Steve,
I’m glad you were inspired by my resolution, but I didn’t keep it
myself. I did pretty good the first few months. Then, when I had more farm work
to do, it became bothersome to go back in the house and file a report after
making my morning farm circle. If I don’t do it immediately after getting back,
I won’t remember all of it later in the day. By the last quarter, I had grown
indifferent to the idea.
My home farm species total for the year was 112. I filed 190
checklists, but only 7 in the last quarter. Twice lately, I’ve seen an immature
Bald Eagle fly by and didn’t report it either time. It would have been a year
bird.
Frank
Frank Lyne
frank@xxxxxxxxxxx - near Dot in Logan County, KY
On Jan 1, 2020, at 6:53 PM, Steve & Debby Tyson <kytysons9152@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I was inspired by Frank Lyne’s 2019 eBird resolution and decided to do a
better job of recording our sightings here at our Schochoh home location.
We kept 218 eBird checklists, through the year, and tallied 128 total
species. The Short-eared Owl in November was number 128. I thought we might
make 130, but that was…maybe a little greedy.
We counted 78 species in May, but October won with 81. We ended the year
with 12 Sparrows, 17 Warblers, 7 Woodpeckers, 6 Flycatchers, 3 Owls, 3
Falcons, and 3 Vireos. I have the list in an Excel file, if anyone is
interested.
I included a link to our January 1, 2020 eBird list, below. We counted 31
species, and it was a slow day (if we’re going to beat 2019 in 2020, we’ll
need to add 98 more). eBird thought the 30 Pipits was too many, even though
I was probably conservative.
The Harlan’s Hawk continues on it’s favorite powerline tower. My family gave
me a 1.6x scope extender for Christmas, so my long-distance views of it are
better than ever😊
Happy New Year to all!
Stephen Tyson, Schochoh, Logan Co.
eBird - Schochoh Home 2019 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S62878701>
