Ya know.......we could do something like that here. There’s a few of us, but not that many. I’d be willing to keep score and donate some of my handiwork stuff. Might be good for these dreary days of winter. Heck, it would give me a reason to go for a walk when I’m really not inclined to.I’d be interested in how your son framed this contest Bart. What species count etc.Rg
X2! In suitors to here if some of the birds in the list if you don’t mind? Unless I missed something with the scoring 42, is a lot of birds!Also very cool story of the owls. I used to go every night and have a drink/smoke on a trail in the woods by my house we’re the bats would pour out of my neighbors barn, down the trail, and out in the fields to feast.
My son created a group "Birdwatching" Excel spreadsheet that's housed in Google. Everyone playing needs a Google account. If you have Gmail you already have an account. You go into your account and go to "sheets" then open it up. The spreadsheet has a summary page showing each teams' totals and then tabs for each team. You select your tab, find the bird you viewed (all the birds are preloaded), then add the date and location and you are done. It updates in real time so you can check the summary page to see how the others are doing. I can check with my son to see what list he uploaded into the spreadsheet but it's eastern birds for sure, maybe even birds of NY. There are about 500 species preloaded to choose from. It is also programmed to give you 2 points if you are the only one currently 2 have found the bird and 1 point for all others. Another rule of our contest is that the bird must be viewed in NY so pink flamingos don't count.
Birds have been really mowing the feed.RgI'm going through 50 pounds of black oil seed in a week. It isn't the tree rats either. I discourage them from coming in.