Office List

[alan_rymer]

Must start an office list!.

Just spotted a Little Egret flying past my office window in Sunbury on Thames heading west!.

[alan_rymer]

The Egret was heading west!. Not me, nor the Office!.

My mornings Office List so far is

Little Egret
Kestrel
Wood Pigeon
Magpie
Starling
Lots of Swifts
Feral Pigeon

And every two minutes:
747
737
A320
767
757
A300

Landing at Heathrow is about a mile away

[Beverlybaynes]

Nice list!

Mine these days consists of:

Chimney Swift
American Robin
Rock Dove
European Starling

and occasionally overhead:
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
and various commuter planes (being under a flight path for the airport, about 15 minutes away).

[peteh]

Recently from my office, Ive seen

Hen harrier
Peregrine
Swallow
Linnet
Sparrowhawk
Raven
Hooded Crow
Skylark
and all the usual starling,crows,gulls etc.
I think I should start doing some work really :)

[John Marshall]

Office/Study list a.m. 14th.

Greylag, Canada goose, (including goslings of both species)
Starlings, House sparrow, Magpie, Blackbird, Kingfisher,
Collareed dove, Woodpigeoh, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Dunnock,
Blue tit, B.H.Gull, Herring Gull, Heron, Swallow, Swift, House martin,
Mistle thrush, Greenfinch. - Also one elderly woman looking at Greylag goslings!

[Edward]

Beat me to it, Alan, I was going to do an office list thread sometime.
My office list from a Reykjavik industrial estate goes like this:
* = seen today
Greylag Goose
Mallard
Redshank*
Oystercatcher*
Golden Plover
Feral Pigeon
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull*
Raven*
Redwing*
Redpoll
Starling*
Snow Bunting

[KCFoggin]

Mine would include:
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chicadees
House finches
Starlings
Chimney swifts
soaring red tailed hawks
soaring Ospreys
multitudes of seagulls
bluejays
house sparrows
woodpeckers

[digi-birder]

I've had fly past a couple of House Martins, 3 Swifts, a Carrion Crow and not much else today. Mind you the new office is on the 11th floor of Sheffield Hallam University in the centre of Sheffield!

I just mentioned to my colleagues that I wouldn't mind seeing a Peregrine flying past the window now and again. A Kestrel would suffice.

Oh and the South Yorkshire Police helicopter!

[Darrell Clegg]

Over the last 15 years I've had the following from my office window

Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (By far the best bird and one that hung around for 3 months)
Red Kite
Firecrest
Brambling
Ring-billed Gull
Black Redstart
Buzzard
Peregrine
Raven

Not bad for the middle of Plymouth

The usual birds are Herring Gull, Magpie, Starling, Blue Tit

Last week one of the Herring Gulls had been collecting sticks for its nest (on the roof) and had obviously been digging around in some dark peaty soil. When it flew past the window all I saw was a large gull with a Black Head. I couldn't believe my eyes, and for those few seconds before it flew past the window again I was already composing my "how I found a Great Black-headed Gull" article for BFers

Darrell

[Harry Hussey]

Hi Darrell,
Hume's Yellow-browed?Lucky so-and-so!;-)
We haven't had a record of this recent split here as yet(but I'd bet that one will eventually be found,maybe this autumn...)
Not working at the moment,but I never saw too much out of the ordinary from my last workplace:regular Peregrine probably the best.In the immediate vicinity,however,I did manage wintering Common Sandpipers,an ad.Ring-billed Gull,Black Redstart etc while on my lunch break or commuting to or from work.
Harry

[columbidae]

My office list is not extensive, but includes

Great blue heron
Red-shouldered hawk
Northern rough-winged swallow (a pair were nesting this spring in a drainage pipe on the side of the building just above my window, but unfortunately got washed out during a rainstorm)
Canada geese
Northern mockingbird
American goldfinch
House finch
American crow, which can sometimes be seen mobbing the red-shouldered hawk--my job has me on the phone with customers most of each day, and it's hard not to put the caller on hold to watch when this happens.

[dennis]

Speaking of birds seen from the window...In hindsight, the incident that put the birding spark in me occured in 6th grade(11 years old) when my teacher pointed out a Bald Eagle soaring outside our classroom window. Guess that was one for his "office list".

dennis

[Charles Harper]

Since my office is my home, I can take the excuse to give you my yardlist (if this accepts spreadsheet):


SPECIES (NUMBERS) DATE [mo. yr]

NEIGHBORHOOD LIST

Little Egret (Kosagi) (1) 1.99, 10.99, 1.03
Common Buzzard (Nosuri) 3.03
Northern Sparrowhawk (Haitaka) 2.03
Northern Goshawk (Otaka) (1) 5.99, 7.99
Rock Dove (Dobato) resident
Common Kingfisher (Kawasemi) (1) 11.02 - 1.03
Grey Wagtail (Kisekirei) (1) 2.00 ff, 1.03
Black-backed Wagtail (Hakusekirei) occasional
Rustic Bunting (Kashiradaka) (several) winter 01
Eurasian Jay (Kakesu) (1) 4.00
Hawfinch (Shima) (1) 1.02, 3.03

