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A Big Year - February Update

Thomas Moore

29 Feb 2024 — 1 min read

Towards the end of the month I managed to get out and about a bit more and caught a handful of new birds for the year. I have a trip planned to South Georiga for the first couple of days of March, so I’m hoping the list expands!

The New Birds to the Bird List!

Dark-eyed Junco
Black-billed Magpie
Clarks’ Nutcracker
Black-capped Chickadee
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow
American Crow (these last three are complete oversights on my part as I know I’ve seen them all before now)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Mallard
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Song Sparrow
Killdeer

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