{"id":164726,"date":"2026-02-05T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164726\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:48:08","slug":"ready-set-birdwatch-play-backyard-bird-bingo-this-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164726\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready, set, birdwatch, Play Backyard Bird Bingo this February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">February is peak bird season in Coronado as migratory birds join year-round inhabitants around town. More than 500 different species have been recorded locally, but some birds are more frequently sighted. Spot the following bird species around town, take a picture, and submit to Emerald Keepers to play Backyard Bird Bingo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-5.07.40\u202fPM.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-251604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-5.07.40\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"87\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-5.00.09\u202fPM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image aligncenter wp-image-251601 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-5.00.09\u202fPM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"980\"  \/><\/a>How to play<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Complete one row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, or complete the board by finding all nine birds. Take a picture of each bird spotted and submit your photos to Emerald Keepers. Either email your completed bingo card to <a href=\"http:\/\/coronadotimes.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#9ff6f1f9f0dffaf2faedfef3fbf4fafaeffaedecb1f0edf8a0eceafdf5fafceba2ddfefcf4e6feedfbbaadafddf6edfbbaadafddf6f1f8f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> or fill out our online <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScsZyGJwBq2u5Ttxbp8QC5MPCgT1AJhuudA7K3DhoBuWItrGQ\/viewform?blm_aid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">bird bingo form<\/a>. Prizes will be awarded to all complete submissions. Deadline for entries is February 28, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You will be contacted by email regarding the delivery of your prize. Coronado residents only.<\/p>\n<p>How to help our birds<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Unfortunately, nearly half of the world\u2019s bird species are in decline due to loss of habitat and pesticides. We can all help bird survival by planting native plants, avoiding pesticides, turning off outdoor lights at night and picking up trash. Bountiful birds help keep Coronado Emerald Green, Ocean Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February is peak bird season in Coronado as migratory birds join year-round inhabitants around town. More than 500&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[26438,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-164726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-emerald-keepers","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}