The great backyard bird count

[kambriel]

Today harkens the beginning of the Great Backyard Bird Count, and as a rather proud Robin pranced directly in front of me, I figured it was as good a sign as any to participate.

In just fifteen minutes of gazing outside the office window, we spotted eight different species including:

2 Northern Cardinals
13 American Robins
1 Eastern Towhee
3 American Pipits
1 Northern Mockingbird
2 Mourning Doves
2 Blue Jays
1 American Crow

It's rather easy to participate, since you can add your zip code and it will give you a list (with links to images/sounds/etc...) of the birds likely to be in your area. If you think you might enjoy taking part, the website is: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/

We didn't spot any grackles today, but even though they're "common", isn't their iridescent plumage lovely? I actually saw some buttons yesterday that looked like this :)




~ Kambriel

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Comments

[deathling.livejournal.com]

It sounds like.....death!