Saturday, April 16, 2022

Got to 100 for the year

 The birds up to 75 got renumbered as I put in Varied Thrush at 64.

75-100 runs:

75

Lesser Scaup

76

American Coot

77

Killdeer

78

Double-crested Cormorant

79

Common Grackle

80

Hooded Merganser

81

Iceland Gull

82

Lesser Black-backed Gull

83

Blue-winged Teal

84

Green-winged Teal

85

Canvasback

86

Ruddy Duck

87

Eastern Phoebe

88

Pied-billed Grebe

89

Great Blue Heron

90

Tree Swallow

91

Eared Grebe

92

Wilson's Snipe

93

Loggerhead Shrike

94

Savannah Sparrow

95

Franklin's Gull

96

Greater Yellowlegs

97

Lesser Yellowlegs

98

Purple Martin

99

Least Sandpiper

100

Lincoln's Sparrow


Then there is a Rusty Blackbird at the end today:


101        Barn Swallow

102        Horned Grebe

103        American Avocet

104        Baird's Sandpiper

105        Field Sparrow

106        Rusty Blackbird


Saturday, April 2, 2022

Pandemic Birding

I started making eBird lists in 2015. I got to 201 from May to December.  I had thought of it in Missouri, but there were so many birders making so many lists that I hesitated. All my birds noted before that are historical lists. In 2016 there was a lot of listing and also world travel. 2020 was not bad, as I could drive to local bird spots easily. Just needed gas. Before vaccination I wore a mask even getting has.

Anyway, not much travel West planned this year, and a trip East is not likely to yield lifers. I have two lifers from home this year!

For 2022 one or two pics: