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On the last day of the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count i did finally count some birds, in someone elses backyard.

Not sure how to term this
A Murder witnessing a Murder or a Murder Wake

Saw about 30 House Crows (maybe more) very noisy & swirling , & and sitting in a somewhat orderly fashion on roof tops. They were upset. Walked a bit & found a older pup / young dog possessively guarding a dead crow. Pictures attached

#birds #dogs #greatbackyardbirdcount #IndiasNature #nature #crows #corvids

West Virginia Botanic Garden hosts Great Backyard Bird Count Event https://www.allforgardening.com/1608336/west-virginia-botanic-garden-hosts-great-backyard-bird-count-event/ #BirdPopulations #BirdWatching #BotanicGarden #CornellLabOfOrnithology #garden #gardener #gardening #GreatBackyardBirdCount #InternationalInitiative #NationalAudubonSociety

West Virginia Botanic Garden hosts Great Backyard Bird Count Event https://www.allforgardening.com/1608336/west-virginia-botanic-garden-hosts-great-backyard-bird-count-event/ #BirdPopulations #BirdWatching #BotanicGarden #CornellLabOfOrnithology #garden #gardener #gardening #GreatBackyardBirdCount #InternationalInitiative #NationalAudubonSociety

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

The Great Backyard Bird Count is happening today through Monday Feb. 16! Join this 4-day annual global birding event to share what you're seeing or hearing in your corner of the world. You can help scientists better understand & protect birds around the world, in as little as 15 minutes of your time! Here’s how to participate https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #GBBC #GBBC2026 #CitizenScience #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong

A Gardener’s Guide to Participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count https://www.allforgardening.com/1606248/a-gardeners-guide-to-participating-in-the-great-backyard-bird-count/ #CountBirds #garden #gardener #gardening #GreatBackyardBirdCount #NationalAudubonSociety #WatchingBirds

A Gardener’s Guide to Participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count https://www.allforgardening.com/1606248/a-gardeners-guide-to-participating-in-the-great-backyard-bird-count/ #CountBirds #garden #gardener #gardening #GreatBackyardBirdCount #NationalAudubonSociety #WatchingBirds

Why Gardeners Should Care About the Great Backyard Bird Count https://www.allforgardening.com/1606025/why-gardeners-should-care-about-the-great-backyard-bird-count/ #BirdBehavior #garden #gardening #GreatBackyardBirdCount #HabitatLoss

A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season

The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount

A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season

The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount

A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season

The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount

A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season

The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount

A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) in the Lesser & Greater Himalayas. Not an easily seen bird but not uncommon in the right habitat or season

The latin Specific name "viscivorus" translates as Mistletoe eater (also the origins of its common english name). I am yet to see it forage on Himalayan mistletoe equivalents.

#birdsofmastodon #birds #nature #himalayaSpeaks #IndiasNature #India #Uttarakhand #birdphotography #WomenInScience #WomenBirders #Rural #GreatBackyardBirdCount

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

Starting tomorrow is the 4 day Annual Global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). 1000's of birders, worldwide, will go out & bird.

I & people I work with have been participating for many years, this year too some events are planned. Sharing a picture of Kalij Pheasants, & also the promo poster.

#GBBC #ebird #birding #birds #GreatBackyardBirdCount #BirdCountIndia #IndiasNature #Uttarakhand #HimalayaSpeaks #Kalij #LophuraLeucomelanos #Snow #pheasant #ethicalbirding #nature #ethics #ebirdIndia

Winter Backyard Birding

https://islandinthenet.com/winter-backyard-birding/

Winter Backyard Birding

https://islandinthenet.com/winter-backyard-birding/

I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count back in February and wrote a piece about it on Daily Kos.
#birding #birds #GBBC #GreatBackyardBirdCount #snohomishcounty #PNW #DailyKos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/24/2231079/-Dawn-Chorus-My-Great-Backyard-Bird-Count-2024

This killdeer showed a real lack of situational awareness: came prancing up to me as if the chain link fence between us made me invisible! Maybe e was just very eager to be counted in the #GreatBackyardBirdCount!

#shorb #birding #BirdPhotography #Oregon #GBBC

Still 100% winter in Spokane for #GreatBackyardBirdCount at my folks' place.
California Quail
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
European Starling
Pygmy Nuthatch
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
...were all seen while _pacing_ the neighborhood.
Dad now back from hospital after surgery and recuperating well.

I am super bummed that I didn't get to participate in the great backyard bird count this year. If by chance you have time today (Monday) you still can. Unfortunately, I can't make it work.

https://www.birdcount.org/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount #Birding #Orinthology #ebird #merlinbirdid #BackyardBirds

My favorite part of #greatbackyardbirdcount was not only seeing a Northern Flicker for the first time but happening to three in a single tree. I was trying to figure out if it was a small hawk or something before one finally got close enough to for a photo.

This just furthers my desire to do a proper birdwatching day in the near future!

#birding

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Counting on and off one day this weekend and I counted 7 species, 65 birds coming and going from our backyard feeder.

7 Tree Sparrow, 14 Black-eyed Junco, 5 Mourning Dove, 4 Bluejay, 20 Starling, 7 Cardinal, 8 American Goldfinch

I did capture a few of these with the camera, Goldfinch, Cardinal, and a Tree Sparrow.

#canon #canonphotography #canon7dmarkii
#greatbackyardbirdcount #birdphotography

The Great Backyard Bird Count

Counting on and off one day this weekend and I counted 7 species, 65 birds coming and going from our backyard feeder.

