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First Phoebe of 2015

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2015 – 28 March. 2013 – 24 March. Great, I’m your first phoebe of 2015. If you are interested, here are the dates of my first phoebe from each of the last ten years. 2014 – 29 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2007 – 26 March. 2006 – 03 March.

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First Phoebe of 2021

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2015 – 28 March. 2013 – 24 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2021? And was it late or early? 2021 – 13 March. 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2017 – 12 March.

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First Phoebe of 2020

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2015 – 28 March. 2013 – 24 March. As I have for years now, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2020? And was it late or early? 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March. Enjoy spring!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of February 2021)

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Before Saturday Corey had only seen two in Queens ever, one in 2013 and one in 2015. He joined his pal Meryl who spotted a previously reported light morph Rough-legged Hawk as soon as she arrived and then, as they were leaving, she spotted a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New Games for a New Year

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Clusters of four counties, each home to a handful of birders, competing in 2015 to see who can produce the biggest team list. Orange is the Triad, Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point, my new home as of the summer of 2013. An informal goose competition can become a more formal regional competition. Beyond that, maybe a beer or two.

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First Phoebe of 2017

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2015 – 28 March. 2013 – 24 March. Regardless, I was happy to see the tail-wagging harbinger of spring migration and I can’t wait for everything else to get back too! Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things…. 2017 – 12 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2012 – 15 March.

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Predicting My Next Ten Queens Birds

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Somehow I forgot that the last time I predicted what the next ten species I would see in Queens would be was back on 30 December 2013, when my list was sitting at 302. What did I predict back in December of 2013? Long-eared Owl, 3 Jul 2010, 25 Mar 2013. Long-eared Owl, 31 Oct 2010, 15 May 2012, 25 Mar 2013. Good times!

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