The GBBC

[kellyrfineman]

As I begin this post, my printer is whirring out a checklist of birds generally found in my area. Because come the day after Valentine's day, I'm going to be participating in The Great Backyard Bird Count. I first read about the GBBC over at Loree Griffin Burns's blog, and then saw it inside Family Circle Magazine. And the "chuck chuck chuck" of

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[amanda_marrone]

I've always wanted to do this! Thanks for the reminder--I'm going to visit the site now!

[kellyrfineman]

The printable bird list is good, but you'll still need a book to look up the species. I spent a bunch of time repeating "let me see your belly" at the nuthatch on the feeder because I wanted to be certain it was red-breasted and not white-breasted. Because red isn't red like a robin; it's kind tan-looking, actually. Sigh.

I still don't have a positive I.D. on a particular brown bird. I'm thinking it's a female red-breasted nuthatch, but I'm not certain.

[ex_lgburns]

Kelly Fineman ... writer, poet, quilter, and citizen scientist!

You rock!

Loree

[kellyrfineman]

Thanks, Loree!

[lindsey_leavitt]

Cool. I'm checking it out.

[kellyrfineman]

All's you need is 15 minutes, a list and a bird book. And good eyesight. Those buggers can be hard to tell apart. I must remember to bet used to my binoculars before then.

[jeannineatkins]

Oh I just so knew Loree was going to gush all over you! Yes you do rock.

[kellyrfineman]

:)

[rosefiend]

Oh, I am there.

I'll have to do it during break at work, but I'll do it!

[kellyrfineman]

That's what's so cool - you can totally do it then. And depending on where you work, you could see pigeons and sparrows (city streets) or Canadian geese (most industrial parks I've been in), or even something really cool - like the falcons and swallows that live in some urban areas, or the hawks that soar around here.