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BOSTON (AP) — As a year’s final hours slip away, many measure its success in paychecks, vacations, or the simple pleasures of everyday life. But for Neil Hayward of Cambridge, 2013 ticked down to a single bird.
In this Jan. 1, 2014 photo, birdwatcher Neil Hayward, right, of Cambridge, Mass., looks for birds alongside girlfriend Gerri Buck at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island, Mass. Hayward possibly set an American Birding Association record by observing 749 different birds in 2013. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Blanding) BOSTON HERALD OUT,
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