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.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Lots of *talk*. . .

Lots of *talk* about Evening Grosbeaks. Well, here's an actual *photo* of an Evening Grosbeak, in my yard earlier this afternoon:



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10 comments:

  1. Caleb PutnamNovember 12, 2012 at 4:48 PM

    Am I the only one who hasn't seen one of these beauts yet this fall? Beginning to think so! I need it for the yard and for Kent Co. Sunflower seeds are available on the feeder currently and waiting..

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  2. J.D.November 13, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    Well. . . I was being a bit of a trash-talking smart ass in my post. This is the first E. Grosbeak I've had in my yard in about 18 months. And I live in the U.P.! Not an easy yard bird for most of us.

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  3. Aaron BooneNovember 14, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    I don't have it anywhere yet. I haven't chased any reports but I've been trying damned hard in Rock County...I think I have a good search strategy worked out though...stay tuned...

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  4. Caleb PutnamNovember 14, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    I hear ya JD. Congrats on that.

    And looking carefully at this bird, what a HONKER of a bill these things have- and the overall 'chunk' factor on the body proportions is striking!

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  5. Swamp KatNovember 20, 2012 at 7:03 AM

    I've never had one in a yard and I've lived in the UP an embarrassing long time.

    Nice push of BOWA and PIGR this fall -- probably old news but I've been gone for awhile.

    What's with some Kent County kid spoiling Caleb's run for the roses. That blows - he should have been on the blog.

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  6. Caleb PutnamNovember 20, 2012 at 11:24 PM

    Yeah Kat- and now he got RECR today (a bird I still don't have for the county!), so he is officially ahead of me by 1 species. Argh.

    http://ebird.org/ebird/site/yard#

    Plus now I am down to 4th!

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  7. Rick BrighamNovember 21, 2012 at 1:59 AM

    The bigger they are....

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    1. Swamp KatNovember 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM

      Nice WHite Ibis avatar. Is that the UP bird?

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    2. Rick BrighamNovember 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM

      No. The UP bird didn't show itself long enough. I saw it briefly flying over a tree line. This bird is a Ft. DeSoto FL bird.

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  8. Swamp KatNovember 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    the harder they fall.....MUhahahahhahahaha

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