OK Dweebs. Just made my first entry into the spreadsheet and am up and running with 13 species for 2010. Best bird so far: Brown Creeper which came to the trees near the feeder with chickadees this afternoon (first in months, actually!). Big misses: Eastern Bluebird (seen in the subdivision this AM but not in my yard), Turkey (Dec 28), House Finch, House Sparrow.
If you're all OK with it I will invite Skye Haas to join us (Marquette, MI), who has an interesting yard with quite different diversity than us.
Thoughts?
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.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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I'm totally game for opening it up to Skye and/or Aaron. Just a fun way to share otherwise gee-whiz birds with like minds. Plus I hear that Skye knows how to identify GWFG on the wing which makes two of us for this blog... (!)
ReplyDeleteLets go for it! A dose of the UP and central/southern IL would get some spice in the mix. I just updated with 19 birds. Best birds so far, if you can consider them so, have been 9 ATSP and 3 RBNU. There is a chance for GBBG and GLGU this season with as many as have been on the lakeshore (3/4 mile away)lately.
ReplyDeleteI'm rather partial to the dual meaning of our current title. The fact that its outdated, doesn't bother me. That's just my humble opinion though.
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