110/10 Big Year Update – August

Red Knot, one of the new birds for the month, Ruddy Turnstone in the background

I had a fairly good month of birding in August.  Five species were added to the 110/10 Big Year list, closing the month with ninety-seven species.  The five additions were White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis ⁹³, Bridled Tern - Onychoprion anaethetus⁹⁴, Red Knot - Calidris canutus⁹⁵, Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota⁹⁶, and Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis. 

This image of an American coot was one of the new image additions 

In the image section of the challenge, the Photo Big Year, I am still very far behind even after reaching 50 photographed species.  The goal must be to step up the images if I am going to reach my goal of 100 species.

Goals for September

Shoot, shoot, shoot is my motto for September because with just 50 species with 4 months to go I will need to add at least 13 images per month to reach the 100 photographed species. That is some task for a busy person like myself but will go for it.   The average for the 110/10 is 4 species a month and ebird.org suggested I be on the lookout for these new birds during the month:

• Gull-billed Tern   Gelochelidon nilotica
• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
• Least Tern Sternula antillarum
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia

Of course, I am still missing the Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) that is on the top of my list. So let’s see what type of birding month September will be.