Two things about living in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are most certainly true: the “default” weather forecast is always for rain and with precious few exceptions the birds match the color palette of the weather.
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Scenes from a Twitch
Reported at the Midwest Birding Symposium on September 18, 2009: one Kirtland’s Warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, seen that morning in East Harbor State Park near Lakeside, Ohio. Widespread reaction: twitch!
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