How is your 2011 List Going? (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Dec 1, 2011

• #541

This morning I birded around Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri and found four (4) late LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, in with some Swamp, Song, American Tree and Harris's Sparrows.

The Lincoln's are usually gone from our area after the first week in November!

 

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JeffMoh

Well-known member

• Dec 2, 2011

• #542

Larry Lade said:

This morning I birded around Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri and found four (4) late LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, in with some Swamp, Song, American Tree and Harris's Sparrows.

The Lincoln's are usually gone from our area after the first week in November!

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It certainly is an odd year, Larry. Here we usually get only the odd individual of species such as Harris's Sparrow but this year we're seeing flocks of 20+. We're also getting birds that virtually never come to our area, such as Say's Phoebe and Lark Bunting.

323. Lark Bunting

Jeff

 

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Northern123

Well-known member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #543

4 days in North Norfolk:

187) Western sandpiper
188) Green-winged teal
189) Shag
190) Yellow-browed warbler
191) Long-tailed duck
192) Meally redpoll
193) Rough-legged buzzard
194) Razorbill
195) Velvet scoter
196) Snow bunting
197) White-fronted goose
198) Bean goose
199) Short-eared owl
200) Common crane
201) Little auk
202) Merlin

 

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JeffMoh

Well-known member

• Dec 8, 2011

• #544

324. Spotted Towhee

A rare bird for our area and it takes my Harris County list to 250.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

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JeffMoh

Well-known member

• Dec 9, 2011

• #545

JeffMoh said:

324. Spotted Towhee
A rare bird for our area and it takes my Harris County list to 250.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

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Damn! Back down to 323 species - I forgot I already counted a Spotted Towhee that I saw in Arizona.

Jeff

 

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Larry Lade

Moderator

• Dec 9, 2011

• #546

Well, Brenda and I made it down to Smithville Lake, Smithville Missouri today in our quest for a Snowy Owl. Success times three (3)! We saw two immature females and one immature male.

262. Snowy Owl

 

Nightjar61

David Daniels

• Dec 11, 2011

• #547

Chased a rare western bird that has been seen in Indiana only a handful of times. I saw my target, so I'm up to 529 for the year. It was also a state lifer (number 308), my sixth of the year.

529. Say's Phoebe

Dave

 

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JeffMoh

Well-known member

• Dec 12, 2011

• #548

Larry Lade said:

Well, Brenda and I made it down to Smithville Lake, Smithville Missouri today in our quest for a Snowy Owl. Success times three (3)! We saw two immature females and one immature male.
262. Snowy Owl

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Wow! That's a bird I'd really love to see. I'd heard it is a good year for them in several states.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

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JeffMoh

Well-known member

• Dec 15, 2011

• #549

End of Year

324. Greater White-fronted Goose

I'm glad I finally broke the 300 barrier. (Last year I ended with 299!) Maybe next year I'll try for 300 in Texas; this year I reached 279 and that's after missing quite a lot of common residents and migrants.

BTW, I'm even more glad that I got my local county (Harris) year list to over 200 (203). Of course, I wouldn't have managed this if the current drought hadn't pushed all sorts of uncommon birds into our area.

That's probably it for me for this year, since next week we're flying to the UK for Christmas. I'll no doubt see some birds there but I don't keep a British or world list.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

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Northern123

Well-known member

• Dec 26, 2011

• #550

203) Slavonian grebe
204) Purple sandpiper
205) Goosander
206) Ring-necked duck

 

Nightjar61

David Daniels

• Dec 31, 2011

• #551

Just got back from the Delaware coast, where I added four birds to my Year List, which is now up to 533.

530. Northern Gannet
531. Purple Sandpiper
532. Common Eider
533. Great Cormorant

The gannet and cormorant were ABA Area lifers, numbers 637 and 638, respectively.

Dave

 

Nightjar61

David Daniels

• Dec 31, 2011

• #552

What a way to end the year. I just got back from seeing Indiana's first record of Calliope Hummingbird. It has been coming to a feeder since August, but has been brought to the attention of birders only about a week or so ago. The homeowners graciously allow birders to look for the bird in their backyard as it comes to a heated feeder.

534. Calliope Hummingbird

This bird was a lifer for me (number 2542), as well as an ABA Area lifer (number 639, and my third in five days), and an Indiana state lifer (number 309).

Hopefully it will stick around for a few days so I can add it to my 2012 Year List.

Dave