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Back Yard Bird Race & Daily Bucket - November listings. [1]

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Date: 2023-12-09  

Good morning, afternoon or evening (as applies to you.) Welcome to the monthly segment of our birders personal challenge. Please look over the first “block of directions” to get an idea of our purpose today.

There are no “rules” for the Bird Race beyond what you set for yourself. Some ideas for information that you might share here as part of the conversation, any combinations of: A total list or count of birds you have seen: monthly, year to date, life

New birds you have seen, since the last tally

Interesting behavior you have seen

Any patterns or changes in patterns

General location in the country

Type of habitat

Bird ID sites or articles you have found helpful, general or bird family specific

Equipment you use, how you use it, why you got it, where you got it, how to maintain and care for it

Photo processing tips and storage/display sites If you move or travel during the year, it would be very interesting to compare the backyard birds you see in different settings!

You can see there is a lot of wiggle room for your own level on interest. 2n10 has also gathered a fine list of links to help increase your birding experiences. Here are some great sites for you to explore.

John (2n10) also included this handy guide to help us be specific about our sightings.

Terminology Patch — A favorite area to bird usually not your immediate backyard

Observation — Seeing or hearing a bird that you can positively ID

All of my November Lifers (first ever observation) were gathered at the Waterfowl Wildlife Refuge at Sardis Lake, Mississippi.

Nov. 5 Saw Whet Owl (audio recording which I thought was a fox).

Nov. 4 Baird’s Sandpiper (thanks nookular for the id help).

Baird’s Sandpiper — Calidris bairdii

Nov. 2 Black-bellied Plover (another nook id assist).

I did get a first of season photo of a Loggerhead shrike on Nov. 24th. I was hunting Sandhill Crane that had been reported by the Mississippi Ornithology Society.

Loggerhead Shrike — Lanius ludiviciarus

A took a photo (not even a good one) of an American Pipit. It is the first shot of the bird I had on file.

American Pipit — Anthus rubescens

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My list for 2023 has: 202 species, 40 lifers and 162 first of season birds.

My life list has 243 species

Home — 61 species for 2023

Patches (Sardis Lake, Enid Lake, Grenada Lake, Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, Ship Island on the Gulf of Mexico and Friar’s Point on the Mississippi River) — 141 species for 2023

Exotic species seen at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans (all lifers) — 19 species for 2023

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