#im doing my best not to be biased bc I would accidentally skew the contestants to only birds Ive encountered otherwise lmao

[proton-wobbler]

out of curiosity, what are you planning to do with the species that are probably super popular like idk, common raven, blue jay, northern cardinal, birbs like that, that some people might submit and maybe some of them won't even repeat, but they obviously wouldn't exactly be dumb hipster birbs? is this where your own final decisions will matter most?

My original purpose of this poll is to showcase "niche" birds, which can be a few things. Its most obviously species of birds that no one has heard of or seen, but another big thing for me is showing off species of birds that are actually Really Common and often overlooked due to the popularity of others. Common Raven and Bearded Vulture would be excluded regardless of sumbission status because I see posts about them all the time, and theyre often included in other polls. I really like Roseate Spoonbill but even if they hadnt been duplicates, I wouldnt have them in the poll because Ive seen them a few other bird polls. My goal is to have birds that have not been featured before, and weeding out duplicates/asking for niche birds only was a way to make it easier on myself for picking contestants.