Winter Outdoor Hour Challenge, #7

Winter Outdoor Hour, #7 lines up perfectly with the Great Backyard Bird Count.  By now, you know we are serious about our birding.

DAY 1
Here is the journal for our first day.  We had several great snippets of time for birding.  As a good blogger, I know I should have pics, but when you are keeping up with 4 children, binoculars, 2 bird books, an Identiflier and a newbie-bird watching dad, the camera gets lost under the suburban seat!

At 7:30AM Gracie-Girl and I snuck out for a walk around our neighborhood.  Here is our tally:

• 3 Crows
• 1 Mourning Dove
• 3 Cardinals
• 15 Robins

Then the whole fam went to breakfast and we went birding by the airport.  Here is our tally:

• 3 Blue jays
• 2 Eastern Bluebirds
• 3 Morning Doves
• 120 Sand Hill Cranes
• 10 Starlings
• 200 Grackles (!)
• 1 Turkey Vulture
• 6 Horned Larks (A NEW BIRD FOR OUR LIFE LIST!!!!)

Off and on through the afternoon I would look out the window while cleaning and this is what we added:

• 1 Chickadee
• 2 Pine Sisken
• 1 Tufted Titmouse
• 6 Goldfinches

DAY 2 (and our last day)

Well, here ya go, and look how cute Gracie-Girl looks in her new glasses.

The fam let me open my Birthday present 2 days early so I could open my new BINOCULARS!!!  They worked great at this Sandhill Crane Refuge.

We actually saw all the same birds, but added

• Great Horned Owl
• Brown-Headed Nuthatch (new for the LIFE LIST!)
• Purple Finch (new for the LIFE LIST!)

Have you made it out yet?  There are two more days to participate.  What birds have you seen so far?  Have you had any surprises?

Click here to see other OHC.  Click here to learn more about Tweet and See!

Heather

Welcome!

Welcome to Kingdom Arrows!  Several blogs have linked today in honor of the Great Backyard Bird Count!  We are home of Tweet and See, a monthly bird watching/recording meme and Drawing with Children-Nature Style.  The first Drawing with Children-Nature Style starts the first week of March and is a low-key come and go chance to work through that art book by combining Barb's Squidoo Lesson Plans for it and nature.

I also co-host another blog we would love for you to visit, Birders For Life.  We do all things birds there, which includes birdwatching, building bird habitats, and other bird fun like recipes and crafts.

Check back later this evening to see how Kingdom Arrows celebrated the GBBC 2011!


Heather