{"id":750,"date":"2012-02-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=750"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:53:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:53:56","slug":"the-great-backyard-bird-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"The Great Backyard Bird Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">This is the weekend for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsource.org\/gbbc\/\"><b>The Great Backyard Bird Count<\/b><\/a>. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906150429\/\" title=\"IMG_7824 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7824\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906150429_26e0414b22-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">t 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&#8217;t id&#8217;d them yet, I&#8217;ve learned that id&#8217;ing birds is more than matching up photographs.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We went on a family walk around Lafortune Park. I took the opportunity to do another count. It&#8217;s not my backyard but hey I&#8217;m cheating, turn me in if you want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906198121\/\" title=\"IMG_7836 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7836\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906198121_04ae377ed4-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I counted close to a hundred Canadian Geese. They are here year round now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906200605\/\" title=\"IMG_7838 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7838\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906200605_5c95308d8f-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">About 15 mallard ducks. Most of them males and some females.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906203865\/\" title=\"IMG_7840 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7840\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906203865_fc04efbf16-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Now you experienced bird counters out there, do the birds have to be awake when you count them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906220421\/\" title=\"IMG_7846 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7846\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906220421_c7dc5c16eb-225x300.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Also, I didn&#8217;t see this one in the regional bird survey. Anybody know what it is?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/6906210537\/\" title=\"IMG_7842 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_7842\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/6906210537_660b0b3919-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Also, I didn&#8217;t see where to input this specimen. It was actually my favorite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com\/\">Our World<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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