Before I get to the halfway point of 2016, I should give an account of the state of my Somerville list as of 2015. As I noted before, this was not a good year for me, birdwatching-wise. Lack of time outdoors translated into a meager tally of new species. I only had five (American wigeon, common loon, great egret, green heron, and redhead), against two species I deaccessioned (hooded warbler and Philadelphia vireo, in both cases because I lost confidence that I had really seen them). All the ones I added were waterbirds, as it happens.
For 2016 I have a couple new species, and I'm hoping that over the next few weeks, I'll pick up a few migrants I haven't yet seen.
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