FROM-THE-YARD LIST

Great Cormorant (Kawau) (4) 4.99, (2) 1.01, (1) 2.01
Spot-billed Duck (Karugamo) (2) 3.99, 11.99, 4.02, 1.03
Grey Heron (Aosagi) (1) 1.99, 12.99, 10.00
Black-crowned Night Heron (Goisagi) (1) 10.00
Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawk (Tsumi) (1) 2.00, 4.00
Eurasian Kestrel (Chogenbou) (1) 4.00, 11.02
Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Kojukai) resident
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Aogera) (1) 2.00, 5.00, 2.01
Common Cuckoo (Kakou) (10 5.99, 6.01
Barn Swallow (Tsubame) summer (end March - end August)
Long-tailed Tit (Enaga) (several) 11.01, 2.02
Dusky Thrush (Tsugumi) winter (mid-November - late April)
Oriental Greenfinch (Kawarahiwa) 2.03
Carrion Crow (Hashibosogarasu) resident

IN-THE-YARD LIST

Rufous Turtle Dove (Kijibato) resident
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Kogera) resident
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) resident
Great Tit (Shijukara) resident
Japanese Bush Warbler (Uguisu) resident
Daurian Redstart (Jobitaki) (1) 12.98, 10.02, 1.03 (winters)
Bull-headed Shrike (Mozu) (1) 11.99, 1.00, 11.02, 2.03 (winters)
Red-flanked Bluetail (Ruribitaki) (1) 1.01 - 3.01
Pale Thrush (Shiohara) (1) 12.98, 2.00 (winters)
Japanese White-eye (Mejiro) resident
Orange band on R leg 1.22.02 - 4.1.03
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Suzume) resident
Grey Starling (Mukudori) resident
Azure-winged Magpie (Onaga) resident
Black-faced Bunting (Aoji) (1) 2.00, 12.02, 1.03 (winters)
Gray Bunting (Kuroji) (1) 3.99
Jungle Crow (Hashibutogarasu) resident

(Well, looks legible if a bit irregular in format. Sorry.)

Good birding,

[Joan & Matt]

It's not a list, but it's office related: Thought you might get a kick out of this, posted a week or two ago by one of the senior level biochemists in MSU's biochem dept.

Colleagues: There is a nesting mallard duck in the northeast corner of our
parking lot. Sometime in the next three weeks (perhaps imminently) she
will hatch the last of her eggs and set forth on a journey to the nearest
water. Last time this happened, several years ago, the duck nested next to
the northeast building entrance. We managed to escort mother and 16
ducklings safely across Wilson road and the remaining quarter of a mile to
the pond east of the railroad tracks on South Farm Lane. There's no
predicting which way this one will go, but of more concern is running over
the ducklings in the parking lot. I'm asking Pappan to make a large
banner: WATCH FOR DUCKLINGS, with a right-hand arrow, to hang on the
building to remind people to be careful. Thank you for your collaboration!

[IanDJB]

Black redstart seen each year from the window of my office in Cromer during the five years I was there in the mid 1980s. More recently we used to look forward to the return of house martins which nested under the eaves of the offices in Attleborough. Sadly, those offices have since been demolished and the delicatesen counter of a large supermarket now marks the spot where upto a dozen nests were built.......sad !!!

IanDJB

[oldsquaw]

My office is the third flood looking west in downtown Pueblo, Colorado surrounded by buildings and pavement (no trees for several blocks). Arranged in order of sighting.

Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Starling
House Finch
House Sparrow
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Mockingbird
Chimney Swift
Western Kingbird
American Crow
Common Grackle
Great Blue Heron
Barn Swallow
Bushtit (smack my window as I was looking out)
American Kestrel
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
American Robin
Mallard
Sandhill Crane (flock heading north)
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern "Red-shafed" Flicker
Common Raven
Red-winged Blackbird
Mississippi Kite

Plus Western Meadowlark in the parking lot (nearest prairie 3 miles)

[Brian Stone]

Thought I would resurrect this thread. My office window list (below) is on 56. I'm near the middle of Peterborough town centre so I reckon this is pretty good. Common Tern is an obvious one missing at the moment. Thought I caught a glimpse of one recently but couldn't be sure. So far 34 this year.

Great Cormorant
Grey Heron
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Goosander
Red Kite
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Kestrel
Merlin
Hobby
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Woodcock
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Swift
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Meadow Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied/White Wagtail
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Spotted Flycatcher
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch

[Bluetail]

Running you a close second, Brian! Mine's here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=106198#post106198
Still no Lesser Black-backed Gull.

[weather]

Damn! I don't have any windows in my office! Does the pic of a Blue bird on my wall count..?

Mike