I'm getting ready to head out the door with my camera, a pad of paper and a pencil. This is a fun and FREE activity the whole house can take part in. No special skills required but a good birding book can be helpful.

Check it out.

Great Backyard Bird Count — Great Backyard Bird Count

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Thanks for the link. We have lots of birds (I guess the feeders help!) and it sounds like fun.

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

Very Cool. I'll have to see if I can get a pic of our resident RoadRunner.

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Mary

I just got back. I spent about an hour in two different areas. One place was the lake right down the street from us and the other was Saddle Creek State Park located in Lakeland. That's about 10 miles from where I live.

In that hour I saw 17 different species of birds for a total of 156 in all. The most unusual sightings were a little blue heron, a flock of about 60 black vultures and a muscovy with her babies.



I'm hoping I'll spot at least one new species during the weekend. We're going up to Disney on Sunday. Can I count Donald Duck?

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