2023 First of the Year Birding Challenge

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As per our annual tradition, we started out 2023 with an epic day of trying to find as many bird species as possible in a single day. Join us as we scour the state of Wisconsin trying to beat our previous records,
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Fox Sparrow in cover photo by Fyn Kynd (CC by 2.0 edited)
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Iceland Gull in cover photo by by Dan O'Malley (Public Domain, edited)
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Hairy Woodpecker in cover photo by Michael Schramm (Public Domain, edited)
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@173jaSon371 Год назад

50 is a hot start. I suck at recording all of my outings because I'm normally fumbling around with a camera and bins too much, but for my yard I already have 25 which I think is decent for January

@mr1pearl Год назад

Fantastic haul guys thanks for sharing !

@larsenbirdsong4888 Год назад

I saw that same canvasback on the same day

@OneDayAtATime7 Год назад

Happy New Year and what a great day of birding you guys had. I love birdwatching but because my husband is disabled, we don't get out in the winter so I do a lot of backyard bird watching through my kitchen window. Happy Birding

@RoyceMarcus Год назад

Congrats on highest bird count in Jan 1 23!

@donnaleighjenkins4952 Год назад

Great job guys!! Beautiful birds!! Loved it!!

@darylbernard2616 Год назад

Good day hitting 50! My son and I tallied 57 and 55 respectively (he had two heard-only birds that my poor hearing could not pick up) in Michigan on January 1. We started the day with an Eastern Screech-Owl that came in and landed just over our heads. Highlights on the day were a hooting Great Horned Owl at first light, two Cackling Geese, 180 Sandhill Cranes, all three swan species, 22 Black-crowned Night-Herons roosting on an island on the Rouge River in Detroit (a traditional wintering location), three falcon species (Peregrine Falcons, American Kestrel, Merlin), a Carolina Wren, a Northern Harrier, and a Northern Shrike. We finished our day with four(!) Short-eared Owls hunting over a rural weedy field. BIG misses included House Finch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, and Brown Creeper. 300+ miles and five counties birded. The weather was gloomy gray and wet, but we enjoyed our day!

@Fire_2000 Год назад

Nice job on 3 different owls species in one day!

@darylbernard2616 Год назад

@@Fire_2000 Thanks! Couldn't stir up a Barred Owl despite our efforts. We did manage a beautiful all-white male Snowy yesterday - first of the season for me.

@Fire_2000 Год назад

@@darylbernard2616 I wish I could see a snowy owl (I definitely will eventually). I did find 5 long eareds today which is always fun

@darylbernard2616 Год назад

@@Fire_2000 The magical alure of owls! I've seen well over 100 Snowies, but only a handful of Long-eared Owls - which are so incredibly difficult to see! Nice find!

@barbaracole709 Год назад

Congratulations! 50 is a great number! Happy New Year!

@FloridaKeysBirding Год назад

Great birding day! My first bird of the year was a short tailed hawk light morph❤😊

@foxruneec Год назад

Excellent video! I'm in Dane County and Im feeling very inspired to do some winter birding!

@tracyreaume6451 Год назад

Well done!

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Thanks for watching!

@maegpye Год назад

We got 20 on our first day but we were pretty casual about it, just visiting a few spots not far from the house with potential for open water. I took a look at the reports for a few of the gulls you saw and wow, lots of reports along the Lakes. Almost none in MN. So, yeah... there just aren't as many bird species here in the Twin Cities area as you have available to you. Thanks for letting us all follow along.

@allexissmith5025 Год назад

Happy new year y’all ! My favorite birding channel on RU-vid ! Keep up the great work this year and cheers to more lifers

@janeenpfeiffer3465 Год назад

Great start guys, keep it going!! Love watching your channel!

@doublediverdown2007 Год назад

These guys are so calming to watch, love the content, its a nice watch

@juanitakelly3082 Год назад

Wow! That was great!

@benjaminfick7046 Год назад

The Song Sparrow video was so picturesque! Great video, guys. Happy new year!

@snowyowl5556 Год назад

50 is great 👍 congrats on 9k yall

@YuasBirds Год назад

Only hit 31 this year, couldn't get out for most of the day though because of a storm. 1st was a House Finch!

@WarblerRidge Год назад

I’ve never been a get out there and look for birds kind of birder, but y’all make it look so fun that I’m thinking about giving it a try.

@ABirdersParadise Год назад

50 is awesome! I only got 5 species, but I didn't travel anywhere. That's just what was in my yard that day.

