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.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Nice spring we're having

It's 55 degrees, and raptors are moving north over my house (not joking). I am in shorts and comfortable. So were these:

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Turkey Vulture, Montcalm Co., MI, January 11, 2012

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Red-shouldered Hawk (2nd calendar year), Montcalm Co., MI, January 11, 2012

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6 comments:

  1. Caleb PutnamJanuary 14, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    So nobody is impressed by a Jan 11 TUVU north of the tension zone?

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  2. Swamp KatJanuary 14, 2012 at 7:24 PM

    Not to be outdone; here's a newby I got in the yard right after everything froze up, hope you don't mind I just added it after your "yard" birds.

    Pretty good, but aint no RSHA or winter TV though.

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  3. Sean FitzgeraldJanuary 14, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    Tension zone, shmension zone. I give Kaplan far more credit for that arctic denizen he just BSed! Way to score photos of both ridic Jan yardbirds CAPU!

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  4. Caleb PutnamJanuary 15, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    Hmmm. That pic of a pink ice gull looks suspiciously similar to Willy D'Anna's shot of the Niagara bird which RAZL and I missed by just over 12 hrs. Any connection Swka?

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  5. Swamp KatJanuary 16, 2012 at 3:17 PM

    Oh, umm, my mistake, sorry. I must have confused the two. I try to get mine up there when I download the images from my parents computer.

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  6. Caleb PutnamJanuary 16, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    Hmmm http://www.narba.org/(S(0hurrzusdj5ham45oejcocuw))/default.aspx/act/newsletter.aspx/category/field/MenuGroup/home/NewsLetterID/425/startrow/55.htm

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