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Veagle's 2010 Year List
A belated Happy New Years to anyone who has followed my list this year. The year exceeded all my expectations. I was fortunate enough to travel to some great destinations, and thought I would highlight my top 10 birding experiences of the year: 10. Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos...- veagle
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
My wife and I are spending a good part of this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, moving some stuff into a townhouse we purchased there, close to my daughter. Some great arroyo habitat all around, and I went for an early morning walk. Saw lots of Dark-eyed Juncos, including the "gray-headed"...- veagle
- Post #88
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Went out for a drive east of Rapid City on a cold morning, temperature around 10F. Some good raptors, including Prairie Falcon, Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, and Rough-legged Hawk, and several large flocks consisting of Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs, and Snow Buntings. December 12 -...- veagle
- Post #87
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Went on an epic twitch today. Left Rapid City, with 2 local birder friends, at 3 am to drive across the state in search of a Ross's Gull that has been seen over the last 10 days at Lake Yankton, along the Nebraska border in the far southeastern corner of the state. Got there at 9:30 local...- veagle
- Post #86
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Visiting my parents in New Jersey for Thanksgiving, so I took a quick trip to Barnegat Light to see if I could find some sea ducks. No scoters, but did manage to find my first Long-tailed Ducks, and it was nice to see some birds that I just don't get too often in the middle of the country -...- veagle
- Post #85
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Spent the day yesterday looking at Condos in Santa Fe, NM, where our daughter lives. I had a free hour and went to the Davey Audubon Center. Before going I saw a relatively unusual White-throated Sparrow, then at the Center I saw Cooper's Hawk, Pine Siskin, Western Scrub-jay, and these two new...- veagle
- Post #84
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Back in South Dakota, I went out for a drive on a cool morning in Eastern Pennington County. Highlights included two Prairie Falcons, a nice flock of about 40 Sandhill Cranes, lots of Sharp-tailed Grouse, and what must have been about 750 Red-winged Blackbirds. But the highlight was a group of...- veagle
- Post #83
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
It was almost 2:30 when we entered Madera Canyon. The habitat changed abrubtly from sage brush to oak and pine. It was significantly cooler than during the approach. Our first target was Bridled Titmouse. We were looking for groups of them, in which we might find other birds as well. It...- veagle
- Post #82
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
A couple of additional shots from the Kino Springs, Arizona area. Black Phoebe, and Tropical Kingbird.- veagle
- Post #81
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
After a great hour and a half of birding in Rosemont Junction, we got back on the road, heading south on Rt. 83. We saw our first of many Chihuahuan Raven, as well as an Acorn Woodpecker. We drove through Sonoita, and into Patagonia, where our first stop was the feeders at the Patton's yard...- veagle
- Post #80
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
I'd been waiting for this day for quite a while. Arranged for a guide, Melody Kehl, who knows Southeastern Arizona, and the plan is to spend a long day, hitting a good number of hotspots. First stop of south of Tuscon, where we look for and find Black-throated, and Roufous-winged Sparrows...- veagle
- Post #79
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Sometimes you just need to be in the right place at the right time. From the hotel grounds today, in Phoenix, I spied two Nighthawks, and didn't realize until later that Common were out of range, and that I had just seen Lesser Nighthawks for the first time. October 6 - Phoenix, Arizona 348...- veagle
- Post #78
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
I am in Arizona for a conference in Phoenix. Spent the day birding at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve today, where the weather was pretty unusual. There were periods of heavy rain, even some hail, which is all highly unusual. Lots of hiking in hot, surprisingly muggy weather. Highlights...- veagle
- Post #77
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Got a very early start yesterday, and drove 2.5 hours to Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge. In roughly five hours there, I saw no other humans, but lots of wildlife. Drove the auto route, and hiked some trails. Higlights included Eastern Meadowlark (western SD has mostly Western), three...- veagle
- Post #76
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
An interesting day today. I was at a business meeting two miles from Iron Creek, where the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush has been seen the last few months. It had not been seen for at least 10 days, now, but being this close, I couldn't resist. No sign of it, just a few American Redstarts...- veagle
- Post #75
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Today was going to be very hot, so a friend and I got an early start to drive out to some sites in Eastern Pennington county where me might see some shorebirds. We did pretty well on that front, finding a nice location with Least, Semipalmated, Baird's and Pectoral Sandpipers, and Long-billed...- veagle
- Post #74
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Our next day, we stayed in the Paxson area, mostly relaxing. We did find a nice area north of Paxson, where we once again heard and saw the Arctic Warbler. We did some re-exploring of the Denali Highway, and late in the day took a short walk to Mud Lake, where we saw Moose, Common Loons...- veagle
- Post #73
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
The next couple of days in Alaska went by in a blur. A day in Girdwood, with nothing but Chickadees. A rainy visit to the Portage Valley, where we pick up American Dipper, and Wilson's Snipe, along with the ever-present Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Oh, and a Northwestern Crow, a...- veagle
- Post #72
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Our next day in Alaska was a day of transition, moving from the Kenai Penninsula, spending a day and a half in the Girdwood area, on our way to Denali. The plan was to make several stops for birding along the way. We first spent a nice hour hiking the Keen-Eye trail, near Soldatna, where we...- veagle
- Post #71
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
A very exciting day on our Alaska trip, with a flight to Katmai National Park, where we went on a bear-watching expedition. The day started early, as I drove first around the airport area, where I spotted a family of Spruce Grouse, then out to the Homer Spit, where there were many Arctic Terns...- veagle
- Post #70
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
On this day, we drove from Seward, Alaska to Homer, Alaska, birding along the way. Our first significant stop was outside of Kenai, AK, where we followed directions from someone who had posted on eBird to a location where there were a pair of Parasitic Jaegers. Had no trouble finding them, and...- veagle
- Post #69
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
We did a two-day trip out of Seward, Alaska. The first day entailed an hour boat trip to Fox Island in Resurrection Bay. We stayed overnight at a lodge on the island, and birded along the shore, and on a short inland hike. The following day, we boarded a boat taking an all-day tour through...- veagle
- Post #68
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
We drove from Anchorage to Seward. Our first stop was Potter's Marsh, just south of Anchorage, where the highlights included Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Trumpeter Swan. We found American Pipit north of Girdwood, along the mudflats. After...- veagle
- Post #67
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
My wife and I are spending two weeks in Alaska. We got in late last night. Early this morning, I went for a short walk near our hotel in Anchorage, and got 2 lifers. My first Alaskan bird was the Black-billed Magpie. I love traveling!! Later in the morning, we went to Westchester Lagoon...- veagle
- Post #66
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Veagle's 2010 Year List
Well, after last week's excitement, this week was definately going to be anti-climactic. I went down to Deerfield Lake, in the Hills, to see if I could find some good birds, but it was just almost devoid of birds. Seeing a couple of Clark's Nutcrackers kept it from being a total loss. And did...- veagle
- Post #65
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