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, May 10, 2011

May 10 - Golden-winged Warbler

I started out early today at Halifax Rd. A dozen or so warblers were seen, 50+ bird species seen in 1-1/2 hours. I met up with Rich and while birding the lake, we saw that the Hooded Merganser had only 4 babies left. We continued around the lake and spent a bit of time between the lake and the stream where we heard an odd bird song. Rich called out Golden-winged! This would be a life bird for me. We crossed the stream and followed the song. After 10 minutes we finally located a singing male bird and watched it in 2 trees before it flew off. This has to be my bird today!
Posted by Americanchris at 5:49 PM

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