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.

Monday, April 11, 2011

April 10 - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher


Today is day 100 of Bird-a-day this year. I spent the morning at Garret Mt. Res. and it was noticeably slower than the past week. Although the numbers of birds were down the diversity was still there. 5 species of warbler were still seen, no Louisiana Waterthrush. Only a handful of Sapsuckers were around. My new bird for the year was Blue-gray Gnatcatcher which is also my bird today.
Posted by Americanchris at 2:46 AM

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