Global Big Day is a huge day in birdwatching for some reason. Everyone goes out and tries to find as many birds as they can. We visited three sites today for global big day (one of the sites with a brief second visit) so we got four eBird eligible checklists. We did not see anything too unusual but we had a really good day birding. Here are a few shots of the birds we saw on Big Day 2020. At the end of the post I wrote down our list for the whole day.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) singing in the falling snow — yes, it does snow in southeastern Canada in May
In order of appearance:
- American Robin
- Mallard
- Yellow Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Tree Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Song Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- Great Blue Heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Ring-billed Gull
- American Goldfinch
- Barn Swallow
- Starling
- Canada Goose
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American Black Duck
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Killdeer
- Black-capped Chickadee
- House Finch
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- White-throated Sparrow
- Blue Jay
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Rock Dove
- House Sparrow
- Wood Duck
- American Crow