Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Lake June-in-Winter S Pk

Happy New Year!

What was the first bird you saw in 2014? I am taking a survey and will publish the results in a few days.

My last birds seen in 2013 were 10 Sandhill Cranes and then just before dark I saw a Downy Woodpecker. It is still 2013 as this is being posted. I will add my first bird in the morning.

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) by Raymond Barlow

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ON THE first day of the seventh month [on New Year’s Day of the civil year], you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work. It is a day of blowing of trumpets for you [everyone blowing who wishes, proclaiming that the glad New Year has come and that the great Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles are now approaching]. (Numbers 29:1 AMP)

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You might want to leave a comment just in case the survey doesn’t work. It’s a new attempt on my part. Leave bird and country.

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