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182 down, 79 to go... The list is getting shorter :-)

7/13/2014

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Well, I have made some progress this Spring and Summer, but there's not been much to blog about.  My biking, hiking, and birding efforts have been encounters with the same summer species: Song Sparrows, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Yellowthroats, Cardinals, et cetera.  Raptors have been surprisingly absent.

For example, I spent yesterday up in the northwest corner of the state.  I biked a 9-mile section of the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail, transiting St Albans Town, Swanton, and Sheldon; the only raptor I saw or heard was one Broad-winged Hawk.  It was a great ride, on a very well maintained trail, but the birds were not the highlight.

I've now logged 182 towns in my quest, with 79 left to go.  Almost all require a 2 hour drive to get to, so there's a competition now on what to do on nice sunny weekends; amazingly (to my son), birding does not always win out!


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