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  1. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Olafs Great Knot is certainly a contender as well as the Pin-tailed Snipe. I do not get how you could exclude a Swinhoe's. How does the Rarity Comitee handle those Snipes usually?
  2. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    We are up to an exiting spring in Alaska. I really like that they have different plans it Alaska it seems. Makes it really interesting who is getting the record at the end.
  3. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Olaf mentioned in One Blogpost, that he is trying to beat the species photographed in a single year record, but doenst tell the current number he has on picture until the end. So lets see how many of the birds he is managing to put on a picture. And does anybody know the current record?
  4. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Locations certainly look rather dodgy. I remember a Lesser Whitefronted Goose appearing in such a Park in Germany in a winter and staying. Origin still unknown but presumable Escape and went into Cat. E here.
  5. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Agree. Thats the price he has to pay for permanently go for coded birds in the start of the year, while other big year birders chose a more economical approach by cleaning up certain areas in consecutive days. The big question is, can he clean up. Or will he be missing a couple of "easy"...
  6. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Are those Pin-tailed Snipes usually accepted? (as seperation from Swinhoe`s might be close to impossible)
  7. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Wow. I would have expected more code 4+ birds from this Attu trip. I think it is "better" that Olaf could have hoped for. If he gets a decent number of code 3s in Alaska this spring he should be good and has time to twitch while John has to pickup Code 1-2 species from different places. Would...
  8. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    692 now Flammulated Owl last entry. To the ABA experts did he manage to clean up AZ pretty well now? If he has some luck in Alaska and manages not to fall of in the Code 3+ count too far. Maybe he can catch the rarities up in Fall. Or do you have some of the rarities which area basically...
  9. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I could not agree more. Still hope that Olaf doesnt hold back some of his records and then Iam okay with him beating the record, becuase he put in the effort and certainly keeps everyone up to date. ( even though in his blog he sounds very grumpy and stressed). But starting with a pure list...
  10. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Well he could get both on a Pelagic :) ;). English strikes again. Even the German translation Röhrennasen means tubenoses so no excuse here :D
  11. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Thank you for this overview Paul and Dan. Iam not very familiar in the ABA area with the distribution and especially likeliness of getting birds at Breeding grounds or on migration etc. , but when I look at this list, it seems that the biggest lack of birds are "Sea" Birds on some certain...
  12. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Thanks for the clarification Paul.
  13. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    600 in April is impresssive. How many species can be expected in a Spring Alaska trip? And then it pretty much all comes down how good he can connect with the rarities. The Cuban Vireo really hurts. Considering he was in Florida right before. What I didnt understand in his blog was the black...
  14. Dortmundbirder

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Definetly! Chasing for Fieldfares, Black headed Gulls and Pink-footed Geese is somehow funny from the European perspective. I think it would be the same for Americans reading a blog about Europeans getting excited for American Robins and Ring necked Ducks. But I really enjoy his blog and it is...
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