in here.
How'd I do? I'd say 406 species in a year is pretty freaking sweet. First off, the updated tallies for my state and county lists (only those that changed in 2013 though).
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Trip Summary : Upstate New York 10/24-10/31
Not bad for a non-birding related trip! Some rare birds thanks to Hurricane Sandy. All sightings in Ulster County, New York unless specified.
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Quick Update
Yeah, I'm never here, but if you've been following me on Facebook or at the THEM Anime Boards, you at least know I'm alive. Very much so, really ( Read more... ) -
Zellwood (FL) Christmas Bird Count
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A Eulogy - Reid Burrows (23 Jun 1987-20 Apr 2011)
So I get to write two of these this month, but the circumstances are quite different this time ( Read more... )