Bird Watching: 2012 Best Bird Sighting, 1 by Chillybean

Chillybean wrote:
I saw your question and have been thinking about this. There are so many cool birds.

Probably the best bird sighting is a Roseate Spoonbill. In Iowa! We were thinking the hurricane brought it in. This photo was taken at a zoo earlier in the year, not the one in the wild. It was clear in a scope but beyond my camera range.

At home, we had many great birds and these were what I was most hopping up and down excited about. A Northern Bobwhite finally popped up out of hiding. We heard him for a couple weeks before he showed himself.

I need to get the pictures on the computer yet, but we FINALLY have Black-capped Chickadees coming to our yard. They came by again today! We have been feeding the birds since 2008 and never had they come. After some time of wondering why not? Their little pictures are on most bird seed bags. It finally dawned on us... we don't have the right habitat. We're out in the country. Well, in spite of that, one came on Sunday (Still last year) to check out our bird retreat. Today were three and they yet don't seem quite at home as the other birds, so they very well could move on.

And I could keep going, but then many of you may have seen my earlier postings about other birds. :)