Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year!

 

A quiet celebration last night.  A time for reflection.  I thought about birds.

 

2012 was a good year.  We saw 407 species from Texas to Montana and back.  We added 19 birds to our life-list.  But the New Year means it’s time for a new year-list.  Every bird we see today will be a new one for the list!

 

We went birding.  It was cool and a little rainy (we’re thrilled about getting some rain) so we did a lot of driving and not much walking.  Saw 55 species, including Sandhill Cranes,

 

 

Merlin, Vermilion Flycatcher, Buff-bellied Hummingbird (how many people get to see hummingbirds in January?),

 

 

good looks at the female Long-tailed Duck,

 

 

 

and a few hundred Green Parakeets.

 

Happy New Year.

 

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