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.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

May 3 - Tri-colored Heron


I spent the morning at Garret Mountain today. I picked up 4 new birds for the year today including Veery, Swainson's Thrush and Magnolia Warbler. I saw 18 Warbler species in total today missing a few that others saw. Also missed Pine Siskin today. After dinner I went to DeKorte Park in The Meadowlands briefly. After running into a friend in the parking lot, I went out the boardwalk to find the Tri-colored Heron that was found an hour earlier by Frank Bobowski. Nice bird, very easy to see and a new year bird. Tri-colored Heron will be my bird -a-day. Again thanks to Ron Shields for his great photo!
Posted by Americanchris at 3:00 AM

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