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| Left to right: K of CC School, Orville, Wilbur, C of CC School |
The Olive Plants boys competed in the Georgia Youth Birding Competition on April 27 & 28, 2012 with two of the Counter-cultural School boys. In 24 hours, they identified 105 different species! We are so incredibly proud of them and are so thankful to God for blessing us with a fabulous weekend filled with good weather, lots of birds, and amazing teamwork. You can read more about the boys' birding adventure at my homeschool blog, Olive Plants.
Listed below are the birds they identified in the order they were found. Birds 1-7 were spotted in a small town in western Georgia. Numbers 8-34 were spotted at a Georgia state park- forested, mostly pine trees. Some of the birds at this location were near a small pond. The chimney swifts circled the ranger station. Birds 35-43 were spotted on private property.* There were several feeders near the house. The backside of the property was wooded. The rest of the property contained open, grassy fields. We were there from 30 minutes before sunset until 15 minutes after sunset. Birds 44-62 were found at a state park located along a lake. There are a variety of habitats in this park, and we were there from 15 minutes before sunrise until 8 a.m.. Numbers 63-68 were found at a variety of spots, mostly wooded and close to water. Numbers 69-86 were found at EL Huie; numbers 87-90 were found at Newman Wetlands; numbers 91-93 were found at Shamrock/Blaylock Lakes- all in Clayton Co. GA. Numbers 94-95 were found near feeders on private property.* Numbers 96-100 were located at Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in central Georgia. Number 101 was found near a feeder on private property. * Numbers 102-105 were identified at Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center in Mansfield, GA.
- American Crow
- Brown Thrasher
- Northern Mockingbird
- Brown-headed Nuthatch
- Blue Jay
- Mourning Dove
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Summer Tanager
- Eastern Towhee
- Scarlett Tanager
- Black and White Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Carolina Chickadee
- Pine Warbler
- Mallard
- Tufted Titmouse
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Eastern-wood Pewee
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Carolina Wren
- Downy Woodpecker
- White-eyed Vireo
- Fish Crow
- Gray Catbird
- Chimney Swift
- Worm-eating Warbler
- Eastern Bluebird
- Chipping Sparrow
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Indigo Bunting
- Wood Thrush
- Eastern Phoebe
- Yellow Warbler
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Field Sparrow
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Green Heron
- Great Blue Heron
- Killdeer
- Northern Bobwhite
- Brown Creeper
- Canada Goose
- Common Grackle
- Bobolink
- Belted Kingfisher
- Osprey
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Common Loon
- Northern Flicker
- American Redstart
- Prairie Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- American Robin
- House Sparrow
- Northern Waterthrush
- Song Sparrow
- European Starling
- Black Vulture
- Tree Swallow
- Purple Martin
- Northern Shoveler
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Turkey Vulture
- Magnolia Warbler
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Hooded Warbler
- Cape May Warbler
- Eastern Kingbird
- American Coot
- Blue-winged Teal
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Rock Dove
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Cerulean Warbler
- American Bittern
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Northern Parula
- Orchard Oriole
- American Woodcock
- Eastern Meadowlark
- American Goldfinch
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Blackpoll
- Bank Swallow
- Kentucky Warbler
- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Pine Siskin
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Yellow-throated Warbler
- Blackburnian Warbler
