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ResIpsa

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6. Have you ever seen "The Big Year?"

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 10:00 PM

Jan 2018

One of my favorite movies. A scene in there shows how a hurricane (or really bad weather) drove a seriously concentrated enclave of various birds to an island offshore TX.
Have you yourself done a "Big year" ever?
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How Do Hurricanes Affect Birds? [View all] elleng Sep 2017 OP

I imagine flying insect populations don't hold up very well n/t lordsummerisle Sep 2017 #1

Guess not. Too bad no hurricane in my house past few days; elleng Sep 2017 #2

worry about birds over human life.....is pretty sickening beachbum bob Sep 2017 #3

I see no suggestion that the worry about birds is OVER human life. elleng Sep 2017 #4

Obviously nobody is worrying more about birds than people (I would hope) lordsummerisle Sep 2017 #5

Have you ever seen "The Big Year?" ResIpsa Jan 2018 #6