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My Year in Birding 2012

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I had some goals for this year as well, goals which I laid out in the introduction to my 2012 year list. I came up just short of reaching 1,100 Birds on my overall World Life List , clocking in at 1,096, not a bad increase of 48 from the beginning of 2012 when I started at 1,048. January 2012 started off with a bang.

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Birders As Family

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The 2012 event was held at Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge. What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? Have we all gone completely mental?

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A Look Back at 2012

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Back in January of last year I said in my list for the year that I’d be happy if I hit 300 birds in 2012. I have a deep love for members of the babbler family (or families now) and so the ten minutes I spent with a pair of Chestnut-crowned Babblers was heaven. My final number for last year was 402 as it turns out.

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National Family Pack Walk Giveaway

4 The Love Of Animals

This year’s National Family Pack Walk will prove, once again, that it’s not your average walk in the park. All proceeds from the National Family Pack Walk events will be donated to the Cesar Millan Foundation, which raises awareness and supports the rescue, rehabilitation, and re-homing of abused and abandoned dogs.

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The Shorebirds of North America: A Natural History and Photographic Celebration–A Book Review

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There are five families: Stilts & Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae), Oystercatchers (Family Haem), Plovers (Family Charadriidae), Sandpipers and Allies (Family Scolopacidae), and Jacanas (Jacanidae), with Family Scolopacidae representing the bulk of species (as it does worldwide).

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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

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The Peru Birding Rally Challenge is a joint initiative between PromPeru and the Inkaterra Family of hotels. In early December of 2012 we had the opportunity to cover this hard-core rally in the south of Peru. Enter the inaugural Peru Birding Rally Challenge , the first international birding event of it’s kind in the world.

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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of April 2012?

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As is my wont, we’ll be celebrating a secular Easter replete with colored eggs, chocolate bunnies, and a fun family hike. Perhaps I’ll even see my First Phoebe of 2012. Share your plans in the comments below! Corey will be visiting his folks in upstate New York.

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