This was such a nice, uplifting thread. I smiled the entire time I was reading it. Although I am not a birder, I sincerely enjoyed all the pictures and comments.

Sterling, thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. The thing about birding is, you’re just outdoors, experiencing nature. So some are completely focused on birds, like my husband, while I’m looking at everything, mainly because I’m not as avid a birder as him! Like when we were in Barrow, and everyone was looking at a sparrow, I noticed a sled with dogs. Now that’s something you don’t see every day!

Great pics. I’ve never done the Christmas Count. I used to do Project FeederWatch, but got paranoid about West Nile, lol. I finally set up the eBird app on my phone this week...