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Message: <blockquote data-quote="halftwo" data-source="post: 2018620" data-attributes="member: 45720">Last Birds of the YearWell, it looks like the birding year is over. Just pipped Joanne by the slenderest of margins. December 31st.A dull finish - dawn drifted to dusk with barely a lift in the light levels - murk and mist joining the ends of the day at the end of the year. And to finish? A Treecreeper's mouse-like movements over the lichen-crusted ash, calling in whispers as it crept upward over trunk and boughs. A Bullfinch's undulation as it flew to the wood, its melancholic piping closing the year.Rooks wending their way to roost and gulls high in the low cloud - Herring gulls amongst them - a garden scarcity. Cormorants too. A Buzzard  in the field as light fails finally. A Wren sings in silhouette as Blackbirds chack to sleeping.But last of all a Kestrel: winnowing and calling parakeet-like as it sees off  a rival; the day, the year, almost done.   Happy New Year to all thread readers - especially the regulars and contributors - here's to the next year's garden bird competition.HB <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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