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.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

March 31 - Eastern Towhee


Today I took a quick trip around Garret Mt. and still had 20+ Tree Swallows on Barbour's Pond and good numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos. Some Fox Sparrows have been singing. Another stop today was Fred P's house for my first Towhee of the year. Kearny East had a Snowy Egret, Common Goldeneye, Pintails, Buffleheads and both Scaup. 60+ cormorants were sitting around at the radio station walkway. I'm gonna try to start using migrants so Eastern Towhee will be the bird today
Posted by Americanchris at 12:43 PM

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