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Photo of the Week: the Inconspicuous Wilson’s Snipe

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plump brown shorebird with long brown bill and buffy patterns forages for food in the marshy mudflat.

I’ve probably walked by dozens of mudflats with Wilson’s Snipes in them, without realizing I should have lifted my binoculars to my eyes to peruse the piles of mud in search of the shorebird.

While Wilson’s Snipes are considered a widespread shorebird in North America, they can be hard to find.

Why? Continue reading Photo of the Week: the Inconspicuous Wilson’s Snipe

Photo of the Week: Third Annual October Big Day of Birding

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chunky brown bird with brown smudges on white breast and thin white eyering perches on bare tree.
Surprisingly I found this Hermit Thrush on a shrub eating berries

Hard to believe 2020 marks the third year of October Big Day, a global 24-hour event for birdwatchers around the world to watch and report all the birds they’ve seen.

This year had an added bonus for October Big Day, this weekend was also the first Global Bird Weekend.

I’ve participated every year and was happy it didn’t rain this year like it did for my first October Big Day in 2018.

Word has spread about the fun you can have birding!

The first year, over 13,000 people participated. In 2019, more than 20,000 people participated in Global Big Day.

And for 2020, I joined almost 29,000 people in submitting 66,843 checklists of 6,799 species (as of October 18, 2020 at 6:30pm Eastern Time). Continue reading Photo of the Week: Third Annual October Big Day of Birding

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