Rules of the Bird-a-day Challenge

Rules are simple:
Every day you add a new bird that you see or hear (not on the television, in a book or on the internet) to your list of birds for that date. You may not repeat the same bird or skip a day. Any non-caged, non-captive, free flying bird is allowed; that is except for a chicken. We're not sure why chickens aren't allowed, but we accept the rule and live by it!
The Prize:
At some point during the year "you will be unable to see or hear a new bird" to add to your list. When this happens you have completed the race and have established for yourself a mark to try and better next year. During your attempt to go deep into the year you will undoubtedly see many more birds than you would have if you hadn’t attempted the challenge. Pat yourself on the back and know you did your best.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

March 29 - Northern Flicker


In a morning trip to Garret Mountain about 30 species were seen including 24 Tree Swallows still hunting Barbour's Pond. Nothing new for the year yet there and no hawks migrating. All birds probably held up by the jet stream currently keeping things cold here. I'll have to choose from my saved list, a list of birds I could use almost anytime. Looks like Northern Flicker today. Flicker photo is from Garret, just not today.
Posted by Americanchris at 5:06 PM

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