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Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal (Code 1) 1 Jan 2015 Area: Common resident throughout Hunterdon County. Yard: Common permanent resident, there are often a pair or several birds in the yard each day.  They occasionally feed on spilled seed under the feeders or … Continue reading

Day 170: June 19

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! … Continue reading

Dog Days of June

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 showed up in the yard yesterday, and … Continue reading

Birdsong–Spring is Coming to NJ

The past few days have been pretty cold, with mostly the normal suspects.  This morning I finally got a Common Grackle for the year.  But the big news is that birds are really starting to sing, and I’ve added several … Continue reading

Common Grackle

Common Grackle  (Code 1)  6 Feb 2015 Area: Locally common to abundant migrant and summer resident, uncommon winter visitor. Yard: Fairly common in spring and fall, less common summer and uncommon winter visitor. Audio: Recorded 10 March 2015 by OldBird21c … Continue reading

Sound Recordings

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 … Continue reading

Photo List

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 … Continue reading

Species List

All birds detected during the 2015 Backyard Big Year.   Click on the name of each species to see more about this yard bird, as well as images and audio files (for those recorded for the photo and/or audio big year). … Continue reading