American Kestrel
Black-capped Chickadee
Pied-billed Grebe
Lazuli Bunting
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American Kestrel
Mountain Blue
Canvasback
Black Phoebe
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American Kestrel
Mountain Bluebird
Pied-billed Grebe
Black Phoebe
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Cedar Waxwing
Black-capped Chickadee
Canvasback
Lazuli Bunting
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Cedar Waxwing
Black-capped Chickadee
Pied-billed Grebe
Lazuli Bunting
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Sweet Sixteen starts now! Only two matchups per day now as we wind down to the winner. Today’s matchups are:
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Sandhill Crane
Western Tanager
Also, I was meaning to answer this question earlier, I was debating it and the more I think about it, I don’t the answer will “buck the trends in voting”.
I will say this, voters on iNat tend to vote the opposite of those on facebook, making these contests really close. I will also have to think there’s regional bias in the votes. For example, eliminated contestant Northern Cardinal is more likely to get votes from people living in West because they’re unusual, they’re pretty, those birders never see them, while those living in the East just kind of shrug their shoulders and say it’s a cardinal. Hopefully this is satisfying answer.
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Western Tanager
Blue Jay
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Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
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Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
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Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
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Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
and thank you for your response. Interesting about the iNat v Facebook tendencies
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Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
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Pileated Woodpecker
Western Tanager
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Today’s matchups:
Snowy Owl
Canvasback
Lazuli Bunting
Burrowing Owl
Getting harder!
Canvasback
Lazuli Bunting
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Snowy Owl
Lazuli Bunting
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Snowy Owl
Burrowing Owl
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I’m not doing it this year, but if I was, that would of been exactly my pick!
It’s never too late to join the competition. If that’s your choice, I can add it to the tally.
Snowy owl
Lazuli bunting
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