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Recent content by BiggSkua
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Well it's a Raptor, it looks fairly large, it is sitting out on the ice...... Gyrfalcon?- BiggSkua
- Post #45
- Forum: Bird Forum Fun Quizzes
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Young Birder
Did a little Gullin on Saturday with USA Twitcher and some other YB's . We had Bonapartes, Herring,Ring-billed, Great Black-backed, 2 Glaucous (Adult) and one Iceland (Adult) Gull. After the trip I went to one of the spots we had visited early in the day not too far from my house and had what...- BiggSkua
- Post #421
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Young Birder
Started off the year in South Florida. I have 161 species for the year so far, including 3 species of nightjar, 6 owl species and all regularly occuring North American Herons. I had one day with 150 species and had 9 lifers for the trip. My favorite bird was either White-tailed (...- BiggSkua
- Post #402
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Young Birder
First day of winter break started today for me. Got to see a King Eider in Ohio which was very nice, some Surf Scoters and ummmm a Peregrine Falcon. I'm going to South Florida fairly soon with USA Twitcher. Hope everyone else is doin well. I look forward to lots of reading,sleeping and birding.- BiggSkua
- Post #350
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Young Birder
Nice birds, sound kind of simmilair to what I tend to see around my house which is in the middle of cleveland. As far as advice to nctexasbirder, the only thing I can really tell you to do is look up alot and listen alot. I know what it is like birding in highly developed areas. About 75% of the...- BiggSkua
- Post #294
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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US Parrots... What's Kosher?
It can't be counted anymore because it has been extirpated (last ones died in 02) however I'm pretty sure if you saw it before it was extirpated you can still keep it on your lifelist. I don't know how it works exactly but that seems to make sense. Oh and in response to rhunter, I have seen 10...- BiggSkua
- Post #12
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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US Parrots... What's Kosher?
True, ABA committee has different standards for what they will or won't accept. For example with the Black-hooded Parakeet. The Florida Ornithological Sociaty Records Committee voted unanimously to accept this species. However the ABA committee voted 6 in favor of accepting and 2 against. A...- BiggSkua
- Post #6
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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US Parrots... What's Kosher?
I think you can yes, go back and count them if you want to. For example if Fox Sparrow is split you could go back and count both the new species. As far as extirpated populations, I believe they are still countable. For example the last Crested Mynahs in Vancouver died in 2002 but they are still...- BiggSkua
- Post #4
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Young Birder
Of course that is what I meant, sorry for the typo.- BiggSkua
- Post #278
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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Young Birder
Well i figured the NC Texas part, but that is quite a big area. Should still be able to find some good birds, but I can understand the frustration. Winter must be a hard time of the year to bird, almost anywhere inland in Texas, away from the southern part of the state. Still all those sparrows...- BiggSkua
- Post #276
- Forum: Birds & Birding
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US Parrots... What's Kosher?
Florida is good for White-winged, Budgie and Monk. I don't know about other places outside of there. Yellow-chevroned I didn't think was countable anymore, but I might be wrong. Red-crowned and Green are hard, the countable ones are vagrants from Mexico, but there are lots of uncountable ones...- BiggSkua
- Post #2
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Young Birder
Where in TX are you exactly? It can't be that bad. I'm in the middle of a big city in Ohio, and there are still birds to b found.- BiggSkua
- Post #274
- Forum: Birds & Birding