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Friday, February 16, 2018

Great Backyard Bird Count - 2018 - Day 1 Summary

So I posted earlier this morning when it was pretty windy. I ended up submitting three checklists for today. Here's a summary of my high counts for the yard for today.

SpeciesHigh Count
American Crow2
Black Capped Chickadee3
Blue Jay2
Dark Eyed Junco7
Downy Woodpecker1
European Starling1
Hairy Woodpecker1
House Finch2
Mourning Dove9
Pine Siskin3

At the end of day 1, I'm off to a slow start. Hopefully tomorrow will go a little better. NOAA says 60% chance of slow, likely half an inch, with a high near 33 F. Precipitation may bring the birds out in droves or keep them hunkered down like today.

As of now the Great Backyard Bird Count is showing 21010 checklists submitted with 3836 species counted worldwide. That's awesome! Hopefully your counting is going better than mine.

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