Just Waiting Now
I have decided that 2020 will be a B.C Big Year for me, well, a modified Big Year. I think of a Big Year as one that is an all out quest to get every single tick possible. Instead, I'll go for as many species as I can, but family and other commitments will take priority. I will need to draw a limit as to time spent and distances travelled. If, for example, the elusive Grey Headed Belly Scratcher shows up in the Dease Lake area, I won't be making that long drive for just that one bird. I will set target number for total species and new B.C. species. Looking back, my highest number of ticks for B.C. in a year is 288, and I see that on Ebird, the average of the top 3 counts in B.C. for past few years is about 325. Based on that, 325 seems a reasonable but challenging goal. Since there are areas of B.C. that I haven't birded, I think adding 20 new species to my B.C. total is a reasonable goal. So, ...