Great Backyard Bird Count Weekend

    The Great Backyard Bird Count organized by Cornell University took place this weekend February 15-18.  The idea is pretty simple, just stand in the place where you live and count all the birds you see in your yard and report the totals at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/   .

Highlight of GBBC yard count  Chipping Sparrow

Leucistic Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Now face North

  The GBBC is not just confined to your residence.  You can also stand in the place where you work and count the birds there while you think about the place you live.  

 Horned Grebe-Highlight of Erie bird count

Wood Ducks

Peregrine Falcon

'Blonde' Mallard hen with more conventionally plumaged Mallards

Mostly Scaups but not always

Male Redhead(top), Male Canvasback(bottom)



There is more than a cloud in this photo

It's Jupiter in broad daylight  (3 pm Sunday afternoon)