{"id":1463,"date":"2010-02-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:09:26","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:09:26","slug":"the-great-backyard-bird-count-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1463","title":{"rendered":"The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/backyard-bird-count.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/backyard-bird-count.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hey I thought I had the perfect idea for a family event last weekend. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsource.org\/gbbc\/\">The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2010<\/a>. Hey all we had to do was count the number of various species of birds that were in our backyard over a minimum 15 minute period last weekend. How hard could that be? I thought it would be our first step to greenness. I am thinking that birdwatching would be a great companion to my hobby of geocaching. I&#8217;m out in the woods a lot so might as well multi-task when I&#8217;m there.<\/p>\n<p>We started the bird count Sunday afternoon with our two helpers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4365066528\/\" title=\"20100215_3 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4365066528_7c83df9c52-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20100215_3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give them this, they were focused.<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t have a whole lot in the 30 minutes or so that we watched. I counted about 12 sparrows. A couple of these:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4355835935\/\" title=\"20100214_11 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4355835935_316ce03b20-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20100214_11\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think it is a <strike>common grackle<\/strike> <i>starling, based on comments by several readers I went and checked my resources again and I think because of the pale spots the bird is a starling.<b><\/b><\/i> And that was it for the count.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, and thus not in our &#8220;official count&#8221; we had a couple of these,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4371812880\/\" title=\"20100215_2 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4371812880_c7d4f8679b-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20100215_2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which I think is a male cardinal, along with a sparrow.<\/p>\n<p>And one of these,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/4371061601\/\" title=\"20100210_1 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4371061601_016eea36bc-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20100210_1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which I think is a female cardinal, and was my favorite.<\/p>\n<p>So, we and the cats had some fun and I learned a few things. One thing I&#8217;ve learned about the internet is that there are all sorts of knowledegable people out there and I&#8217;m depending on them to let me know if I misidentified the birds.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/camera-critters.blogspot.com\/\">Camera Critters<\/a> for more photographs of critters from all over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey I thought I had the perfect idea for a family event last weekend. The Great Backyard Bird Count of 2010. Hey all we had to do was count the number of various species of birds that were in our backyard over a minimum 15 minute period last weekend. How hard could that be? 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