It’s become an annual tradition for me to try to record (photo or audio) 50 species of birds in and around Cottbus each December. This year’s results (photos of almost everything this time, but including some dirty record shots):
34 Passerines
7 Finches — Fringillidae
6 Tits — Paridae
6 Corvids — Corvidae
2 Buntings — Emberizidae
2 Flycatchers — Muscicapidae
2 Sparrows — Passeridae
2 Thrushes — Turdidae
2 Treecreepers — Certhiidae
2 Regulidae
I’m reasonably sure this is a firecrest: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/612883889
1 Troglodytidae
1 Sturnidae
1 Sittidae
33 Non-passerines
13 Waterfowl — Anatidae
5 Accipitridae
4 Pigeons — Columbidae
4 Woodpeckers — Picidae
2 Herons — Ardeidae
2 Gruiformes
(an order, rather than a family, but I like the name)
2 Gulls — Laridae
1 Phalacrocoracidae
1 Falconidae
1 Alcedinidae
Making a grand total of 69, if I’m right about the firecrest, and much better than last year. I got lucky with a few surprises (black redstart, I’m looking at you), and most of the waterfowl came in a burst at the end of the month.