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Sound Recordings | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. My goal is to audio record 150 species in the yard this year. Here’s the list of birds audio recorded during the 2015 Backyard Big Year. Click on the name of the bird to go to the page for the species and to hear the audio recordings. Field Sparrow (3 April). Chipping Sparrow (3 April). Savannah Sparrow (NFC-3 April). Palm Warbler (NFC-7 April). Eastern Towhee (7 April). Ruby-crowned Kinglet (14 April). Brown Thrasher (15 April). Subscribe to Blog ...
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Uncategorized | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Winding Up the Ground Game–31 Dec. December 31, 2015. Today is the last day of the 2015 Backyard Big Year. Only a few more hours to add any new species in real time. I was able to find all 49 Code 1 and 40 Code 2 birds. So far I’ve documented 54 Code 3 species, 15 Code 4 species, and 1 Code 5 local rarity. So barring a last minute addition–what’s next? Http:/ www.backyardbigyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/29-May-1-33-45.mp3. At the end of ...
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Missing Migrants | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Late May →. May 14, 2015. So far this has been a painfully slow migration in the yard–with multiple warbler species being found on only a couple days, and no vireos until today (Red-eyed–no migrants vireos at all). Surprisingly, I’m still missing the following Code 2 migrants that I would have expected by now–. I’m also missing the following hoped-for Code 3 birds–. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Late May →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Monthly Update–March 2015 | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. 3 April–Spring is Sprung →. Monthly Update–March 2015. April 1, 2015. Fox Sparrow, new for the year list this month. At least one single bird seen daily for the last half of the month, and up to 3 seen on 31 March was a new yard high count. After a very tough February, I was happy to add 20 new birds for the year:. Merlin (2 Mar 2:30pm). Rock Pigeon (13 March 8:10am). Ring-necked Duck (13 March 8:40am). Fish Crow (16 March). Fox Sparrow (17 March).
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May Monthly Update | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Dog Days of June →. June 6, 2015. It’s May, the migrants are back! Loving the daily Chimney Swift flyovers. But I did manage to add 36 new species to my backyard big year total, for a grand total of 138 yard birds for the year. Highlights were probably a male Bay-breasted Warbler. That moved quickly through the yard on May 6 and a Mourning Warbler. Mourning Warbler Nova Scotia regiolect song. And Eastern Wood Pewee. Dickcissel flight call, 28 May.
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Mystery Calls (Cont.) →. May 28, 2015. Code 3) 4 May 2015. Locally rare summer resident, most often found at Spruce Run Reservoir. Only one or two birds seen most years. Apparently uncommon though regular spring (and summer? Migrant or resident, detected by call with OldBird21c microphone. Flight call, 26 May 2015 4:55am. Http:/ www.backyardbigyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/25-May-BCNH-7-59-49.wav. This entry was posted in Uncategorized.
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Mystery Calls (Cont.) | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Mourning Warbler →. Mystery Calls (Cont.). May 28, 2015. The nights of May 25 and May 26 I recorded several similar calls. I’m not sure what they are, but sound almost flycatchery to me. Spectrograms are a hump shape peaking around 4-5kHz. Take a listen and see. Http:/ www.backyardbigyear.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/25-May-4kHz-hump-00-00-59.wav. This entry was posted in NFCs. Mourning Warbler →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Noah Strycker's ...
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Dog Days of June | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Day 170: June 19 →. Dog Days of June. June 9, 2015. Summer backyard birding setup off my patio (near to far)–suet feeder, hummingbird feeder, black sunflower feeder, OldBird21c microphone, hawk watch chair, water drip (in back to left of spruce tree). Migration has ground to a near stop. A few birds are moving–I got two keep calls and one American Redstart. Call the other night–but things are way slow. The first juvenile Northern Cardinals. Email c...
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Day 170: June 19 | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. Dog Days of June. Back in the Yard–Aug 18 →. Day 170: June 19. June 19, 2015. Last day of school for the kids. After I got them on the bus, it took over an hour to finally get my 20 Bird Minimum Daily Requirement. Still able to meet that minimum, but some days it takes awhile! Here’s the list from the backyard this morning:. 8211;two birds actively calling and flying around the yard. One bird gleaning moths off the garage door. 8211;one bird calling.
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Photo List | Backyard Big Year
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A Full Year of Hard Core Birding in One New Jersey Yard. My goal is to get images of 150 birds in the yard this year. Here’s the chronological list of birds photographed during the 2015 Backyard Big Year. Click on the name of each bird to go to its species page and see images captured during the year. Documentary photos are also hosted in a Flickr album. Great Blue Heron (17 March). Fox Sparrow (17 March). Chipping Sparrow (3 April). Hooded Merganser (6 April). Eastern Towhee (7 April). Sorry, your blog ...
