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Happy New Year to all readers of this thread on Birdforum.
It’s an absolute pleasure to be asked to start another year as I first began writing about the birding in Mallorca in 2010 and many happy adventures have been reported since then.
Over the years, I have met many visiting birders and locals alike, and we have shared some very exciting times together, seeing many f...

Gerald Mayr, 2010. Parrot interrelationships - morphology and the new molecular phylogenies. Emu, In Press.
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Well, it's almost next year in some parts of the world, so time for another Garden/Yard list thread.

All newcomers welcome.

All birds heard or seen from house & garden count, even if they're distant specks. But you must be on your property to count them.

Happy New Year & good birding, all.

I am currently looking into planning a trip to Massachusetts / Cape Cod from mid to late Sept and would appreciate any advice to where to base myself and any short (i.e. 4-6 hr) pelagic trips that may be available to book at this time.
I intend to take 2 or 3 Whale watching trips during my stay and although I expect to see various seabirds on these trips I would be grateful ...

Am I correct in identifying this as a Garden Warbler?

I know the bird in the foreground is a Little Ringed Plover, but am I right in assuming...