When: Feb. 19, 20, 21, 22,
1999 
Count any day, or all four days
Why :
Because we don't want to lose any more species like the Carolina Parakeet.
How: Count birds and record the largest number of each species.
Send results to http://birdsource.tc.cornell.edu/gbbc/
Count results must be submitted on line.
Birds we see in our backyard in Bolivia, N.C.
Carolina Wren Bluebird Robin Tufted Titmouse
More frequent backyard visitors, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove, Northern Cardinal, and Red- winged Blackbird.
The Carolina Chickadee and the Black- capped Chickadee are not easy tell apart. Note the white feathers on the Black- caps' wings.
Chickadee on the back deck.
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers are also very similar. The Hairy Woodpecker is larger and has a longer beak.
Pileated Woodpecker
A lovely Turkey Buzzard
Occasionally, we see a Great Blue Heron in the drainage ditch in front of our house.
If you're still bird watching at dusk, you might see a Great Horned Owl.
This is the Sharp Shinned Hawk that Amanda rescued from the cats.
Two large Cooper's Hawks sitting on a skinny branch.
If you're lucky, you might see a Bald Eagle or a Red- cockaded Woodpecker
Only count wild birds, don't count pets.
Jeff Romeo Foghorn Leghorn
Don't forget your binoculars.
You'll probably want to bring a camera too.
You must have something to write
on and something to write with.
Bring
art supplies.
Bring
along a field guide. I highly recommend Peterson's Field Guides, edited and illustrated by
Roger Tory Peterson.
You can click on a book to purchase one at Amazon.com.
www.Petersononline.com : Online bird identification
www.gorp.com : Many birding links
http://birdsource.tc.cornell.edu/gbbc/ : Great Backyard Bird Count Info
http://birdsource.cornell.edu/pfw : Project Feeder Watch- A long term bird watching project
Click the robin on the right to see Shore Birds!
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