This weekend I am proud to announce that I hit 200 species on my life list. A serendipidous Bay-breasted Warbler showed up while I was walking the scrubby, swampy back fields of the family farm yesterday, near Perth, ON. I didn't go out there looking specifically for a new bird, but there it was nonetheless, hanging out with a pair of Eastern Towhees and a beautiful male Magnolia Warbler.
It's always a little bittersweet, making that visit to the farm, since there is always that the chance that each visit will be the last (chances are good the property will be sold in the not-too-distant future). But I suppose if this one does end up being my farewell tour, at least it was suitably momentous.
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