Day 18 - 20 Days Out of State...
A ZERO day means there isn't much to talk about today...So instead the topic for this evening is: leave.
There will be at a minimum 3 times this year that I leave my state for various reasons. Personal vacations? Work Trips? Birding trips? A little bit of each maybe? At a minimum I will be missing 2-3 weeks of birding days at home. Plus you never know what comes up. There have been years where I have traveled upwards of 2 weeks for work. Combine that with personal trips, and I could potentially miss a month of birding. Yikes!
Luckily I plan well, and I knew of the 3 planned trips going into 2016. I will miss a few days this winter, a few days this summer, and at some other point I will miss 2 solid weeks of big year birding. Those 2 weeks fall at an interesting time. Odds are that something unexpected will show up during that stretch--aside from a rarity or two though, none of my leaves should have an negative impact on my year. To the contrary these trips should add vigor and excitement to the year--especially when things get slow. Of course on the flip side if something really good shows up while I'm away it could be nerve-wracking while I bide my time to get back!
During my last big year, I believe I was out of the state for around 20 days. Most of which was during the winter months, and didn't hurt my year.
2016 has thus far been a great year for me, and hopefully this holds true through my meanderings at home and away.
New birds today: 0
Year List: 135
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