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Embarking on a new journey

Today is new year's day, time to look out the window first thing in the morning and hope that the first bird of the year is neither a starling, house sparrow or pigeon. This year, 2018, the first bird I saw at the feeders was a White-throated Sparrow. You could say it was a tie because this bird was in the company of Dark-eyed Juncos. I submitted two ebird checklists on this day, both from my home feeders and surrounding neighborhood. My first checklist included the following 12 species: Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Carolina Chickadee, European Starling, Dark-eyed Junco (including two of the cismontanus subspecies), White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch and House Sparrow. Later I would add Carolina Wren and House Finch for a day's total of 14 species at this location.

I had to work later that day at Metro. While driving the bus I added two more species, Rock Pigeon and American Robin. 2018 Yearlist = 16 species.
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