Today is the Global Big Day (of birding). Cornell University is known for its ornithology lab. Any birder knows about this lab and probably uses “ebird” – a place where every birder can log the birds they see anywhere in the world. The lab collects so much data about birds and bird diversity! During our “Shelter in Place” I’ve been working on my birding skills. Honestly, I’ve always been the kind of birder that “real” birders aren’t very fond of – I take pictures to help with identification. However, thanks to having more time at home, I’ve been learning bird calls (the Cornell Ornithology Labs has online courses) and I’ve been working on my visual IDs as well. This morning, I took off early, camera in hand (I’m not giving this up), and went birding to contribute to the Global Big Day. I saw a lot of birds! I was even able to recognize most of the birds I saw while in the field! I’m nothing like the serious birders out there (the top list from today was (the top list today from the United States listed 193 species) , but I do love it! I thought that it would be appropriate for Wren to play His Eye is on the Sparrow today as her hymn of comfort. Photos from my “Big Day” follow!
Beautiful birds. I had a passion for bird watching when I was a school girl…in fact I even wanted to be an ornithologist. That didn’t work out…but maybe we could watch birds together some day..in Manipur…the ones that have not been eaten
I can’t wait to bird with you in Manipur!!
What an exciting day!! The birds are amazing and I love The hymn of comfort. Your gifted girl is amazing, too.