"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come" ~ Chinese Proverb
Today is the final day (day 4) of The Great Backyard Bird Count. I have just completed today's watch/count and submitted it to Cornell's site :) A very interesting and rewarding experience for sure.
We chose to watch for 30 minutes each day and we purposely varied our watch times. Neil joined me in watching on Sat. & Sun. and each day saw action but with differences in species and numbers. Our total number of species observed and reported over the 4 days was 14 ~ ranging from our most prevalent Chipping Sparrows to our beautiful Woodpeckers and our lone Hummingbird :)
Also interesting is tracking the ongoing Nation wide results posted by the Cornell site. As of now, the state of Texas leads in both number of birds reported ( over 350,000 ) as well as number of species ( @ 302). Will be interesting to see the final tallies, probably ready by weeks end.
I encourage you to put out some seed, grab a pair of binoculars and really enjoy watching our lovely feathered friends. It is definitely one of those "pockets of bliss" opportunities available for free everyday.
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