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, December 6, 2011

Good life yardbird

Just had a WISN fly over the house at dusk, giving the scrapy, reedy, single note repeated at a regular, slow interval. Bread- hate to say it but you are TIED for the year with someone who started on 20 September!

11 comments:

  1. You bastage! I don't have that for the yard yet!

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  2. Oh yeah baby, ONES up on the leader!

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  3. Tanman, glad someone is still yard birding, you are the king. I'm still putting in 8-10 hours a day on the lair but migration is definitely starting to slow down, I don't think I'm going to break 165 this year but we'll see, the month is young.

    Rick, what is your biggest yard-miss?

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  4. Is there any rule against bulldozing my neighborhood and replacing it with actual habitat?

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  5. Forgot to add Snow Goose (only one in 4 years!). Get back where you belong CAPU (I'm going to regret saying that).

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  6. Putty - if you look harder you'll see you have several on me.

    Joe - biggest misses for the year (so far) are OCWA, TUSW & BADO. Australia trip during peak fall migration also cost me several empids. For all-time: GBBG (100' off property when seen), EWPW (just out of earshot every year), WISN & MUSW.

    I'm still hard at it every morning before work and with the mic when in the house. No slouchin' here!

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  7. Dammit Bwewwew's! Let me not be last, will ya? And yes, bulldoze that neighborhood- it will be good for your Vermivora yardlist. Or shall I say Oreothlypis?

    RIBR- it is inexplicable how you don't have EAWP for that yard (I'll learn you your alpha codes slowly but surely: Barred Owl is BDOW (Barn Owl)). TUSW is also a bit embarassing given your position, OCWA, MUSW and WISN I can let go. In any event, you'll easily coast to victory now anyway, so this is the worst ribbing you'll have to endure I am sure (Kat, Haastage, somebody assist me)

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  8. Bwewwew's said "Is there any rule against bulldozing my neighborhood and replacing it with actual habitat?"

    Amen brother.

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  9. Putty - Perhaps you were a bit sleepy when you responded to my response to Joe's inquiry.

    Whatever the case, according to Pyle & DeSante, in 2010 the alpha code for Barred Owl = BADO. Granted I have used BDOW in the past, but I believe both that and Barn Owl (BANO) have changed:

    http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/Alpha_codes_english.pdf

    Also, you misread my EWPW (Eastern Whip-poor-will) for EAWP (Eastern Wood-Pewee).

    16 TUSW (158) in two groups flew by this morning before work. No longer "embarrassing".

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  10. Dammit BrigRig- this always happens to me when I get hauty with my alpha codes! Whip is a much more sensible miss than Pewee.

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  11. SIPU whiffs on 4-letter codes yet again...

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