I first heard about the Bird-a-Day Challenge from Nate at The Drinking Bird. Behind in my blog reading as usual, I didn’t read about the challenge until about a week into 2010 — too late to take the challenge that year. So here I am in 2011 taking the Bird-a-Day Challenge. According to the Bird-a-Day site, “Every day you add a new bird that you see or hear […] to your list of birds for that date. You may not repeat the same bird or skip a day. Any non-caged, non-captive, free flying bird is allowed […]!” I probably won’t make it out of January, but it’ll be fun to try!
| 24-JAN-11 | BUST! | |
| 23-JAN-11 | Tufted Titmouse | Starved Rock State Park |
| 22-JAN-11 | American Tree Sparrow | Northerly Island |
| 21-JAN-11 | Mourning Dove | seen while driving |
| 20-JAN-11 | American Goldfinch | backyard |
| 19-JAN-11 | Dark-eyed Junco | backyard |
| 18-JAN-11 | Cooper’s Hawk | backyard |
| 17-JAN-11 | Cedar Waxwing | backyard |
| 16-JAN-11 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | backyard |
| 15-JAN-11 | Red-tailed Hawk | seen while driving |
| 14-JAN-11 | House Sparrow | backyard |
| 13-JAN-11 | Black-capped Chickadee | backyard |
| 12-JAN-11 | Downy Woodpecker | backyard |
| 11-JAN-11 | American Crow | seen while driving |
| 10-JAN-11 | House Finch | backyard |
| 09-JAN-11 | Great Blue Heron | flyover parent’s backyard |
| 08-JAN-11 | Rock Dove | seen while driving |
| 07-JAN-11 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | backyard |
| 06-JAN-11 | Mute Swan | Fox Lake |
| 05-JAN-11 | Mallard | Round Lake |
| 04-JAN-11 | White-breasted Nuthatch | parent’s backyard |
| 03-JAN-11 | American Kestrel | Rollins Savanna |
| 02-JAN-11 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Grant Woods |
| 01-JAN-11 | Ruddy Duck | North Point Marina |
