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5 Most Viewed Birds in BirdsEye: November 2013

From BirdsEye Newsletter #11: December 2013

1.    Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: a famous wanderer and local rarity in many parts of the country, but could it be that it was the most-viewed species in part because it is first on the list when sorted in taxonomic order?  We’ll keep an eye on it over the next few months to find out!

2.    Snow Goose: these guys were just arriving in numbers in November in much of their wintering range.  They are also locally rare in many areas, so they are of interest to many state and county listers.

3.    Pin-tailed Whydah: What!? How did Pin-tailed Whydah beat out Nutmeg Mannikin?  This exotic is fairly well-established in Southern California and is apparently starting to get some attention!

4.    Snowy Owl: big invasion year, as shown in this BirdsEye screen shot!

5.    Amazon Kingfisher: 2nd ABA record in Texas! A good bird by just about any measure!  No wonder so many people wanted to find it.

Introducing the Birds of Paradise

This fall, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Geographic are bringing the Birds-of-Paradise Project to the public with a coffee-table book, a major exhibit at the National Geographic Museum (opening November 1), a documentary on the National Geographic Channel (airing at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT November 22), articles in the Cornell Lab’s Living Bird magazine and National Geographic magazine, and National Geographic Live lectures across the country. Her’s an advance look.