A Big Year - May Update

Summer is fast approaching, and the bird count is grinding down with just two new birds for the year in May. 

One of them (the Starling) is not actually native to the US. From the Cornell Lab:

All the European Starlings in North America descended from 100 birds set loose in New York's Central Park in the early 1890s. The birds were intentionally released by a group who wanted America to have all the birds that Shakespeare ever mentioned. It took several tries, but eventually the population took off. Today, more than 200 million European Starlings range from Alaska to Mexico, and many people consider them pests.

So, there ya go! 

The New Birds to the Bird List! 

• American Redstart
• European Starling