We’ve seen a lot of bird species in the U.S.; not all of them, but a lot. We’ve seen most of the birds that can be seen here in South Texas, and especially all the birds that can be seen from our deck. I like that we have been able to record our sightings in eBird and call up maps of all the different places we’ve been and found birds.
What can we do now for something different? We’re still on lockdown. Our new challenge: create an alter-ego on eBird; a virtual birder identity. Then we can go find and identify other birds all over the world. No, we’re not flying out of country. I’ll sit at the computer screen googling “Live bird cams”. I can sit in South Texas monitoring other sites and, in real time, record birds in other places.
Here are some birds in Panama:
Gray-cowled Wood-rail.
Bananaquit.
Blue-gray Tanager.
Chestnut-headed Orependola (the one on the left).
Gray-headed Chachalaca.
Collared Aricari.
World birding while sheltering in place.