Redhead is the latest addition to the Somerville list, though it properly belongs to 2015. When I last gave an accounting of the list, in October of 2013, I had 104 species, having added species at a furious clip over the previous year. In 2014, I tapered off a bit, not unnaturally, but still added 11 species: blue-headed vireo, brown thrasher, chestnut-sided warbler, eastern towhee, golden-crowned kinglet, great cormorant, northern rough-winged swallow, osprey, tree swallow, winter wren, and wood thrush. I now have 120 total, including the redhead. I'd be a bit stunned if I added more than half a dozen new species this year, but we'll see.
I've also substantially updated the species list, with a new introductory tab, and revised entries for each bird to give some idea of its numbers here in Somerville, and whether it nests here. This data is provisional, based on my best knowledge, but I think gives a truer picture of each bird's place here.
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