I vote
-Blue jay
-Greater Sage grouse
-Carolina Wren
-Lazuli Bunting
-Cedar Waxwing
-western tanager
-Yellow Warbler
-Palm Warbler
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I vote for:
Blue Jay
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Lazuli Bunting
Cedar Waxwing
Sora
Harlequin Duck
Palm Warbler
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If there’s still time -
Blue jay
Gr Sage Grouse
Carolina wren
Lazuli
Cedar waxwing
Sora (that was a tough one, sorry western tanager)
Yellow warbler
Palm warbler
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Today’s matchups as follows:
Northern Mockingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Snow Goose
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal
Canvasback
Black Phoebe
White Ibis
Osprey
Red-breasted Nuthatch
California Scrub-Jay
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-tailed Hawk
Marsh Wren
Just to clarify, if I like your post, it means the vote has been counted.
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Here you go -
N mockingbird
Snow goose
Canvasback
Black phoebe
R-Br nuthatch
CA scrub-jay
N saw-whet owl
R-T hawk
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Northern Mockingbird
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Canvasback
White Ibis
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-tailed Hawk
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I vote for:
Double-crested Cormorant
Snow Goose
Northern Cardinal
Black Pheobe
Osprey
Violet-green Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Marsh Wren
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I vote:
Double-crested Cormorant
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Canvasback
Black Phoebe
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Violet-green Swallow
Dark-eyed Junco
Marsh Wren
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Alright, last day of First Round matchups. Today’s are:
Downy Woodpecker
Herring Gull
American Kestrel
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-capped Chickadee
Varied Thrush
American Goldfinch
Mallard
Red-winged Blackbird
Snowy Owl
Bald Eagle
Red Crossbill
Anna’s Hummingbird
Willet
Ferruginous Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
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Downy WP
American Kestrel
Varied Thrush
Mallard
Snowy Owl
Red Crossbill
Anna’s Hummingbird
Ferruginous Hawk
It seems suprising that a raptor has yet to win the tournament. @birdwhisperer in the years you have done this do you see any consistent indications as to what voters seem to be selecting for in matchups? or maybe save that to the end so we don’t try to unconcsioisly buck those trends in our voting.
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Varied Thrush
Mallard
Snowy Owl
Red Crossbill
Anna’s Hummingbird
Ferruginous Hawk
Wow, @trickman, I hadn’t even looked at your votes but accidentally voted almost the same!
Downy WP
American Kestrel
Black-capped Chickadee
Mallard
Red-winged Blackbird
Bald Eagle
Willet
Eastern Bluebird
@fluffyinca i’ve never seen a rose-breasted grosbeak, and kestrels have always been a favorite, but other than that, the same. Good taste, i guess : ) i have noticed that i don’t seem to have consistent criteria on selecting winners. It’s just off the cuff and by the seat of my pants, if that’s possible.
That was a hard choice for me, and I’m now wishing I’d picked kestrel, so apparently we have very similar taste in birds! As far as I know I’ve never seen either species.
I vote
-Double-crested Cormorant
-Lewis’s Woodpecker
-Canvasback
-White Ibis
-Osprey
-Violet-green Swallow
-Northern Saw-whet Owl
-Red-tailed Hawk
Sorry bit late hopefully you can still count them if not that’s alright.
If your post has yet to be ‘liked’, then possibly time to edit your vote to kestrel, if you wanted
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Black-capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch
Snowy Owl
Red Crossbill
Anna’s Hummingbird
Ferruginous Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Black-capped Chickadee
American Goldfinch
Snowy Owl
Bald Eagle
Anna’s Hummingbird
Ferruginous Hawk
By accepting your vote a day late, it solves one problem but adds two. In an overall sense about 10-20 people are voting this year and Northern Saw-whet Owl vs Dark-eyed Junco was all tied up. My rule is, if a tie occurs, the higher seed/rank wins by default, so I called the owl as winner. Your vote affirms the win.
However, by voting for Lewis’s Woodpecker and Violet-green Swallow, you’ve tied those matchups. In the long run, those two still lost applying my higher rank rule. So personally, I think accepting the vote is ok, but I will discourage late votes, especially if those votes overturn an already decided matchup.
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Apologizes for the late notice, my computer crashed this morning. This is the start of Round 2 or the Round of 32. Today’s matchups are:
Pileated Woodpecker
Double-crested Cormorant
Snow Goose
Northern Flicker
Carolina Wren
Bald Eagle
Ferruginous Hawk
Burrowing Owl
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