Bird Watching: Do you keep a Backyard Bird List???, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Just wondering....

I just finished a book called "To See Every Bird on Earth" by Koepple http://www.amazon.com/See-Every-Bird-Earth-Obsession/dp/B000... a memoir about a son and his father who was a "Big Lister" birder. The son was a pretty good storyteller and included a lot of information about bird watching and birding which I didn't have a clue about before.

Anyway, they kept all kinds of bird lists--listing for example, 'Life' birds, birds for 'the year to date', 'yard' birds, specific 'species', etc. And I was wondering if any of our DG Birdsters kept lists. Especially "Yard" lists.

I was surprised that this Koepple fellow had over 200 birds on his Long Island, NY, yard list...I have been staring out the window at my feeders and I can't find more than, say, 25 different birds. I'll keep looking...what about you?!!!

Give us your report!

Photo is my back yard and a feeder--not too many birds!

This message was edited Jan 27, 2007 7:07 PM