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.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

EPIC! near-MEGA


The Portage is filling up with dabblers -- expecting a "***mega***".  Meanwhile, I had "***FOY***" Greater Yellowlegs - though I could only "***h.o.***" the bird so I whipped out my 4" iPhone and started up my iBird Pro 6.1 -- I played calls of GRYE and after a spell I saw 2 birds - one a yellowlegs - fly over my house away from the the lake.  After 2 minutes - and sparse calling indicating it was nearby - the yellowlegs and "other" bird flew back over the house and buzzed down to the pond.  I'm not sure, but I think it may have landed on my roof (the back side is a big flat roof) when it was out of view.  The yellowlegs landed and his little buddy turns out was a Wilson's Phalarope.  I put my iPhriend in camera mode and digiscoped a couple of images before they flew off.  How "***EPIC***" is that?????





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  1. The Owl RanchApril 18, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    I want a huge coastal marsh for a backyard....

    I did see on the lists that WIPH popped up in sw MN yesterday as well.

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  2. Caleb PutnamApril 18, 2013 at 1:33 PM

    Even the great cynic, RAZL DASL would have to concede the epicocity of this one. WIPH on your roof, that eclipses my AMGP flyby today I suspect.

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  3. Rick BrighamApril 18, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    Pretty cool Joe! Which house was this at?

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