2013 and beyond

It's pretty simple: the most birds seen or heard from one's yard during 2013 will be the "winner". Want in? O.k....then do it despite that.

2013 promises to be a lot less mean but still a carbon-free birding competition, even if slightly less exciting than a MEGA x EPIC hybrid.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

At the water this evening

Activity seems to pick-up at 7pm at the water hole. Numerous (5+) SWTH and several GCTH visited until almost 8pm this evening. A group of 9 WTSP joined the festivities, but never went to the water itself. This afternoon an influx of a dozen RBGR made the feeding stations raucous. Here are some photos - luckily the water feature is close enough for flash. This is the first time I have posted pictures, so bare with me.
Stand-off series:

2 comments:

  1. Wow Rixta- that's quite a series of birds there! PIWA is great, and I cannot believe how you have Sapsucker and WTSP in numbers. The former is still a yard bird for me, and the latter is likely weeks off yet... I guess the microphone is my only hope.

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  2. This is probably the benefit of geography. Being close to the lake concentrates the early birds. Note that Berrien has already reported DEJU, WTSP, PUFI, etc. That's a county that also has had both WWCR & RECR early the last two years ('07 & '08). Just build a bigger water feature!

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