December! The last month of
2020, the last month of my Big Year Challenges and I can see the finishing line
for one of them, while I have a few more corners to turn with the other one. I have already reached a personal mild stone
with my Big
Year Challenge. On November 29th I recorded my 108th
bird species for the year, a Ruddy Duck
(Oxyura jamaicensis), which is now
the most local species I have seen in a calendar year, surpassing my 2013 tally
of 107. This effectively places me just two
species behind my goal of 110 species. You can see my Big Year 2020
species list here.
It is not as rosy with the Photographic
Big Year 2020. In November I added 11 species, moving the total to 83, seventeen short
of the goal of 100 images, so I still have a lot of work to do.
In December, it will be all
out birding to complete both of these challenges, stay tuned for the conclusion.
Here are the Photo Big Year addition for October
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73. Northern Waterthrush
(Parkesia noveboracensis) |
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| 74. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
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| 75. Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) |
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| 76. Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) |
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77. Antillean Crested Hummingbird
(Orthorhyncus cristatus) |
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78. Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus) |
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79. Black-bellied Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola) |
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80. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
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| 81. Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) |
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| 82. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) |
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| 83. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) |
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