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  1. Larry Sweetland

    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    On the "best birder" thing (if we're going on ability to locate and identify birds), then my guess is that if you're a pretty sharp birder who spends a lot of time in the field, then if you go round your local patch with a birder from elsewhere, chances are it'll be you that calls most things...
  2. Larry Sweetland

    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    That 3- way split of Intermediate Egret is a perfect example for me! (I had to flick through a lot of pages before I was sure I must have seen all 3. Also the Olive-backed Sunbird split springs to mind - common everywhere you go over a big area, but did you see them (and bother to write them...
  3. Larry Sweetland

    Two people break 10,000 species, and on the same day? Can it be?

    There was a time when I couldn't imagine how anyone into listing birds could not remember whether or not they'd seen a certain species. Now I understand! This has been happening more and more with me, the more species get split, and (especially with common birds that occur in a few different...
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