Yesterday was the eBird event called October Global Big Day. Data is still coming in. The following stats were relevant at 9:00 pm MST Sunday October 7.
Colombia had the most species, of course, getting 53% of there all-time species count on one day! Congratulations Colombia!
Colombia had the most species, of course, getting 53% of there all-time species count on one day! Congratulations Colombia!
Canada did pretty well, too, getting 47% of our all-time species! What is especially cool is that the East Kootenay contributed first records for a couple of species in Canada. From what I can tell, based only on the names of contributors I recognize, the East Kootenay contributed the first Barrow's Goldeneye and American Avocet and...
And last but not lesser, the only record so far of Lesser Goldfinch! This is my personal motivation for checking out these stats and writing this post, because, of course, I and birding buddy Joe, are the ones who found it! Haha. This is a first for the East Kootenay and a lifer for me! I haven't found a new bird for my region since the Tufted Duck back in 2013. I was so excited when I saw it my heart was pounding and I almost fell over.
We would have missed it if we hadn't turned right instead of left or called it quits. It was a beautiful autumn day so why not check out just one more spot. I have been waiting for one of these to be recorded in the region for some time, since the rest of the southern part of BC seems to have them quite regularly now. (I am also waiting for Crested Caracara, long shot but you never know).
Anyway, just a happy little Big Day story.
View the Canada list here on eBird.
