My latest column for The Record is about a neat global birdingh= event called Gloval Big Day -- with a photo by Leslie Young. (Thanks, Leslie!)
You can read it here:
Continue reading "My Column: October Big Day" »
Back in 2003, an Hour on the Tower team led by Stiles Thomas led an assault on the record 42 species seen in one hour.
I found the following entry in my journal from October 2003 and posted it here in 2011. In light of the recent record-tying effort, I share it here.
It's the story of the Hour on the Tower crew's attempt to beat the previous Celery Farm record for species seen in an hour, held by Stiles Thomas, Gordon Schultze and Charlie Mayhood.
The 2003 attempt was likely one of the first times that the Hour on the Tower was held at Pirie. I post it virtually verbatim.
Continue reading "A Classic Hour on Tower Count" »
I wrote a column two years ago about the previous most-recent record-tying Hour on the Tower.
You can read it here:
https://www.celeryfarm.net/2020/10/my-new-column-hour-on-the-tower.html
By the way, the original record was set 32 years ago, and is still unbroken.
The folks participating in yesterday's Hour on the Tower tied the long-standing record for bird species seen in one hour. Congratulations to the crew -- Alan Pomerantz, John Bird, Gaby Schmitt, Julie McCall and Charley West.
For those keeping track at home:
Celery Farm, Sep 25, 2022 - 42 Species
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Bobolink
Red-winged BB
Com. Grackle
House Finch
Purple Finch
What the heck is this? (On the left.) Maybe a tad larger than a quarter-dollar. Recently appearing at Lee Memorial Library.
I am sorry to report that guest speaker extraordinaire Kevin Watson is under the weather, so tonight's Fyke gathering will feature a 50-minute PBS documentary about Cuba.
If it's the one I am familiar with, it is excellent.
Kevin's talk will be rescheduled.
If you are attending to attend, please wear a Covid mask. All attendees must wear one.
Thanks.