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  1. hookem2010

    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    Sorry, one more! While backpacking in Lassen Volcanic NP with my little bro, I was almost certain I had a Williamson's sapsucker at the top of a tree. I put down my bins to get a better angle only to see a large black bear 50 feet away. Distracted from the bird, we proceeded to watch the bear...
  2. hookem2010

    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    While birding the USVI during my babymoon, my number one target was bridled quail-dove. I got a quick view of one while hiking on St. Thomas. I guess I had shown my non-birding spouse what I was looking for at one point, because the next day while hiking the national park on St. John, she said...
  3. hookem2010

    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    I found my lifer MacGillivray's warbler in Houston during my first spring migration, only the 2nd record for heavily-birded Harris County at the time, and still one of my best self-found rarities. The only reason I found this bird is because I stepped off the main loop at my favorite migrant...
  4. hookem2010

    Your silliest/most entertaining/unlikely birding accomplishments

    While scouring a canyon from an overpass for my state canyon wren (successfully!), a police officer stopped and questioned me. I don't know if a passing motorist notified the police out of concern that I might jump, or if he just happened upon me. Regardless, I got to show him my ID and explain...
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