Two new birds

Birders often keep “life lists,” a record of all the bird species they have seen.  A typical life list will be 600 to 800 species.  My friend Roger, an excellent birder, has traveled to Peru, South Africa, Big Bend, Australia, and Taiwan, among other locations, and he doesn’t even bother to keep a list.  He just likes to see different birds.  Linda’s and my life list (we don’t include a bird unless both of us have seen it) was, as of this morning, 147.  

Then, today, in the space of an hour, we added two birds.  We saw a strange bird in one of our back yard feeders eating an orange Linda had put out=.  After consulting our bird book, we realized we had an Orchard Oriole.  Then, while we were fishing at a small cove in Beltzville Lake, we spotted a yellow bird that wasn’t a Goldfinch.  Again, after consulting our guide, we realized we had just seen a Prothonotary Warbler.

One hour, two new birds.  Good day.