| 2018 Big Sit! The "Birds-I-View Birders" Circle October 13th, 2018 Birds-I-View Bird Garden Jefferson City, Missouri |
| MANY THANKS to all the friends who joined us for the 2018 "Big Sit" Bird Count ! We enjoyed good food, great fellowship, and some really special birds ---Like this sneaky young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker pictured here. We tallied 35 different species for the day... See the complete Species List below. Congrats to the folks who won prizes at BIV Bird Garden Bingo. Thanks for joining in the Fun! |
| A special Thank you to the members of River Bluffs Audubon Society for sharing their knowledge and expertise at the Big Sit. |
| Officially over a dozen birders and 35 different bird species participated in the 2018 Big Sit Bird Count at BIV. Thank you! |
| See Past Big Sit Species Lists HERE! |
| Species List (Mostly in Order of Appearance) 35 species |
| Purple Finch European Starling Turkey Vulture Carolina Chickadee Blue Jay Tufted Titmouse Northern Cardinal White-throated Sparrow Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Red-breasted Nuthatch Cedar Waxwing Carolina Wren Coopers Hawk Common Nighthawk |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet Black-capped Chickadee House Sparrow Common Grackle American Crow House Finch Brown Thrasher Chimney Swift Yellow-rumped Warbler Gray Catbird Canada Goose Northern Flicker Red-bellied Woodpecker Northern Mockingbird Sharp-shinned Hawk American Robin Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Nashville Warbler American Goldfinch |
ABOVE: The elusive Nashville Warbler pictured above
was one of a few we saw flitting among the leaves
about 5:30 pm. Thanks Austin for helping us see the
first one that showed up earlier in the afternoon!
was one of a few we saw flitting among the leaves
about 5:30 pm. Thanks Austin for helping us see the
first one that showed up earlier in the afternoon!
Cedar Waxwing
| Above: A Carolina Chickadee sporting leg bands grabs a live mealworm from the BIV "Treat Tower". Big Sit participants won prizes for correctly resighting birds that were banded as a part of the "Winter Backyard Bird Banding Project" by the Missouri River Bird Observatory. Over 200 Backyard Birds have been banded at BIV on this program. Watch our Website and Facebook page for info to join us for the NEXT Backyard Bird Banding Event!! |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |