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Birders

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:14 PM Feb 2017

The annual Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday, February 17, through Monday, February 20, 2017.

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/33424/20170217/20th-annual-backyard-bird-count-is-this-weekend

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The annual Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday, February 17, through Monday, February 20, 2017. (Original Post) In_The_Wind Feb 2017 OP

Thanks! livetohike Feb 2017 #1

Thanks for the link. They had a Bird ID app that I downloaded which will be nice to have. denverbill Feb 2017 #2

we did four 30-60 min sessions - was fun! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2017 #3

livetohike

(22,121 posts)

1. Thanks!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:15 PM

Feb 2017

denverbill

(11,489 posts)

2. Thanks for the link. They had a Bird ID app that I downloaded which will be nice to have.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 05:01 PM

Feb 2017

The Merlin Bird ID from Cornell University. Handy little tool for people like me who know enough to say it's a sparrow but not what kind of sparrow.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,006 posts)

3. we did four 30-60 min sessions - was fun!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 11:43 PM

Feb 2017

probably a total of 25 or so types - weirdest was lots of red winged blackbirds, first time ever in 25 years in our yard.
Had all three nuthatches, pine and myrtle warbler, and our usual host of bluebirds, cardinals, chickadees, carolina wren, white throated sparrow, downy and red bellied woodpeckers, brown thrasher, robins, towhees, juncos, goldfinch. was hoping for a rose breasted grosbeak but alas!

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