@kylegage87 Год назад

Nice total for the day! I ended up w/the same total in Upstate NY w/a juv black-crowned night-heron being the highlight. I'm shooting for my 4th year in a row of 300+ for NY. It's always fun to hit the "reset" on January 1st!

@garymeredith2441 Год назад

Congrats guys 50 Birds on January 1st especially in the conditions you guys are in that cold area that's fantastic .

@l15t47 Год назад

Yay!! Been looking forward to your NY bird species count, so fun!! Been birding since June after my BF moved to a new place and was bothered by all the crow ruckus, I suggested he learn about them so he is not so bothered. That was it. Hooked. Now crows follow my car down my street when I come back from work and once left me a gift! Found a few rare sightings and even got the thumbs up from eBird (after the interagation 😊) Thanks for all the inspiration, and what a gift to share with your brother. That's the best part 😊

@Imonduul Год назад

Just officially started birding 2 months ago, set a goal to reach top 100 in the county by 2023 and did it.. You guys helped a lot, looking forward to when you’re both retired and traveling around the country birding everyday

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Haha awesome! Congrats on being in the top 100!

@RoseGrace100 Год назад

Love your videos. I live in Minnesota so have similar birds and I’m learning to identify much easier by watching your very clear beautiful videos. Thank you so much!

@Oltoir Год назад

Great vid, as always! Looks like the trip was well worth it!

@staufferfamily9629 Год назад

Yay! That's great! Thanks for letting us tag along with you virtually at least. The first of the year challenge is always a favorite of mine🙂

@pauraque Год назад

Insane kumliens gull. I found one in California once, they're so beautiful!!!

@michaelhochstetler8483 Год назад

New Years day birding is always a blast! Nice list

@carolshannon6449 Год назад

I so appreciate your videos. Aside from the learning about a favorite topic, I find them to be so relaxing.

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Glad you like them!

@naturewithgabe Год назад

Nice! I was at the arboretum on the 31st! I missed you by one day 😮. Happy 2023!

@toddleech1055 Год назад

congratulations guys impressive number

@hankthebirdman Год назад

Happy New Year and congrats on your total! Keep up making the great content!

@Florafauneando Год назад

Very interesting outing with a good number of species, which I am gradually learning about by watching videos and photos. I also have the tradition of going out on the first day of the year, although I couldn't because of the rain and then because of work; I will do it this weekend leaving early, here where I live in the early hours of the afternoon it will exceed 35C (95 F)

@3coins. Год назад

In Louisiana I see lots of robins, and it’s been pretty warm.

@Hummingbirder1 Год назад

A very good First-Of-The-Year-Day I'd say! I/we only got 18, but then we 1) only started at midday, which means only 3 hours of daylight left 2) didn't really drive anywhere but to our forest bird feeding station (called Tweety's Diner, as I mentioned earlier) and we didn't get all 14 frequenting species that day, only 11 3) then we drove like 500 meter along the creek (frozen mostly) to the bridge where we got Mallard and Common Merganser 4) then we crossed the creek and walked along the (totally bird-empty) pastures to the nearby "farm" where usually a few wintering Rooks can be found together with the Jackdaws and the Hooded Crows. We did find them, at sundown (3 PM). Add to that the Magpies at our yard and the House Sparrows at the feeders in the next block, seen on the drive to Tweety's. We prefer to take it more slowly with the year-ticks nowadays. They will pop up when they pop up, or we go to the places they are... We had some nice 90 minutes at Tweety's, sadly our place were crowded with local birders that wanted some of our forest birds for their year list...😂

@molmer2380 Год назад

Nicely done and great to see vid of the different species. Kingfisher! Surprised at the Waterfowl numbers. I did get close to 30 robins on a cbc.

@tomgravett7744 Год назад

Hi from North Wales (UK) - great to watch your video, with species from the other side of the Atlantic! We did our "big day" on the 6th, not the 1st, and had 91 species - most very different from yours! Seeing your Black Duck reminds me of when I found one here in 1979 - an adult male - it was the first record for Wales ... it ended up staying for a few years and bred with a female Mallard, producing a number of interesting hybrid offspring 🤪 Many thanks for your video ... I'll look out for the next one 👍

@birdnerd595 Год назад

Congrats y'all! That's a great number for that far north! I didn't bird on the 1st, but I went on the 2nd to the NC coast and wrote down 62 species. I missed out on a few rarities, but hopefully I can go back soon to see them! Thank you for sharing.

@MylifeofTao Год назад

Nice work! Good effort!

@FollowThomas Год назад

It's a good start of the year. Up north it's more challenging to find birds because less birds around but you guys did well. I was out birding at Jan 1'st also got 82 species here in Florida Screech Owl was the first bird.

