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  • Get Out and Count the Birds…

     Birds

    The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is our Friday link. This weekend, they invite you to join the annual check of our feathered friends.

    A big thank you to The Garden Club of the Back Bay for bringing this, and so many other wonderful opportunities to have fun and learn something new, to our attention. (That makes this a double Friday Link!)

    The Great Backyard Bird Count says:

    "Warmer temperatures and lack of snow in parts of North America are setting the stage for what could be a most intriguing 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming up February 17-20."

    We Say:

    This is the perfect excuse to get outside and enjoy nature.

    If you enter your zip code, the site will prepare a checklist of the birds you might see in your area. That can be fun to have anytime and a great start on the peaceful pastime of birdwatching. We're saving our list and will continue looking all year to see how many birds we find by this time next year.

    What's on your outdoor shopping list? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

     


    Details:
    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Illustration: courtesy of The Great Backyard Bird Count 

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  • Watching Birds, Counting Birds

    DSC_5849 - Version 22011-12-24-moking-bird-boston-back-bay-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Some of our favorite city wildlife are the birds that live in Boston's wonderful street and front yard trees. As you walk along the sidewalks, they call out and fly from perch to perch. This little one decided to sit still and let us add an image to our personal Christmas Bird Count.

    The Audubon Society says, "From December 14 through January 5 tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations."

    Our best guess is that this is a Northern Mockingbird based on one of the photos here. If you have an alternative ID, let us know!

    Do you have an up-to-date bird guide in your house? We highly recommend the one from a great local author, David Allen Sibley– The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America.

    Details:
    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: © 2011 Penny Cherubino

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