This is the weekend for The Great Backyard Bird Count. We participated last year, this year, I pretty much did it by myself. We have too much going on around the house to focus the whole team on the project.
It was kind of boring at the house. Just a bunch of sparrows. I counted about a dozen in fifteen minutes. I think it was a dozen different ones. Just between you and me they all look alike. Now of course there are a bunch of different sparrows, I hadn’t id’d them yet, I’ve learned that id’ing birds is more than matching up photographs.
We went on a family walk around Lafortune Park. I took the opportunity to do another count. It’s not my backyard but hey I’m cheating, turn me in if you want.
I counted close to a hundred Canadian Geese. They are here year round now.
About 15 mallard ducks. Most of them males and some females.
Now you experienced bird counters out there, do the birds have to be awake when you count them?
Also, I didn’t see this one in the regional bird survey. Anybody know what it is?
Also, I didn’t see where to input this specimen. It was actually my favorite.