The Baillie Birdathon was a great success, however I can not provide full results as I am still analysing the count. When we [our friend Tommy, my dad, and I] started on Friday, we were expecting bad weather. It was great! The sun shone through a blue sky, with not a cloud to be seen. My dad and I had started without Tommy, at the U of C, trying to see one or both of the Peregrine Falcons that nest there. As we didn’t want to start the 24 hour period before 11: 45, we wasted as much time as we could at the University, hoping that the falcon we’d seen would stay in the place that we had seen it in earlier. When we finally pulled out of the university, our eyes glued to the falcon, it was 11:46!
After that, we drove to the north end of Glenmore Reservoir, where we most definitely would have got more if I owned a spotting scope! Be as that may be, we did get a few species, namely Bonaparte’s Gull and Say’s Phoebe.
At about 1:00, we met Tommy at Carburn Park, and it was a huge species gain [in many different lists!]. We started in the parking lot, with a male House Sparrow, then continued down to the nearest small pond, where some Canada Geese were lying, their goslings close by.
I don’t have much time now, so I will be posting more on the Birdathon soon. Thanks for donating – those who aready have – and if you haven’t, please do so by the end of May!
Thank you! It was really fun.
Wow! That sounded like lot’s of fun! Congrats on your success!