7 Tree Sparrow, 14 Black-eyed Junco, 5 Mourning Dove, 4 Bluejay, 20 Starling, 7 Cardinal, 8 American Goldfinch

I did capture a few of these with the camera, Goldfinch, Cardinal, and a Tree Sparrow.

#canon #canonphotography #canon7dmarkii
#greatbackyardbirdcount #birdphotography

#GreatBackyardBirdCount special visitors today included a Cooper’s Hawk (being seen off by our Crow Neighborhood Watch) and a pair of chestnut-backed chickadees, possibly the first time I’ve seen them in my yard!

Doesn’t this one look as if it has pollen on its wee fiz?

#GBBC #birding #BirdPhotography

Nice group of cedar #waxwings hanging around in the crabapple tree today. #greatbackyardbirdcount

Nice group of cedar #waxwings hanging around in the crabapple tree today. #greatbackyardbirdcount

Speaking of ebird, did you know that this weekend (Friday-Monday inclusive) is the Great Backyard Bird Count?

If you have 15 minutes to spare today or tomorrow, you can be part of something very cool.

https://www.birdcount.org/participate/

#GreatBackyardBirdCount

Went to #BirdsHillProvincialPark during free entry month and got these lovely #Chickadee photos. I counted 48 in total for the #GreatBackyardBirdCount

#Birds #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography

Pretty quiet at the feeders for the #GreatBackyardBirdCount this morning, but a Northern Flicker stopped by to nosh on some Virginia Creeper berries. Jim DeWitt photo. #birds #birding #GBBC

Pulled off one more #GreatBackyardBirdCount over at my sister's house today. Not too many birds there, thanks to a Cooper's Hawk stopping by to look for a meal. A Bald Eagle was kind enough to fly past waaay up high. #birds #birding #GBBC

Birds I’ve seen today: (so far)

Cardinal
Blue jay
House finch
Tufted titmouse
Dark eyed junco
Mourning dove
Northern Flicker
American Crow

#birds #greatbackyardbirdcount

The annual #GreatBackyardBirdCount is underway. I just finished a long walk around our neighborhood where the most common species I saw was the beautiful Cedar Waxwing. I love their little bandito masks. #birds #birding #GBBC

First day of #GreatBackyardBirdCount prohibitively windy in my town: no birds about! I thought about going to a sheltered park, but succumbed to hobbity feelings about staying indoors and puttering cozily while the wind wuthers. 🫖

Look who was back today, just in time for the #GreatBackyardBirdCount! A group of Robins 😍 Did you participate?
#birds #GBBC2024 #birdwatching #nature #Ostdrossel
https://youtu.be/ywuBxuEEYDg

Looking to get outside this weekend? It's the #GreatBackyardBirdCount!

You can read more about the event here: https://www.birdcount.org/.

For folks in the Reno area, the Lahontan Audubon Society has organized several walks to get folks outside, and we're leading one at Swan Lake Nature Study Area, on Sunday at 2 PM. For more local backyard bird walks, check the Lahontan Audubon Society calendar here: https://www.nevadaaudubon.org/calendar.html.

Between work and weather, I haven't been getting out much, but in gearing up for the #GreatBackyardBirdCount (2/16-19), here are a few of today's yard-birds. It's worth mentioning that at an Audubon Society meeting a few days ago, we discussed the apparent decrease in bird numbers and species diversity, at least in our area (NYC-LI), as compared to previous winter seasons. The guest speaker, who is doing research on winter bird populations on Block Island (in the LI Sound) suggested 3 factors at play: 1) global declines in bird populations, 2) climate change and 3) loss of local habitats.
#nature
#NaturePhotography
#birds
#Wildlife
#naturecommunity
#photography
#BirdsOfMastodon
#birdphotography
#birding

So far... nearly 7300 species of #birds have been reported worldwide in this year's #GreatBackyardBirdCount. Nearly 290,000 #checklists have been submitted! #birding #ornithology #monitoring #wildlife #science #CitizenScience #CommunityScience

Best birds from today's #GreatBackyardBirdCount walk: three Anna's Hummingbirds and a Great Horned Owl. Jim DeWitt photos #GBBC #Owls #Birds #IdahoWildlife #Birding

Probably my last birding of this year's #GreatBackyardBirdCount, a quick wetlands walk that produced four new species for the year for me. The highlight was a pair of Canvasbacks, which I generally only see a few times a year at most. And finally some butterbutts. Where have you been hiding?

42) Northern Shoveler
43) Canvasback
44) House Finch
45) Yellow-rumped Warbler

#BirdsOf2023 #birds #oregon #gbbc

The #GreatBackyardBirdCount continues. This morning, I spent an hour at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, picking up a decent list of birds, including 5 new for me for the year (Officially anyway. I'd seen kestrels before but not counted them in a list):

37) Tundra Swan
38) Killdeer
39) Northern Harrier
40) American Kestrel
41) Western Meadowlark

#BirdsOf2023 #birds #gbbc #oregon

This week started with a spring-feel but ended with an icestorm. The backyard looked beautiful this morning, the lawn covered in frosted dew, and frozen, molty-looking layers over every branch. But there were hints of spring. #Grackles, #RedwingedBlackbirds and a #Cowbird came. All good stuff for the #greatbackyardbirdcount #birds #birding #birdsofMastodon #Ostdrossel

My first #GreatBackyardBirdCount of the weekend wasn't wildly diverse - 11 pretty expected species - but it all counts. One of the really useful functions of GBBC is seeing population trends in the most common birds. And I did get one new one for the year list that had somehow hidden from me until now.

36) Red-winged Blackbird

#GBBC #BirdsOf2023 #birds #oregon