What a way to start and finish!!!

 

What a way to start and finish the year! Started the year with a Cooper's Hawk on the backyard fence on January 1st. Finished this week with a lifer, Great Gray Owl in the Sax-Sim Bog near Duluth, Minnesota. Really turned up the birding data this year. I took over 5,700 bird photos. I recorded 264 bird species on Ebird, pushing my life list to 362 birds. Traveled all over the country for work and took down time to bird around the country. Love the last shot of the year as I didn't think I would get the Great Gray Owl and actually came up on it as I was leaving for the long drive home from Duluth. Great year of birding for sure!!!