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2017 Western Palearctic Big Year (1 Viewer)

If the Azores are their next stop indeed then they'll try to get these species there

Swinhoe's Petrel
Monteiro's Storm Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater
Bulwer's Petrel
Sabine's Gull
Sooty Tern
Roseate Tern
Azores Bullfinch
Atlantic Canary

And whatever yanks and other rarities are currently there (???)
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Snowy Egret
What else?
 
Semipalmated Plover is pretty much resident, not sure if it counts.
There was also a Semipalmated Sandpiper seen not long ago.

The problem with Solitary Sandpiper and the Egret is that they were last seen in islands which are rarely prospected, so I don't know where they would be and I don't know if they'll go there. The tattler is not always seen at the spot, they may have to try more than once.
 
flownek said:
Why shouldn't it count? As far as I know these are no escapes.
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He's saying not sure if it counts as a vagrant since they're always there. Snowy still present on Saturday, Solitary and Tattler last reported on Friday. Think they have organised a boat trip to the Bank of Fortune, so in theory Swinhoe's should be a potential addition
 
Does anybody know if they are on the road again? Did they have a full travel day yesterday or are they going later to Azores? Is the Tattler still there (should be the main attraction, shouldn't it)?
 
DanielDoer said:
Does anybody know if they are on the road again? Did they have a full travel day yesterday or are they going later to Azores? Is the Tattler still there (should be the main attraction, shouldn't it)?
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Arriving on the Azores today. Tattler still present today and Snowy Egret on Saturday. Also 2 SemiP Plover in the tattler quarry. They then have some time on Graciosa where they hope to see Sooty Tern (up to 5 birds around in June), and have a 6 hour boat trip to the Bank of Fortune where primary targets include Monteiro's Petrel and the chance of Swinhoe's. If time allows, they'll do the bullfinch, but since they're going to Sao Miguel in October, that isn't drastic.
 
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neiltovey said:
A quick update on the stint from Kuwait:

"The Report for the Long Toed Stint compiled by a KORC Committee Member (as the finders had not yet submitted their Rarity Report) was adjudicated by the Committee, the Committee External Adjudicators as well as a number of leading international ornithologists.
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Did I miss something, what happened to the Pale Martin diluta record from Jan. Has that been assessed by KORC?
 
PedroNicolau said:
They should tick also Blue-crowned Parakeet in Lisbon which is a likely addition to the Portuguese list once it gets updated, and maybe tick a Pin-tailed Whydah if any is available (might be tricky).
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Interesting comment. Surely there is no such thing as an insurance tick for a Cat C species. A record of a species before it becomes recognised as a self-sustaining population cant be treated as a Cat C tick and can't be converted ................. or can it?
I'm getting more tempted to go Dutch on all of these.
 
Muppit17 said:
Interesting comment. Surely there is no such thing as an insurance tick for a Cat C species. A record of a species before it becomes recognised as a self-sustaining population cant be treated as a Cat C tick and can't be converted ................. or can it?
I'm getting more tempted to go Dutch on all of these.
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Surely if it subsequently accepted because the population has grown, it proves that the embryonic population was exactly that - self-sustaining?
 
Almost perfect clean-up on their first day on the Azores with many vagrants and some locals ticked immediately.

Only a pelagic is needed then, they'll have everything they could've hoped for. They found several rarities by themselves, Bridled Tern being the most surprising one to me and only Solitary Sandpiper appears to have left the archipelago.

Their new list now includes
Cory's Shearwater
Snowy Egret
Semipalmated Plover
Grey-tailed Tattler
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (self-found)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (self-found)
White-rumped Sandpiper (self-found)
Roseate Tern
Atlantic Canary
plus Hudsonian Whimbrel, Atlantic Gull and Azorean Wood Pigeon.

If they manage to get Monteiro's Storm Petrel, Swinhoe's Petrel and Sooty Tern this would have again been a perfect clean-up like so many times before. As said above they'll likely get Azores Bullfinch in October and have several more shots at some tubenoses. There's also not that much left to chase in September in Britain, so they might consider to visit Cape Verde earlier to get the tricky tubenoses there, that they would currently not get.
 
Maffong said:
There's also not that much left to chase in September in Britain, so they might consider to visit Cape Verde earlier to get the tricky tubenoses there, that they would currently not get.
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Maffong

That's a disappointment. I tend to look forward to September with past WP rarities for me including Eastern Kingbird, Acadian Flycatcher, Sandhill Crane, Purple Martin, Green Heron, Cliff Swallow, Short-billed Dowitcher, Common Nighthawk, Yellow-browed Bunting, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Bobolink, Yellow-throated Vireo, etc..........

Where are you basing your British possibilities from? Personally, I would expect a few things mainly from the following:-
Pied-billed Grebe
Blue-winged Teal
American Golden Plover
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Upland Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Forster's Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
American Cliff Swallow
Pechora Pipit
Hermit Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Radde's Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-and-white Warbler
American Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole

All the best
 
Lots of these will probably turn up around middle and late September and/or during their second trip to the Azores. I was more talking about early regular vagrants. With all those Sandpipers checked I feel like some of the key birds they were likely targeting in September have now already been checked off, but of course there's still a lot to come. But what about, say first week of September? Wouldn't that be the optimum time to still get to Cape Verde?
 
Surprised they didn't get Least Sandpiper, but I think they'll still get it.
Solitary Sandpiper might be moving around islands, I think it's been seen on two different ones. Other species should still be available like American Black Duck or Pied-billed Grebe.
 
Maffong said:
Almost perfect clean-up on their first day on the Azores with many vagrants and some locals ticked immediately.

Only a pelagic is needed then, they'll have everything they could've hoped for. They found several rarities by themselves, Bridled Tern being the most surprising one to me and only Solitary Sandpiper appears to have left the archipelago.

Their new list now includes
Cory's Shearwater
Snowy Egret
Semipalmated Plover
Grey-tailed Tattler
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (self-found)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (self-found)
White-rumped Sandpiper (self-found)
Roseate Tern
Atlantic Canary
plus Hudsonian Whimbrel, Atlantic Gull and Azorean Wood Pigeon.

If they manage to get Monteiro's Storm Petrel, Swinhoe's Petrel and Sooty Tern this would have again been a perfect clean-up like so many times before. As said above they'll likely get Azores Bullfinch in October and have several more shots at some tubenoses. There's also not that much left to chase in September in Britain, so they might consider to visit Cape Verde earlier to get the tricky tubenoses there, that they would currently not get.
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Looking for Least and Solitary Sand today before an evening flight to Graciosa. Plan then appears to be two days of pelagics, with the other option being a flight to Sao Miguel to clean up a few lingering vagrants there + the bullfinch. Then on to Madeira and subsequently mainland Portugal/Spain for Ruppell's Vulture, Pied-billed Grebe etc
 
Maffong - I don't know enough about the Cape Verde seabirds to know how much the first week of September would be better than November. I anticipate that their Cape Verde targets break down as follows:-

Not time of year critical - Brown Booby, Helmeted Guineafowl, Cape Verde Swift, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Iago Sparrow, Cape Verde Buzzard, Raso Lark, Cape Verde Cane Warbler

Probably not time of year critical - Red-billed Tropicbird, Magnificent Frigatebird

Influenced by breeding season - Fea's Petrel, Cape Verde Shearwater, Boyd's Shearwater, Cape Verde Storm-petrel

Pedro - they do not need American Black Duck

Dan - presumably you'd also bet on some additional Yank waders being found them plus maybe a duck, heron or other but unlikely a landbird this early?

All the best
 
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