Speaking of birds...This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

Who's playing?

[lost-in-nj]

1. I know my titmouse

is back

it's singing every morning

:hi:


lost

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. I've had a ruby-crowned kinglet hanging out at my suet feeder

for the last couple of months.

We've had a lot of woodpeckers visit, too...Downies, hairies, red-bellied, flickers, and a yellow-bellied sapsucker.

[TZ]

2. If I had a backyard I would...

x(

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. You don't need a backyard!

If there's a park near your apt, you can watch from there.

From their FAQ: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/faqs-1/how-to-questions/

Where should I count birds?
You can count birds anywhere: in your backyard, at a local park or wildlife refuge, or wherever you like to watch birds.
:D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. tweak

[suninvited]

6. Thanks for the info !

I started looking yesterday, because I wanted to ID some I am not sure what are. Do flocks of turkeys count, I wonder? I saw two flocks yesterday.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Absolutely!

Turkeys are birds! :thumbsup:

It's so cool to see them making a comeback in the wild!

[dembotoz]

8. article in paper today about global warming chaning migration patterns

maybe you will see something interesting.

good luck

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Last summer I saw a painted bunting

a good ways inland in VA. I couldn't believe it! Then I found a youtube video of a bunting that someone had captured the previous winter about 10 miles north of where I had my sighting.

It's a little frightening to think of the drastic changes that are occurring. I hope the little critters can adapt...

[BeachBaby]

9. There's too many, I can't count them.

Literally HUNDREDS of snow geese. The farm fields look like it got dumped with a foot of snow.

And are they LOUD! :) :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. How cool is that?!?

Do you have any pics? :bounce:

[kentauros]

12. I hope they're not including Starlings.

I was having some soup at Panera this evening and, as usual, the grackles/Starlings were everywhere! It was like a scene out of The Birds. Whatever their native predator is, I think we need to introduce it or bump up its numbers...