Second Tree Blog » Alaska http://secondtree.com Semi-regularly updated musings from the Tim, Julie, Benton, Carson, and Alana Wilsons Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:10:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 My Parents’ Retirement: 44% Ain’t Bad for Five Weeks http://secondtree.com/index.php/2009/07/01/my-parents-retirement-44-aint-bad-for-five-weeks/ http://secondtree.com/index.php/2009/07/01/my-parents-retirement-44-aint-bad-for-five-weeks/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:46:03 +0000 Tim http://secondtree.com/?p=1255 My parents just returned from their 5-week Alaskan odyssey.

They reported that, between the two of them, they saw 199 species of birds (they each saw 198, and each saw one that the other did not see). Apparently, there are “as many as 450 species of birds” in Alaska, which means they saw 44% of the species that inhabit the state.

I guess they’ll have to go back to finish the job.

The preliminary report of their trip did not include any data as to how many of these birds were new to their life list, but I’m sure that information will be provided in a subsequent report (or at least as a comment on this post).

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