October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
RED LETTER DAY
After a really good day of birding, I hear a lot of folks say that it was "a red-letter day."
What does it mean, and where did it come from? (Try not to Google it…)
Obviously a day when one sees all the red birds: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Redstart, Red Knot, Red Crossbill, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-necked Grebe, Red-footed Booby, Red- shafted Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, and as called by JB, the Robin Red Breast!
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Carol Flanagan
Obviously a day when one sees all the red birds: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Redstart, Red Knot, Red Crossbill, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-necked Grebe, Red-footed Booby, Red- shafted Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, and as called by JB, the Robin Red Breast!