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Flush from the success of our trip to Thailand, Nikki and I returned to Sorsogon on January 4, and I promptly stopped birding almost completely. This was mostly due to a mix of being burnt out from lots of birding travel and needing to attend to work and other hobbies, but also because January is simply the worst month for birding in Sorsogon. True, the migratory birds are here, but the weather conspires to make going outside absolutely miserable; intermittent rains that go from a light drizzle to a torrential downpour at a moment's notice, coupled with virtually nonstop wind that ranges from a stiff breeze to gale-force gusts, also changing at the drop of a hat. It's the sort of thing that makes venturing outside a risky venture that's almost guaranteed to turn miserable if you're out for too long. The only exception was actually to do some contributions to citizen science, more meaningful than my usual daily backyard eBird lists. Despite being risky weather, Januar...