110 for 10

Common Gallinule my spark bird

For those cricket lovers, don’t panic, this is not the latest cricket score from our beloved West Indies Cricket team, but it is my goal for 2022.  It was on March 12^th, 2012, while on a family outing at Cherry Tree Hill, St. Peter, I saw my spark bird, a Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) just outside of the gates of the world-famous St. Nicholas Abby.  2022 will be my 10^th year of birding and to celebrate it, I will be striving to reach 110 species, hence 110 for 10.   I will also try to photograph at least 100 species along the way to turn into a photobook at the end of the year as a keepsake.  If all goes to plan, I should get a major lens upgrade during the year which should help in this venture.

You can be on the lookout for weekly updates, photographs and maybe even videos.  Both challenges will have their own page on the blog, you can also join our Twitter page for live updates.  

Here is hoping you all have a wonderful 2022 birding wised and other wise.