The Great Backyard Bird Count

[azmouse]

www.birdsource.org/gbbc

All you have to do is download a sheet listing common birds in your area. Spend at least 15 minutes at a time watching for birds. Write down the numbers and types of birds you see, then go back to the Web site and answer a few questions.

[zingaro]

1. Hey that's awesome! Thanks.

[azmouse]

2. I'll be doing that today and all weekend.

I love watching the birds. They're so entertaining.

[Zoigal]

3. The Great Backyard Bird Count

Thanks. What a great idea. Will count when M and i are walking along the coast this afternoon.

[azmouse]

5. Thank you!

And thanks for making your first post to me! Welcome to DU! :hi:

[AllegroRondo]

6. Welcome to DU!

good to see new people getting involved.
:hi:

[auntAgonist]

10. welcome to DU Zoigal

:hug:

I hope you post often and enjoy your time here.

aA
:hi:

[AllegroRondo]

4. I know what i'll be doing tomorrow morning!

We have some really neat visitors in our area, including a red headed woodpecker and a blue heron.

[azmouse]

7. A blue heron! That's sounds wonderful.

I'll probably have lots of hummingbirds and doves. If I'm lucky I might see a Coopers hawk. They're pretty cool and they get the neighbors wild turkeys all riled up. Yep, real wild turkeys... the birds, not the drink! :)

[AllegroRondo]

8. We get wild turkeys occasionally too

but they keep a long distance from people.
And the hummingbirds are all gone for the winter. LOTS of cardinals fighting it out at the bird feeders.

The big blue heron hangs out at a creek near the house, its amazing to see a bird that big actually fly.

[auntAgonist]

11. we have wild turkeys .. LOTS of them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6197719&mesg_id=6197719

I love watching all the birds that come to visit :)

aA

[ganeshji]

9. That's cool.

My husband and I usually spend Saturday mornings watching our feeder anyway. We have a multitude of healthy birds this season to report. Thanks for posting this.

[azmouse]

13. I find the more I watch the birds

the more I'm fascinated by them. We often see them gathering material for nests.
We've been lucky enough to even see a hummingbird's nest and watch the mama feed her chick. :loveya:

[auntAgonist]

12. thanks azmouse

:hug:
much appreciated!


aA

[azmouse]

14. You're welcome.

:)
Even if it's snowy outside this is something that can be done through the window. And I bet kids would enjoy getting involved too.

[Maestro]

15. I'm undertaking this all weekend if the weather holds out.

Just this morning I saw a slew of house finches (male and female, mostly female), an American Robin, a black-capped chickadee and a ton of these that I haven't identified.

Any ideas?

[azmouse]

17. Here's a link from the birding website

that could help. This might be useful all weekend long. You can even hear the song of different birds to help in identifying them.


http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/birding123/identify/

[tigereye]

16. what a cool site!

I love Cornell.

thanks.