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Beginners in this activity may struggle with nondescript LBJs, or “little brown jobs”. (-5[3])Controversy arose when two participants in this activity, John Mann and Peter Kaestner, both reached their life lists’ 10,000th entry (15[2])on the same day. (15[1])Obsessive fans (15[1])of this activity (15[1])are the subject of the comedy The Big Year. A week (15[1])dedicated (15[1])to (15[1])Black participants (15[1])of this activity began after a 2020 incident in which Amy Cooper filed a (*) false police report against Christian Cooper. The Cornell University-developed app Merlin is popularly used by fans of this activity, which served as an inspiration for the board game Wingspan. The National (10[1])Audubon Society publishes field guides used in, for 10 points, what activity in which one might observe warblers and sparrows? ■END■

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