The Big Ass Year

Crumby's Big Ass Year continues.  Yes.  Crumby keeps listing new birds for the year no matter how stupid that is.  Actually, listing new birds for the year would be less stupid if Crumby had done another Big Ass Year previously.   That way he could compare the order the trash birds showed up from Big Ass Year to Big Ass Year. 

Hmm.  Comparing Big Ass Years does sound interesting.  Like this Big Ass Year, the house sparrow is number two at 8:27 AM on January 1.   How will the house sparrow rank during the next Big Ass Year?  Exciting!  What if Crumby journeyed off somewhere on next Big Ass Year,  New Year's Day, just to avoid enumerating or listing a house sparrow?  Tricky!

Here's some documentation for one of the latest members of Class Aves to get listed on this Big Ass Year list.  Look!  It's a sharp-shinned hawk.   Sadly, we have nothing to show the scale,  but take Crumby's word for it, this is a mighty small hawk.  Dern branches!

Crumby feels like sharpies are much less common in these parts than Cooper's hawks.  Except maybe during migragtion when literally maybe 10 sharpies may zip over compared to eight Cooper's, thus almost overwhelming the birding public with their astounding numbers.