Just cuz

High numbers of Eastern Kingbird around this year. And atm Western Wood-pewee calling everywhere I have been lately.

BirdLog Checklist Summary for: Monday, Aug 12 2013

Number of Checklists: 4
Number of Species: 43

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Wycliffe--Foster's Small Pond
Date: 2013-08-12 11:00 AM
(2): Wycliffe - Mission Wycliffe Rd (N)
Date: 2013-08-12 11:26 AM
(3): Wycliffe--Pighin Rd S
Date: 2013-08-12 12:30 PM
(4): Wycliffe--Foster Road, from Pighin Rd
Date: 2013-08-12 12:47 PM

200 Canada Goose -- (4)
18 Mallard -- (1),(4)
10 Common Goldeneye -- (4)
15 Ruddy Duck -- (4)
2 Eared Grebe -- (4)
2 Turkey Vulture -- (2),(3)
1 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2)
12 Killdeer -- (1),(4)
2 Wilson's Snipe -- (1)
10 Rock Pigeon -- (1),(4)
8 Mourning Dove -- (1)
1 Calliope Hummingbird -- (2)
3 Lewis's Woodpecker -- (1),(2)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (4)
1 American Kestrel -- (2)
7 Western Wood-Pewee -- (1),(2),(3)
1 Western Kingbird -- (1)
19 Eastern Kingbird -- (2),(3),(4)
1 Cassin's Vireo -- (2)
1 Warbling Vireo -- (3)
4 Clark's Nutcracker -- (1),(2)
3 Common Raven -- (1)
5 Barn Swallow -- (2),(3),(4)
6 Black-capped Chickadee -- (2),(3)
3 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (2),(4)
1 House Wren -- (2)
3 Mountain Bluebird -- (3)
4 American Robin -- (1),(3),(4)
2 Gray Catbird -- (2)
23 European Starling -- (1),(2),(4)
2 Cedar Waxwing -- (2)
22 Chipping Sparrow -- (2),(3)
5 Clay-colored Sparrow -- (4)
11 Vesper Sparrow -- (2),(3)
5 Savannah Sparrow -- (1),(2),(4)
2 Song Sparrow -- (2)
12 Red-winged Blackbird -- (2)
3 Western Meadowlark -- (2)
30 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (2)
1 Bullock's Oriole -- (2)
10 Cassin's Finch -- (2)
4 Pine Siskin -- (2)
2 American Goldfinch -- (2)

This trip summary was created using the BirdLog app for iPhone and iPad.
See BirdLog for more information.

Dianne C. 

Flaming Hot July eBirding!

WHOA! East Kootenay Regional District leads the whole country in checklist submissions so far this month! 222 checklists submitted so far.

We don't take long weekends off from birding 'round here! No sirree. In fact, people come HERE to bird for their long weekends, yup. We're hot! And if we're not birding, we're gettin' 'round to submitting those wilderness checklists - like from the recently concluded Flathead Bioblitz - no internet up there, I hear. 

Way to go eBirders! 

Postcards

BirdTrax / Accubirder

Updated 14 Jan 2017

BirdTrax is no more.  Please use eBird's "Explore Data > Explore a Region - Enter: East Kootenay" to see our latest sightings.  You showed them how to do it, Zachary; thank you!

Over on the right side of this blog page is a cool gadget developed by birder, eBirder, and a very generous young man named Zachary DeBruine.

Here is more about Zachary: http://www.nemesisbird.com/


The BirdTrax / Accubirder gadgets (code) can be customized to display recent eBird checklists from any area you wish, unlike the eBird homepage which shows Provincial "rarities" only. And the gadget shows all checklists and  most of the sightings, not just rarities.  I first used it on my iGoogle homepage so when I heard iGoogle is going to be discontinued, I embedded the gadget here because I have grown quite fond of it.

If you are in an adjacent 'county' to Southeastern British Columbia and also have the gadget, I would love to know so I can check out your area's birding activity. Please leave a comment below with a link to your blog / webpage. Thanks.


You can get the gadget and instructions on the following website:
http://www.birdventurebirding.com/p/birdtrax.html