This is a somewhat odd report. I'll start with a mundane FOY blue jay as my first bird to start the year. However, a short time before that I got excellent views (but no photos) of two out-of-season Sandhill cranes gliding under the new Verona Island Bridge on the Verona Island side (upstream direction). I was concerned because this was on a CBC and needed to be thoroughly documented. Peter Vickery was in the car behind me but was looking downriver. I was nervous because I had to face questioning the next time we stopped. I do no know if there was a hidden message in this dream other than careful documentation of out of season critters. In any event, I think this was a lifer dream bird, now numbering over 300 species dating back to January 1985, many that would be new to the animal kingdom. I maintained daily records until the early 1990s with American robin and herring gull being the most dreamed about birds. The majority of robins were incidental background sounds in other dreams. The gulls were all visuals, although many were incidental flyovers. It beats birding by ear with the TV (heard a cactus wren in northern England in a movie on Sunday).
On Dec 28, I saw two snow buntings and about 6 common redpolls at a bird feeder near the Flake Point Bar along Rt 187 in Jonesport.
Happy birding in 2013!
Norm Famous
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