Day One of the Great Backyard Bird Count

    Yesterday turned out to be a great day for the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count!  My sons had a lot of fun starting off the day birdwatching.  These are their results they turned in last night to the Backyard Bird Count* from their observations our backyard/neighborhood:


Observation Date : FEB 17, 2012
Start Time: 9:15 AM
Total Birding Time: 2 hours
Party Size: 2
Skill: excellent
Weather: excellent
Habitat(s):
deciduous woods
coniferous woods
scrub
rural
Number of Species: 23
All Reported: yes
Checklist:
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Wren - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 150
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 50
Pine Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 5

     They turned in yet another count based on what they saw while they were fishing in a nearby pond:

Start Time: 5:15 PM
Total Birding Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Party Size: 3
Skill: good
Weather: good
Habitat(s):
deciduous woods
scrub
grassland
freshwater
Number of Species: 13
All Reported: no
Checklist:
goose sp. - 5
Great Egret - 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 30
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Field Sparrow - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 30
Comments----------------------------------------
I saw three sparrows I couldn't Identify and a Flock of at least 300 blackbirds I also couldn't ID.
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*Each evening you enter your results at the GBBC website.  (See the link from yesterday's post.)  My oldest son had a lot of fun watching the map light up in certain cities as people reported their findings.  It's not too late if you'd still like to participate.  You can birdwatch even just one day if you wish.