2025 Winter Bird Challenge

Welcome to the 2025 Winter Bird Challenge. Twenty-eight people are participating in five categories: Unlimited: 13 participants, Beginner Unlimited: 7 participants, Backyard: 3 participants, Weekend: 4 participants and Photography: 8 participants.

Will Miller and Louisa Evers are coordinating this year.

Will Miller and Louisa Evers

Canyon Hill Cemetery Jan. 11: Sherilyn Paris

Bird of the Week Winners!

Week One

Backyard. Black-capped Chickadee. Lorraine Poor

All other categories. Cackling Goose. Norm Eshoo, Emily Groves, Jordan Bates, Linda Wentz, Shannan Brimmer, Alec Andrus, Sean Pursley

Week Two

Backyard. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Lorraine Poor and Virginia White

All other categories. Gray-crowned Rosy-finch. Alec Andrus, Sean Pursley, Norm Eshoo, Linda Wentz, Shannan Brimmer, Cherylyn Murphy

Week Three

Backyard. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Lorraine Poor

All other categories. Red-breasted Merganser. Linda Wentz, Helen Fisher, Mark Seyfried, Norm Eshoo

Week Four

Backyard. Red-winged Blackbird.

All other categories. Snow Bunting. Sean Pursley, Alec Andrus, Jordan Bates, Linda Wentz

Cackling Goose: Sean Pursley

Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch: Sean Pursley

CJ Strike Reservoir January 25

Diane Moore Nature Center January 18. Below: birding at Diane Moore, Western Screech Owl by Will Miller & Red Crossbill by Jeff Black.

Canyon Hill Cemetery January 11

Kathryn Albertson Park Jan. 4, 2025

Unlimited

Backyard Birder

Weekend Warrior (10 days total)

 

Photography

 

Beginner Unlimited


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