The Saturday morning bird walk had 21 birders who decided to take the Unofficial Semi-Big Year challenge. Using NYBG's free Birding List, of birds most commonly found in the northeast, we are counting birds until December 31, 2013. There is still time to join in the fun and there will be surprises for the birder who has the most birds marked off by December.
Highlights of today's walk; White-winged Crossbills in the brilliant sun. What a beautiful sight! The Great Horned Owls- still roosting together, a Barred Owl, Gray Catbird and Cedar Waxwing. Barred Owl -1 Great Horned Owl -2 White Winged Crossbill -4 Cedar Waxwing -1 Grey Catbird -1 House Finch -30+ American Goldfinch -10 American Robin -25+ Bluejay -3 Northern Cardinal-2 Northern Mockingbird -2 Tufted Titmouse -13 White Breasted Nuthatch -2 Red Breasted Nuthatch -1 Hooded Merganser -2 Wood Duck -2 Red Tailed Hawk -2 White-throated Sparrow -1 Song Sparrow-1 House Sparrow-15+ Dark Eyed Junco-8 Red Bellied Woodpecker -3 Hairy Woodpecker -1 Downy Woodpecker -2 Red Winged Blackbird-2 Thanks to Greg, Martin & Paula for their list contributions. Good Birding for 2013! Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
