Big Year Update: October

I can see the finishing line for one of my challenges but the other one is way off the pace.  The one which looks promising is my Big Year Challenge. For the third consecutive month, I’ve logged six or more species. For October I recorded 7 yearbirds - Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis), Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia), and Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) closing the month at 106, just 4 species adrift of my goal of 110.  I wish I could have said the same about the Photographic Big Year, but not having a working DSLR is affecting this challenge, even so i added 10 images, which you can see below. The goal for November is to finish up the Big Year, while adding at least 15 images to the Photo Big Year challenge. 

Here are the Photo Big Year addition for October

63. Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

64. Buff-breasted Sandpiper 
(Calidris subruficollis)

65. Semipalmated Plover 

(Charadrius semipalmatus)

66. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

67. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

68. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

69. Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

70. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

71. Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)

72.  Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)