Reminder: Count Your Birds!

Don’t forget: fill up your feeders, because the Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend.

I’ve already seen a few new (to my backyard) species, like the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) and a Common Grackle. Hopefully Merrystar’s Carolina Wren and my Brown Thrasher will make an appearance.

Friday Update: Made a quick sheet in excel to keep up. Carolina Wren has shown up.

Saturday Update: Brown Thrasher showed up, along with 2 (!) different kinds of hawks, a new kind of sparrow, and I figured out how to turn on the digital zoom on my new S3.

Also caught this Blue Heron in mid-flight while out on my walk today:

Sweet!

Sunday Update: Another new visitor today, this time a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers (Dendroica coronata).

I’m still trying to get the hang of the new Canon S3’s super-zoom. I may have to take the screens off the windows — all the good shots are through the clear glass on the door.