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04/01/2012 09:48:24 AM · #1 |
Recently I saw the movie "The Big Year" with Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson and I had a thought about doing something on that but scaling it down a bit. My budget doesn't allow me to travel around the world, let along North America but I thought this would work well if we just did something around our own town or if you happen to be traveling then bonus points...
WHAT IS A BIG YEAR?
This side challenge will run from April 1st until April 30th 2012 in which you must take as many shots of different bird species as you can. No bird in (your) gallery should be the same and take a few mins to look up the name, you can use this website to do so www.whatbird.com/ or this one Bird ID Help. I would also like to know where the bird was when you photographed it.
To create your gallery, it's easy to do it here on DPC but if your not a paying member it's pretty easy to create a folder in your flickr account, Facebook account or somewhere else that allows you to host some images for free
The member with the highest number of birds species wins... Make sure that somewhere in your gallery you add and update the number of birds in that gallery (if you can). That will just make it much easier for all of us to see who is winning this little challenge.
I will also try and keep the tally on the bottom of this thread along with the thumbnails of everyone that posts.
1.  hahn23 - 40
                                       
2.  Kelli - 5
    
3. dirt_diver - 3
  
4. Abra - 0
5. jomari - 5
    
6. hajeka - 20
                   
7. Cuttooth - 11
          
8. eqsite - 11
          
9. Hot_Pixel - 0
10. KarenNfld - 18
                 
11. timfythetoo - 0
12. doremi - 20
                   
13. ambaker - 0
14. scooter97 - 31
                              
15. Enlightened - 8
       
16. pamb - 0
17. patches - 0
18. vawendy - 5
    
19. Basta - 24
      
                
20. Pug-H - 0
21. cynthiann - 12
           
Message edited by author 2012-04-09 22:49:30.
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04/01/2012 09:59:44 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
So, are we posting in here?
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04/01/2012 11:17:16 AM · #3 |
I'll post one more before I head out for the day.
Btw - most of the birds in the McNeil Avian Center at the Philadelphia Zoo are endangered species. |
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04/01/2012 12:15:03 PM · #4 |
Message edited by author 2012-04-01 12:15:45.
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04/01/2012 12:15:27 PM · #5 |
I got 2 here: American Crow and Rock Pigeon
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04/01/2012 02:11:18 PM · #6 |
Got 6 today, 5 of them near a hockey field, 1 in my garden (Never thought I would get more than 5)
Common coot
Mallard
Mute swan
Jackdaw
Magpie
Sparrow
Please correct me if I got the names wrong.
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04/01/2012 02:46:11 PM · #7 |
Here's my first set:
Canada Goose
Northern Cardinal
Common Merganser
Black-capped Chickadee
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04/01/2012 05:23:21 PM · #8 |
All taken today. I saw a few more that I didn't get good pics of, will surely get better pictures before the end of the month.
...Dark Eyed Junco
...American Robin
...Song Sparrow
...Northern Pintail
...Herring Gull
...Iceland Gull
...Mallard |
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04/01/2012 05:51:54 PM · #9 |
guys your bird shots are amazing. I really enjoy looking at all these little guys. Keep up the good work.
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04/01/2012 06:31:13 PM · #10 |
This one doesn't count. Just some playing with my sparrow photo. It just fits so very well with the song. |
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04/01/2012 09:03:39 PM · #11 |
Just showing 7 of the 25 species I photographed today. Some were very far away and it was a very dark gray day. So hopefully not too many points taken off for less than beautiful images :)
Message edited by author 2012-04-01 21:24:44. |
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04/01/2012 10:19:18 PM · #12 |
....Mountain Bluebird, Sialia currucoides
....Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus....
....Steller's Jay (intermountain subspecies), Cyanocitta stelleri
....Red-naped Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus nuchalis
....American Robin, Turdus migratorius
....Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus
....Pygmy Nuthatch, Sitta pygmaea
My shots from today, 04/01/2012.
Message edited by author 2012-04-10 17:43:52. |
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04/01/2012 11:52:55 PM · #13 |
| I don't have any shots yet, but will try to post as many as I can. |
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04/02/2012 12:13:49 AM · #14 |
Message edited by author 2012-04-02 00:40:45. |
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04/02/2012 12:52:01 PM · #15 |
Walking my dog this morning...
... Mallards
... Song Sparrow
... Northern Harrier Hawk
... Canada Geese
... Red-Winged Blackbird
... European Starling
... Purple Finch House Finch
... American Robin
... Mourning Dove
Total=9 species
Message edited by author 2012-04-04 05:58:12. |
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04/02/2012 02:33:31 PM · #16 |
Snow, rain and cold in the mountains today. Not a bad day to photograph some of the family Corvidae. (Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers.)
....American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos
....Common Raven, Corvus corax
....Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
Message edited by author 2012-04-02 14:34:32. |
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04/02/2012 03:12:31 PM · #17 |
Today's birds, April 2nd.
..........American Black Duck
..........Mute Swan
..........Rock Dove/Pigeon
..........Ring-Billed Gull
..........Pekin Duck |
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04/02/2012 03:18:10 PM · #18 |
Grey Heron
Black bird (male)
Black bird (female)
Wood pigeon
Results of a short lunchtime walk today
(Looks like I have 10 now, if male and female counts for 2) |
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04/02/2012 03:58:51 PM · #19 |
| This is going to be hard challenge to keep up comments on. LOL! I may get behind until Thursday when my granddaughter goes away for a few days. |
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04/02/2012 05:35:39 PM · #20 |
Morning has broken
I really should stop doing this, it takes a lot of time and work starts early tomorrow (but it's so much fun to do).
This one also doesn't count. |
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04/02/2012 06:13:09 PM · #21 |
this is awesome.. This is going to be hard for me to keep up but I will try to update everyone tonight.
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04/02/2012 06:54:35 PM · #22 |
Two more on this evening's dog walk!
... Turkey Vulture - Here it is in flight  
... Ring-Billed Gull
Total=11 species
Message edited by author 2012-04-05 12:38:07. |
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04/02/2012 07:54:50 PM · #23 |
Here are a few from around the feeder and the yard...
Downy Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Purple Finch
Common Grackle (thanks to timfythetoo for the id)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Message edited by author 2012-04-03 16:52:12. |
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04/02/2012 09:48:01 PM · #24 |
here is some more
this site could help to ID your subjects
Bird ID Help |
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04/02/2012 09:57:46 PM · #25 |
....California Gull, Larus californicus
....Mallard, mated pair, Anas platyrhynchos
....Western Bluebird, male, Sialia mexicana
 ....Mountain Chickadee, Poecile gambeli........same species, a little better photo
....White-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis
It snowed lightly all day. Can't wait 'til the good weather returns.
Message edited by author 2012-04-04 20:11:12. |
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