Birds-I-View hosts a "Big Sit"!
Tammy, Regina, Maxine, Stan
and Elizabeth waiting for the
Golden-crowned Kinglet!
Steve & Elizabeth consult the
field guide while the rest of the
"Lawn Chair Birders" keep a
look out for more birds.
The Big Sit!
While this Honeysuckle attracts
many birds, one of the goals for
the  new  "Memorial Park Bird
Garden" will be to incorporate
lots of native plants into the
landscape there.
The "Memorial Park Lawn Chair Birders"
October 12th 2008
Memorial Park   Jefferson City, Missouri
photos by Vicki Questar
Birds-I-View would like to say a special Thank You to  members of the River Bluffs
Audubon Society for doing so much to support the October 12th "Big Sit".
What's a "Big Sit"???
Well, basically, it is an international birding
event held every year in the fall. Birders sit
with in a 17 foot diameter circle and count
all the different bird species that can be
seen from with in the circle in a 24 hour
period.  Big Sit "Circles" occur all over the
Untied States, and many other countries
participate as well!
Birds-I-View hosted this particular Big Sit
Circle as a fund-raiser for the new
"Memorial Park Bird Garden" to be
installed in Spring 2009. Birds-I-View  and
others donated money for each species
seen during the "Sit". The Memorial Park
Bird Garden came about through  the
initiative of local Wildlife Photographer and
conservationist, Jim Rathert .
Want to find out more about "The Big
Sit"?? Go to the Bird Watchers Digest
website at: www.birdwatchersdigest.com
Thanks to everyone who came out to help us
spot the following birds during the Big Sit:  

Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

To read more comments about our Big
Sit , PLUS, view data from Big Sits held
in other locations, go to the Bird
Watchers Digest site at :
www.birdwatchersdigest.com
Go to the "Birding fun" tab, and follow
links to the "Big Sit"!
This
Home-made
Dripper
system
was fine
for use on
"Big Sit"
Day,
However
we
promise
Bigger and
Better
things for
the new
Bird
Garden!