I had so much fun last year so I’ll be participating in the Bird-a-Day Challenge again in 2013. This blog post from Audubon Magazine last year explains the challenge: Bird-A-Day Challenge Begins New Years Day 2012. I participated in 2012, lasting until May 23th; in 2011 I only made it to January 23rd. I sometimes post updates on my Bird-a-Day progress which you can follow on the blog. Note that all of the linked photos show the actual bird(s) used on the day of the challenge.
| BLOG POST: | A B-A-D ending! | |
| 24-MAY-13 | BUST | after 143 days |
| 23-MAY-13 | Osprey | DeBary |
| 22-MAY-13 | Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Lake Monroe Boat Ramp |
| 21-MAY-13 | Swainson’s Thrush | parents back yard |
| 20-MAY-13 | Black-capped Chickadee | parents back yard |
| 19-MAY-13 | Yellow Warbler | Cuba Marsh |
| 18-MAY-13 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Ryerson Woods |
| 17-MAY-13 | Mourning Warbler* | Prairie Wolf Slough |
| 16-MAY-13 | White-crowned Sparrow | Prairie Wolf Slough |
| 15-MAY-13 | Northern Bobwhite | Gemini Springs |
| 14-MAY-13 | Caspian Tern | Lake Monroe Boat Ramp |
| 13-MAY-13 | Boat-tailed Grackle | Gemini Springs |
| 12-MAY-13 | Clapper Rail | Lake Woodruff NWR |
| 11-MAY-13 | Red-shouldered Hawk | back yard |
| 10-MAY-13 | Great Blue Heron | Gemini Springs |
| 09-MAY-13 | Northern Waterthrush | Mead Garden |
| 08-MAY-13 | Common Nighthawk | Downtown Disney |
| 07-MAY-13 | Muscovy Duck | Gemini Springs |
| 06-MAY-13 | Turkey Vulture | back yard |
| 05-MAY-13 | Florida Scrub-Jay | Lyonia Preserve |
| 04-MAY-13 | Royal Tern | Wooton Park |
| 03-MAY-13 | Barred Owl | Gemini Springs |
| 02-MAY-13 | Red-winged Blackbird | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 01-MAY-13 | Sandwich Tern | Ponce Inlet |
| 30-APR-13 | Rock Pigeon | Maitland |
| 29-APR-13 | Great Egret | Gemini Springs |
| 28-APR-13 | Laughing Gull | KSCVC |
| 27-APR-13 | Spotted Sandpiper | Audubon Park |
| 26-APR-13 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Gemini Springs |
| 25-APR-13 | Mallard | Animal Kingdom |
| 24-APR-13 | Limpkin | Gemini Springs |
| 23-APR-13 | Eastern Towhee | Blue Spring SP |
| 22-APR-13 | Carolina Chickadee | DeBary |
| 21-APR-13 | Peregrine Falcon | Merritt Island NWR |
| 20-APR-13 | Tricolored Heron | Gemini Springs |
| 19-APR-13 | Least Tern | Ponce Inlet |
| 18-APR-13 | Northern Cardinal | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 17-APR-13 | Common Gallinule | Gemini Springs |
| 16-APR-13 | Anhinga | Gemini Springs |
| 15-APR-13 | Black Vulture | Orange City |
| 14-APR-13 | Northern Mockingbird | DeBary |
| 13-APR-13 | Northern Parula | back yard |
| 12-APR-13 | Carolina Wren | back yard |
| 11-APR-13 | Loggerhead Shrike | Lake Mary |
| BLOG POST: | B-A-D 100 and prognosis | |
| 10-APR-13 | House Sparrow | DeBary |
| 09-APR-13 | Chuck-will’s-widow | Blue Spring SP |
| 08-APR-13 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | back yard |
| 07-APR-13 | Black-necked Stilt | Gemini Springs |
| 06-APR-13 | Tufted Titmouse | back yard |
| 05-APR-13 | Great Crested Flycatcher | back yard |
| 04-APR-13 | Chimney Swift | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 03-APR-13 | Blue Jay | back yard |
| 02-APR-13 | White Ibis | DeBary |
| 01-APR-13 | American Redstart | Gemini Springs |
| 31-MAR-13 | American Coot | Gemini Springs |
| 30-MAR-13 | Fish Crow | back yard |
| 29-MAR-13 | Red-eyed Vireo | Blue Spring SP |
| 28-MAR-13 | Mourning Dove | back yard |
| 27-MAR-13 | Lesser Scaup | Gemini Springs |
| 26-MAR-13 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Gemini Springs |
| 25-MAR-13 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Gemini Springs |
| 24-MAR-13 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Spring-to-spring Trail |
| 23-MAR-13 | European Starling | DeBary |
| 22-MAR-13 | Purple Martin | Grand Floridian WDW |
| 21-MAR-13 | Short-tailed Hawk | Central FL Zoo |
| 20-MAR-13 | Pileated Woodpecker | DeBary |
| 19-MAR-13 | Roseate Spoonbill | KSCVC |
| 18-MAR-13 | American Crow | Gemini Springs |
| 17-MAR-13 | Downy Woodpecker | back yard |
| 16-MAR-13 | Snowy Egret | Gemini Springs |
| 15-MAR-13 | Brown Thrasher | DeBary |
| 14-MAR-13 | Common Yellowthroat | Lake Monroe Park |
| BLOG POST: | Halfway B-A-D | |
| 13-MAR-13 | Double-crested Cormorant | Gemini Springs |
| 12-MAR-13 | White-eyed Vireo | Gemini Springs |
| 11-MAR-13 | Marsh Wren | Gemini Springs |
