So today I am reporting that I have seen five birds this year. Though I can't be certain, I'm pretty sure the first was....ta da!...the ever present House Sparrow! The second might well have been the Common Redpoll.They've been enjoying the lilac seeds. I've seen a few with the red chests, but they're not posing for photos.Number three was, on our farm at least, another everpresent. The Black-billed Magpie, a bird that I see and hear every day but seldom photograph.
And number four is, like the Redpolls, a resident this winter but not every winter. (How do they decide these things?) It is the Blue Jay. I know we have at least two now, but earlier in the winter we had as many as six in view at one time.
(This jay, by the way, was photographed on October 10, 2011. The other photographs are all from 2012.)Number five is the last of our three year-round residents. The Rock Pigeon. What farm doesn't have them?
If I continue at this rate, I could see 365 birds in 2012. Hmmm. Maybe not.
If I continue at this rate, I could see 365 birds in 2012. Hmmm. Maybe not.
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I wasn't a 'lister' either until I started going on international birding trips. I do have a Life List now; and I keep a Year List. That's about all I can be bothered with. Some people have lists coming out their, er, ears...lists for each province, state, yada, yada and diligently write-up each and every bird observation. Nope, haven't got that sort of personality myself.
Great Photos, by the way.
Thanks, Kathy. I am planning to compile a life list this year. We do have a start, having ticked most of our birds in the list at the back of the Peterson's guide.
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