It didn’t count

Do you participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count? If you’ve never done so, it’s fun and easy and a great way to participate in citizen science. Check out the how-to page.

We do it every year, but usually during the day–especially mornings and lunchtime when we sit by the window and can easily see and count all the birds. I never think to do it at night, which is too bad because I could have added this cutie, captured on the Merlin app:

If you do participate, what was the coolest bird you recorded this year, or ever?