Ken was looking forward to a relaxing weekend that involved watching the Idaho State Bengals play in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football championship game. I convinced him to watch and count birds instead. He has never forgiven me. The day was cold and cloudy and the birds were few and far between, and darn it if the Bengals didn’t win the championship!! Thank goodness for DVR technology! 39 years later and we are still participating in CBCs!
Jay, thanks for sharing some highlights. I wasn’t there to participate, and appreciate knowing what you found.
Thanks to all who were out there looking! Some of my best birding times were CBCs in Anchorage, AK many years and several when I first moved to Boise and needed to learn the local birds.
Participating in a CBC is a great way to learn, practice, and share birding skills and knowledge.
I don’t think I ever set foot in Venango. I was a volunteer at Hawk Mt. Sanctuary for most of the 1990s and ran two North American Breeding Bird Survey routes in Pennsylvania (LIttle Marsh in Tioga and Potter counties was always fun; lots of species).
