Look! Up in the sky... - PaD 2/18/07

Look! Up in the sky... - PaD 2/19/07
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This year's Great Backyard Bird Count found us back at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve again with our friends, Keri and Michael and others. It was much drier than it was last year, with no rain in sight.

Keri's final report on our day starts wit the following stats.

"Thank you everyone for coming out to count Sunday morning. We saw 41 total species (+domestic ducks). Last year 29 species. Total individuals 305 in 2006; 319 in 2007. 5 species from last year that we did not see - white pelican, sharp-shinned hawk, merlin, violet-green swallow, common yellowthroat. So we saw 16 species this year, that we did not see last year."

More info and a podcast should appear on Keri's blog, Animalbytes, soon.