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Backyard Bird Race and Daily Bucket: October Reports [1]
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Date: 2022-11-12
How Thankful for fall migration were you?
We each watch for birds in our yard or patches — however, and how many, you wish to define that to be — and keep a list of them to share each month in the Bird Race diary in some way. We will each be keeping track of our own bird lists. Ebird is a very easy way to do that. Or you can write them down in a notebook. Or you can take pictures and add them to a folder on your computer.
Hooded Merganser
There are no “rules” for the Bird Race beyond what you set for yourself. Some ideas for information that you might share here as part of the conversation, any combinations of: A total list or count of birds you have seen: monthly, year to date, life
New birds you have seen, since the last tally
Interesting behavior you have seen
Any patterns or changes in patterns
General location in the country
Type of habitat
Bird ID sites or articles you have found helpful, general or bird family specific
Equipment you use, how you use it, why you got it, where you got it, how to maintain and care for it
Photo processing tips and storage/display sites If you move or travel during the year, it would be very interesting to compare the backyard birds you see in different settings!
Wood Duck
Terminology Patch — A favorite area to bird usually not your immediate backyard
Observation — Seeing or hearing a bird that you can positively ID
California Quail
Wilson’s Snipe
The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns spinning around us. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the comments below.
Red-tailed Hawk
My Yard is the area around my apartment complex. My Patch is my yard plus a nearby park with ponds. My other groupings are County, State, US and above.
Peregrine Falcon
For everyone who uses eBird to inform their life list count the new changes to split/combine species brought a change to the way they treat escaped/released exotic birds. Previously they were not counted toward your life list total by them. In an effort to keep closer tabs on the populations of these birds eBird has decided to add them to your life list as a valid species. As such I gained 3 species, Swan Goose, Graylag Goose, Muscovey Duck, to my life list without losing any to combining. No additions due to splits. This changes my totals to 268 species in County, 279 in State and 295 total.
Mute Swan
For October I added a Downy Woodpecker to my Yard, raising my total to 28 for the year.
In my Patch I added the Downy Woodpecker, Gadwall, Swan Goose and Graylag Goose bringing the total to 48.
For my County, State and US and above I added the Swan and Graylag Geese and a Long-eared Owl bringing my totals to 228, 230 and 256 respectively.
What new observations and interesting things did find in October or previous months?
Next Bird Race report day is December 10, 2022.
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