In 2010 I completed a big year in the lower 48 states, setting a record for that geographical area of 704 species seen for the year. During 2010 I did a blog called Slow Birding: the big year meets the big night. All of those blog entries are still available below, but now that the big year is finished, I will be continuing the blog calling it just Slow Birding. I will from time to time post entries about my and other's birding.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Surprise!
It is the end of week #29, and I have not picked up my binocs once this week. I have seen or heard around my home 25 different birds. I knew while I was in NC that there was a possibility of an overnite trip to south Florida to see a greater flamingo, but my contact in the Keys said none have been seen so far this summer. Instead, someone in Spearfish, SD found last week an orange-billed nightingale thrush south of there. This is a bird of Central America, so how it ended up in South Dakota is one of those birding mysteries. No matter how it happened, apparently lots of birders have been flocking to SD to check it out. Tomorrow at 6:40 AM I will be on a plane to Chicago, and then onto SD. Stay tuned!
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