Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Townsend's, and Wilson's Warblers Orange-crowned, Nashville, and MacGillivray's Warblers Red-breasted, White-breasted and Pygmy NuthatchesĬhipping, Clay-coloured, White-crowned, White-throated, Vesper, Savannah, Song and Lincoln's Sparrows Northern Rough-winged, Tree, Violet-green, Bank, Barn, and Cliff Swallows Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets Willow, Least, Hammonds, Dusky, and Pacific-slope Flycatchers Lewis', American Three-toed, Downy, Hairy, and Pileated Woodpeckers Pied-billed, Horned, Red-necked, and Eared Grebesīlack-chinned, Calliope, and Rufous Hummingbirds This year, the money is being donated to the 'Elizabeth Lake Shoreline Restoration Project’, being done by the Rocky Mountain Naturalists. Teams contribute $25, which goes to a worthy nature related cause. Birding takes place between 6am and 6pm, although you can bird less if you want and you don't really need to 'compete'. Little Big Day is a fun birding competition to see which team (up to 4 people) see the most birds (teams need to stay together and at least 2 people from each team need to see each species). The other 2 teams were the Three-toed Muskateers (Greg R, Jim H and Katrin P) and the Ruthless Birders (Ruth G, Lyle G, Dianne C, Emma B). Together, all the teams this year saw 148 species, the 4th highest year recorded. Well done! The closest year to them was in 2007, when a single team saw 128 species (seen by team ‘Stalkers 4’ which consisted of Cathy, Al, Art and Lois). Congratulations to the the team 'Dipperette’s' for seeing the most species seen ever recorded by a single team: 130 species! The Dipperette’s consisted of Gretchen W, Helga K, Jo Ellen F. We had 'Little Big Day' last week on May 28th.
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