Category Archives: County Big Year
Vermont Raptors
While the Airstream is not completely unpacked, the good weather tempted me to do some birding yesterday morning, to restart my County big year effort for Caledonia County which I started just before we left for Texas. I left early … Continue reading
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eBird Targets–Exploring the Possibilities
Cornell’s eBird just announced the launch of eBird Targets–a new tool that creates a prioritized list of county, state, or life birds that you can expect to find in a region. You enter a region, range of months, and then select the list … Continue reading
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Babcock Nature Preserve
One of the benefits of doing a big year in another county is to explore new birding places. Yesterday I did that when I visited the Babcock Nature Preserve, a pretty 1,000-acre area of forest that serves as an outdoor laboratory … Continue reading
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Birding a New Patch
As I have launched a County Big Year for Lamoille County, I have found a “patch” where I have been focusing much of my attention: it is close and pretty, and it is productive. The patch is a hiking/bike/ski trail … Continue reading
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Russ Pond – A Mystery Solved
One of the neat things about tackling a new county for a big year is that you get to explore many new places. In reviewing the Lamoille County map online and in a printed atlas (I need to get some … Continue reading
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Birding Lamoille County
One of my plans for 2014 was to focus on one of our adjacent counties for a mini-Big Year effort once I got home from the Southwest. I looked at Caledonia, to our east where we sometimes camp, and Orange to the … Continue reading
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A Look Back and Birding Goals for 2014
Last year, I decided to do an informal County Big Year in my home county since we were not heading out for the winter. It was successful in spite of operations, injections, and general immobility for over two months. I … Continue reading
Last Bird Outing of 2013
It was frosty in Tennessee this morning as Penny and I toured the nearly-vacant grounds of the Harrison Bay State Park. She could race off leash over massive parking lots and playing fields. It’s fun to imagine the thousands that … Continue reading
County Bird #153 — Snowy Owl
As we all know in birding, sometimes you just have to show up. This morning is a case in point: I had a dermatology appointment (nothing like getting your ear frozen to start the day) and afterwards, decided to do … Continue reading
County Bird #150
I started this year all cranked to do a County Big Year and got off to good start the first quarter. Then a pinched nerve in my back took a couple of months to deal with and I missed a … Continue reading
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