The last bird of 2006

Many people note the first bird they see or hear every calendar year. I thought it might be interesting to pay attention to the final bird of the year. By this I mean the last individual bird, not the last "new bird."

For me, for 2006, it was an American Woodcock in display flight over our house in the evening twilight.

Oh, and the first bird of 2007 was a Carolina Wren heard as I finally awakened on the floor of the back room of a friend's house after sleeping off a very late New Year's Eve.