buckskin hawk
Oklahoma Birder
Things have really slowed down. Migration is over and the summer heat is on. I was needing to find something to keep my local patch interesting so I came up with a simple game. We used to play this in the car on long trips so I adapted it for my local patch.
See how many birds you can find using the alphabet. Once you list a bird you can't change it or use it again. Example if you see an American Crow, you have to determine whether you want to use the A or the C. Once you use the A, you can't change it. It was pretty easy to form a strategy since most of us who regularly bird a local patch, pretty much know what birds will be found. See what you can do?
Time that I took is 1 hour.
A = A merican Crow
b.= B arn Swallow
c = C hickadee
d = Mourning D ove (They were hiding this morning. I would have finished in 45 minutes.)
e = E astern Bluebird
f= Scissortail F lycatcher
g = Great Crested Flycatcher
H = Cooper's Hawk (This one was a first in my local. It was a juvinile and he let me get many goods looks back and forth between my guide and the bird!)
I - Indigo Bunting
J = XXXXX (Where were the Blue Jays??????)
k = Eastern Kingbird
L = Least Flycatcher
M = Northern Mockingbird
N = White breasted Nuthatch
O = XXXXX
P = Pileated Woodpecker
Q = XXXXX
R = Robin
S = Red shouldered Hawk
T = Ruby Thraoted Hummingbird
u = XX (Any one have a "U"??)
V = XX
W = Eastern Wood Pewee
X = XX (Are there any X birds in the world?)
Y = Yellow billed Cuckoo
Z = xx ( I can't think of one of these either.)
Score = 19
My local patch this morning was my neighborhood which has a small pecan grove with large ponds and large pasture in Tulsa Oklahoma.
See how many birds you can find using the alphabet. Once you list a bird you can't change it or use it again. Example if you see an American Crow, you have to determine whether you want to use the A or the C. Once you use the A, you can't change it. It was pretty easy to form a strategy since most of us who regularly bird a local patch, pretty much know what birds will be found. See what you can do?
Time that I took is 1 hour.
A = A merican Crow
b.= B arn Swallow
c = C hickadee
d = Mourning D ove (They were hiding this morning. I would have finished in 45 minutes.)
e = E astern Bluebird
f= Scissortail F lycatcher
g = Great Crested Flycatcher
H = Cooper's Hawk (This one was a first in my local. It was a juvinile and he let me get many goods looks back and forth between my guide and the bird!)
I - Indigo Bunting
J = XXXXX (Where were the Blue Jays??????)
k = Eastern Kingbird
L = Least Flycatcher
M = Northern Mockingbird
N = White breasted Nuthatch
O = XXXXX
P = Pileated Woodpecker
Q = XXXXX
R = Robin
S = Red shouldered Hawk
T = Ruby Thraoted Hummingbird
u = XX (Any one have a "U"??)
V = XX
W = Eastern Wood Pewee
X = XX (Are there any X birds in the world?)
Y = Yellow billed Cuckoo
Z = xx ( I can't think of one of these either.)
Score = 19
My local patch this morning was my neighborhood which has a small pecan grove with large ponds and large pasture in Tulsa Oklahoma.