I thought I’d take another whack at getting 10 species in my 10 photos for the day. I was expecting it to be a bit harder than last time, since the Pygmy Nuthatch hasn’t been around much lately. But the Lesser Goldfinch made up for that nicely.
Like last time, I missed a bird early on that would have let me complete the tally much earlier. This time, it was an American Robin. robin54 got this photo of it at 8:18 a.m. while I was foolishly eating breakfast:
If I’d been able to get a picture of the robin, then these Mourning Doves I got at 11:17 would have been #10:
As it was, it took me until this Dark-eyed Junco at 4:06 p.m. to complete the quest:
Still, 4:06 p.m. is a new personal record (and site record, too, I believe, though I haven’t actually checked to see if anyone else has done better), and when you throw in the Lesser Goldfinch, it made for a very satisfying day of birdcamming.
Here was my final tally:
- 05:53 – Black-headed Grosbeak
- 06:15 – Chestnut-backed Chickadee
- 06:23 – House Sparrow
- 06:40 – Anna’s Hummingbird
- 06:56 – Western Scrub-Jay
- 10:20 – Lesser Goldfinch (!)
- 10:57 – Rock Pigeon
- 11:13 – House Finch
- 11:17 – Mourning Dove
- 16:06 – Dark-eyed Junco