2019 First of the Year Birding Challenge

Join the Badgerland Birding crew as they venture off on their annual first of the year birding trip to see how many species they can rack up in a single day. This year, their search for rare birds over volume takes them to the southwest corner of Wisconsin, but will it pay off?
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[@shayndelshofar4648]

We at Retired Backyard Birders Thank You for sharing. Awesome video..Happy Birding.

[@BioBush]

I like your tradition of birding on the first day of the year! Glad you found so many beautiful birds (37 species seems like a lot!) and it's clear you had a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

BioBush thanks for watching!

[@sheltonpa]

Great birds, good vid! Liked the music!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks, Peter!

[@shayndelshofar4648]

This is amazing if only everyone understood how important it is for folks like us to go birding- -it's not just about seeing beautiful birds but it helps other learn just how important it is in saving the species and our surrounding environment. So we here at Retired Backyard Birders want to say thank you so much for sharing your adventures. Keep Up The Good Work... HAPPY BIRDING :)

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Yes! For, sure! Thanks for watching and for the kind words :)

[@nicks.7296]

Another great one, guys!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@carolshannon6449]

And it's another great video

[@pengiunsquad5672]

I’ve got a thick billed and common murre in my area who have been hanging out for a for weeks. Along with black legged kittiwakes over the flicks of razorbills

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Awesome! We get the occasional Kittiwake in town, but there haven't been any lately.

[@Shrock568]

That’s a nice hat

[@pengiunsquad5672]

Amazing video I love it

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Pengiun Squad thanks, bud! :)

[@spideytheloser]

hAmond's! Rob-2019

[@BadgerlandBirding]

HAMMOND’S!

[@ToToWildlife]

Nice video guys! 👍

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Thanks! :)

[@Tigerpuffer]

How does a Hammond's flycatcher survive a Wisconsin winter?

[@BadgerlandBirding]

We were all asking the same question. It was Wisconsin’s first state record. We thought since they live mostly in the mountains it may have been used to colder weather and more hardy.

[@pauraque]

People fuss around too much with empidonax ID too much here in California, they say stuff like primary projection, and coloration etc etc. The real way to ID a HAFL is simple "if chonk, then hammy"

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That needs to be on a t-shirt

[@snowyowl5556]

So when I go out west this summer and try to ID a Hammonds, should I put that as my description on ebird? 🤣