| 10-MAR-13 | Sedge Wren | Lake Woodruff |
| 09-MAR-13 | Bald Eagle | Gemini Springs |
| 08-MAR-13 | Least Sandpiper | Trout Lake |
| 07-MAR-13 | Green Heron | Epcot |
| 06-MAR-13 | Northern Harrier | Gemini Springs |
| 05-MAR-13 | Glossy Ibis | Gemini Springs |
| 04-MAR-13 | Common Grackle | back yard |
| 03-MAR-13 | Wood Stork | Trout Lake |
| 02-MAR-13 | Pine Warbler | Gemini Springs |
| 01-MAR-13 | Bonaparte’s Gull | Peacock’s Pocket, MINWR |
| 28-FEB-13 | Savannah Sparrow | Audubon Park |
| 27-FEB-13 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Frank Rendon Park |
| 26-FEB-13 | Tree Swallow | Gemini Springs |
| 25-FEB-13 | Fox Sparrow | Gemini Springs |
| 24-FEB-13 | Ring-billed Gull | Epcot |
| 23-FEB-13 | Cattle Egret | DeBary |
| 22-FEB-13 | Blue-winged Teal | Gemini Springs |
| 21-FEB-13 | Brown Pelican | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 20-FEB-13 | Dunlin | Port Orange |
| BLOG POST: | Bird-a-Day 50 | |
| 19-FEB-13 | American Bittern | Gemini Springs |
| 18-FEB-13 | Sandhill Crane | DeBary |
| 17-FEB-13 | Swamp Sparrow | Gemini Springs |
| 16-FEB-13 | Chipping Sparrow | back yard |
| 15-FEB-13 | Belted Kingfisher | Gemini Springs |
| 14-FEB-13 | Cedar Waxwing | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 13-FEB-13 | Yellow-throated Warbler | back yard |
| 12-FEB-13 | Red-tailed Hawk | Spring-to-spring Trail |
| 11-FEB-13 | House Wren | Gemini Springs |
| 10-FEB-13 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | back yard |
| 09-FEB-13 | Green-winged Teal | Gemini Springs |
| 08-FEB-13 | Cooper’s Hawk | Hollywood Studios |
| 07-FEB-13 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | back yard |
| 06-FEB-13 | Pied-billed Grebe | Lake Monroe Boat Ramp |
| 05-FEB-13 | Common Loon | Port Orange Causeway Park |
| 04-FEB-13 | Gray Catbird | Deltona |
| 03-FEB-13 | Forster’s Tern | Gemini Springs |
| 02-FEB-13 | American Pipit* | Ormond Beach |
| 01-FEB-13 | Black-and-white Warbler | back yard |
| 31-JAN-13 | Killdeer | Audubon Park |
| 30-JAN-13 | Merlin | Gemini Springs |
| 29-JAN-13 | Eastern Phoebe | Spring-to-spring Trail |
| 28-JAN-13 | Bridled Tern* | Volusia waters pelagic |
| 27-JAN-13 | Sora | Lake Woodruff NWR |
| 26-JAN-13 | Common Ground-Dove | back yard |
| 25-JAN-13 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Magic Kingdom |
| 24-JAN-13 | Eurasian Wigeon | Merritt Island NWR |
| 23-JAN-13 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Merritt Island NWR |
| 22-JAN-13 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | Lake Woodruff NWR |
| 21-JAN-13 | Brown-headed Cowbird | back yard |
| 20-JAN-13 | Greater Yellowlegs | Audubon Park |
| 19-JAN-13 | Hermit Thrush | Spring-to-spring Trail |
| 18-JAN-13 | Palm Warbler | back yard |
| BLOG POST: | Two and a half B-A-D Weeks | |
| 17-JAN-13 | Little Blue Heron | Lake Monroe Park |
| 16-JAN-13 | Red-breasted Merganser | Canaveral NS |
| 15-JAN-13 | Orange-crowned Warbler | Gemini Springs |
| 14-JAN-13 | Painted Bunting | back yard |
| 13-JAN-13 | American Kestrel | Brickyard Slough |
| 12-JAN-13 | American Goldfinch | back yard |
| 11-JAN-13 | Hooded Merganser | Magic Kingdom |
| 10-JAN-13 | Baltimore Oriole | back yard |
| 09-JAN-13 | Purple Sandpiper | Lighthouse Point Park |
| 08-JAN-13 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Gemini Springs |
| 07-JAN-13 | Blue-headed Vireo | Gemini Springs |
| 06-JAN-13 | Wilson’s Snipe | Gemini Springs |
| 05-JAN-13 | Wild Turkey | Deltona |
| 04-JAN-13 | American Robin | back yard |
| 03-JAN-13 | Wood Duck | Audubon Center for BOP |
| 02-JAN-13 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | back yard |
| 01-JAN-13 | American White Pelican | Spruce Creek Park |
* indicates life bird
I appreciate your devotion to do anything once a day. It reminds me of Julia and Julia; nonetheless, it would be nice to read your observations and see photos for everyday as well. I just came across your site when doing research on Owls in the midwest and thank you for your time and research.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you for your kind words, Joe. There are others doing the challenge as well — you can follow them on the Bird-a-Day site here: http://www.birdaday.net/. I had hoped to post bi-weekly updates this year but I have already missed my second posting. I added a link to all of my Bird-a-Day blog posts to the introduction above. Thanks again, Joe. 🙂