December 10, 2024
| White-crowned Sparrow by Laura Frazier |
For the ninth season in a row, Venture FeederWatch and our sponsor Wild Birds Limitless are rewarding registered FeederWatchers with the prospect to win prizes. Celestron has joined the enjoyable by providing one pair of binoculars to every knowledge entry contest winner as effectively. After coming into counts into the FeederWatch web site, on the submission affirmation web page, members have the chance to share a narrative, reminiscence, or tip by clicking the “Enter to Win” button. Two winners shall be chosen at random per immediate. Our first Knowledge Entry Contest immediate of the thirty eighth season was:
Inform us why you prefer to FeederWatch. If that is your first time FeederWatching, what drew you to it?
Congratulations to our winners, Carrie Swan and Jeff Man!
Carrie shared:
I’ve been struggling and discover watching the birds a soothing distraction. I downloaded the Merlin Hen ID app earlier this yr and typically prefer to let Sound ID run to see what birds are round me. By means of the Merlin Hen ID app, I discovered about FeederWatch and thought it is likely to be enjoyable to show my birdwatching into one thing helpful.
Merlin Hen ID is an app that serves as a pocket ID information, with useful options comparable to Step by Step ID, Photograph ID, and Sound ID. The Sound ID characteristic Carrie talked about “listens” to chook songs in actual time and suggests chook species which may be singing. Whilst you can’t document birds for FeederWatch that you just solely hear however don’t see, Sound ID can be utilized to assist ID birds that members are seeing and will have hassle figuring out. Study extra concerning the Merlin Hen ID app right here.
Jeff shared:
I at all times sit up for beginning FeederWatch. I’ve been doing this for about 20 years. It’s simply a part of my yearly birding story. I take pleasure in waiting for the arrival of northern/mountain species looking for refuge at milder elevations and latitudes. It’s at all times fascinating evaluating this yr’s species to earlier years. FeederWatch helps me grow to be extra engaged in observing the pure world, together with [helping me notice] the modifications to the seasons from fall to spring and the choruses of birds that dance on the stage of the pure world.
Like Jeff, we’re additionally thinking about seeing how FeederWatch sightings change from one yr to the following! The Venture FeederWatch group not too long ago launched a Website Record characteristic, out there on the app and web site. Utilizing the characteristic, you may see which birds species you have got reported, the proportion of your counts for that web site that included every species, the proportion of counts for the present season from FeederWatchers close by that included every species, and some close by species you haven’t reported but within the present season. Study extra concerning the Website Record characteristic right here.
Because of everybody who participated and shared their tales for this immediate – we want we might share all your submissions! Electronic mail [email protected] with questions, and browse the tales from previous winners on our weblog. Keep tuned for after we announce the following winners of our subsequent knowledge entry contest on January 14th, 2025.
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