I'm a new member as of today, and just wanted to get my blog off to a start before heading down to New Zealand tomorrow. I have the good luck at seventeen years old to have a family that loves to travel and an obsession with birds.
My latest trip was to western Ireland in March, which was my first trip to the British Isles, though my fourth to Europe (France/Monaco/Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic/Austria/Hungary). I managed to get a list of 54 species in six days while not spending most of my time birding (since I was there with my non-birding family). Some highlights of mine from the trip were: Northern Wheatear, with several good looks at a few males on the Dingle Peninsula; European Stonechat, which abounded in the yard of the cottage we were staying at; and Eurasian Wigeon, which I had searched for in vain in New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Tomorrow I'm off for ten days in New Zealand with target species of Yellow-eyed Penguin, Little Penguin, Royal Spoonbill, Paradise Shelduck, Northern Royal Albatross, Blue Duck, and Pacific Reef Heron
As of now my World life list stands at 596, and I am hoping to get many lifers on this trip
I hope to keep this updated during my trip but do not know how much internet access I will have.
My latest trip was to western Ireland in March, which was my first trip to the British Isles, though my fourth to Europe (France/Monaco/Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic/Austria/Hungary). I managed to get a list of 54 species in six days while not spending most of my time birding (since I was there with my non-birding family). Some highlights of mine from the trip were: Northern Wheatear, with several good looks at a few males on the Dingle Peninsula; European Stonechat, which abounded in the yard of the cottage we were staying at; and Eurasian Wigeon, which I had searched for in vain in New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Tomorrow I'm off for ten days in New Zealand with target species of Yellow-eyed Penguin, Little Penguin, Royal Spoonbill, Paradise Shelduck, Northern Royal Albatross, Blue Duck, and Pacific Reef Heron
As of now my World life list stands at 596, and I am hoping to get many lifers on this trip
I hope to keep this updated during my trip but do not know how much internet access I will have.
