It wasn't until now, over a year later while gathering photos for my Junior Big Year presentation that I came across that photo. Female Painted Bunting jumped at me! I grabbed the bird book. I opened to the Painted Bunting page and low and behold, that bird that was "just another bird" was my only Painted Bunting of the year! This means my total is not 436, it's 437.
Wow! A very nice surprise.
Good birding everyone!
What a nice surprise! That's one benefit of taking lots of photos.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very nice surprise and surely a benefit of being a photographer!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeremy.
Thats cool that that happened, that really shows that you should document the birss you see if you don't know wha it looks like.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering but are you going to do or are doing a blog not just about your big year, thats what I plan to do after mine.
Great job on such a great year of birding
Skyler
P.S. I did not count the Harlan's Red-tail that we saw.
Hi Skyler,
ReplyDeleteyou are exactly right. I don't plan on keeping to blog, some Big Year birders do and some do not. Whenever I find a super duper cool bird I'll possibly/probably make a post but I won't continue blogging like I did on my Junior Big Year.
Thanks so much.
Gabriel
ps. good for you for knowing not to count the Harlan you saw!