@sylviamaulding2237 Год назад

I live in Oregon and I had 45 species with one rare bird a male Black-throated Blue Warbler.

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Nice! That’s a great bird!

@msej4867 Год назад

👍

@rearmotor3034 Год назад

I would to see more challenge videos!

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Check our latest video out!

@zachmatchinski1764 Год назад

I ended the 1st with 107 species down in Florida. Highlights were definitely a White Wagtail and American Flamingo, along with lifer Roseate Spoonbill, Royal Tern, Black Skimmer, and Fish Crow. A couple of my bigger misses were Red-shouldered Hawk (somehow), Osprey, and Cattle Egret. For a little while I was the #10 ebirder in the US, but ended the day at #42

@birdingbythebay Год назад

I was sick on Jan 1st so I couldn't do the challenge. Good Job guys!

@jessamineprice5803 Год назад

Wow! Not bad. I got 31 here in South Korea and that included 2 lifers. But I'll have to develop my skills more and get up even earlier in the morning to get 50.

@Beryllahawk Год назад

Nice!! I'm definitely not making a super huge effort, but, I have gone out for the last three mornings and just sat in my yard to see what I can see (or hear as the case mostly is) And! The first bird I actually got eyes on, was a Carolina Wren, which I'd never seen before! There were two of them just hanging out on the neighbor's fence. There were also at least a dozen other birds in the big tree in the yard, which happens to be a sweet gum. Other than that they were REALLY tiny (not bigger than the sweet gum seed-balls), I have no idea what they were, I couldn't make out details. So I've got a plan to maybe find a different spot to sit that won't have me facing into the sun. I'm still figuring out ways to do this "right" but I'm enjoying myself, plus, it gets me away from my computer for a while. A win all round!

@VanessaG1229 Год назад

Good job, gentlemen! It would be a blast to go birding with you two. Anyway, I did a first of the year hike, on Jan 1, so I wasn't technically birding, but of course I'm always birding whenever I'm outside. I didn't see nearly as many birds as you did, but my first birds of the year were a belted kingfisher, and a great blue heron, which are two solid finds.

@boltondon13 Год назад

I have 2 juvenile white crowned sparrows hanging around again this year

@Tigerpuffer Год назад

9:10 there are two adult GBBgulls in this frame, no?

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Yup!

@jadn64 Год назад

Got my lifer Trumpeter Swan and GBBG on 1/1! Do you guys have any videos on owling? I'm interested in trying it but don't know where to start. Any other owling resources you know of? Thanks for the content!

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

I made an owl playlist for you! It really depends on what species you’re looking for. Which one did you have in mind? ru-vid.com/group/PLflNUezclylBJLPzvGssEaLWR11kIOiMU

@jadn64 Год назад

@Badgerland Birding Thank you I will check out the Playlist! Really any species, I'm in MI and I've heard of people having luck calling Screech Owls. Not sure of some species are more receptive than others to calling?

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

@@jadn64 it’s tricky because owls are sensitive and people are sensitive about owls. Some people don’t agree with calling them, however others don’t think it has a negative effect. If you do try calling them I would look for recent reports and start with the smallest to largest species. With species like Snowy Owls, they’ll be out in the day so looking for recent reports and checking open areas and tall structures near open areas is a good way to try and find them. Short-eared Owls normally come out around sunset in open areas. For cavity nesters you can always look for holes in trees and see if anyone is poking their head out. A lot of owl info on specific locations is spread individually and isn’t normally posted as public so it makes it hard to locate them reliably unless you have at least a little inside info, but definitely not impossible to find them on your own.

@justastaronblox5823 Год назад

I feel in america getting over 75 is difficult but I know someone who was in West Africa on the 1st and got over 500 species and 234 lifers!

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

😮

@joshuanicholson8235 Год назад

Did you happen to save the recording the red breasted nut hatch . I would be interested in hearing it .

@Thomas-cs2rr Год назад

Love the videos guys! Quick question though. Do you feel like your superzoom cameras give you all the length you need for birding!?

@BadgerlandBirding Год назад

Honestly yeah. I scope with them on a tripod and the zoom rivals most scopes. I think a really nice scope let’s you see slightly farther and clearer but for me at least, I’ve found the camera to be sufficient for most situations. -Derek

@nancywhite2014 Год назад

My first bird of this year is the American crow, Corvus americana.

@ARTOFDUNKS Год назад

great start my friend! I was able to end the year with a SNOWY OWL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOL. i made a vid check it out if you can! love to stay in touch