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Garden (Yard) List 2012 (1 Viewer)

Labanoras.

Continuing arrivals at Labanoras my second Black Stork of the week, plus Marsh Harrier quartering the meadows. Also fly-over Goosander and, after much scanning, a Common Gull with the roving Black-headed Gulls. Better still, three fly-by Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a new species for my land (not very common inland in Lithuania). Also of note, three pairs of House Sparrows in my stork nest, not a species I see in abundance (Tree Sparrows usually occuppy the stork nest)


62. Goosander
63. Marsh Harrier
64. Common Gull
65. Lesser Black-backed Gull
66. White Wagtail
67. Redwing
68. Chiffchaff
69. House Sparrow
70. Hawfinch



Vilnius.


Still good in the garden -eleven Hawfinches at the window feeders, plus Crested Tit et al. Overhead Marsh Harrier is a good record (despite breeding a few hundred metres away). If I chopped down all the pines, I might be able to add Black-necked Grebe, a nice pair on a lake just beyond.

35. Marsh Harrier
36. Black Redstart
37. Goldfinch
 
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PS come on Halftwo, up your ante, you're trailing by one ;)

That said, I reckon you're in with a good stab to get the crown back this week.
 
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To help Jane along here is my full list ...
1. Great Crested Grebe
2. Slavonian Grebe
3. Little Grebe
4. Gannet
5. Cormorant
6. Heron
7. Mute Swan
8. Whooper Swan
9. Greylag Goose
10. Pink-footed Goose
11. White-fronted Goose
12. Barnacle Goose
13. Brent Goose
14. Shelduck
15. Mallard
16. Gadwall
17. Wigeon
18. Pintail
19. Teal
20. Shoveler
21. Tufted Duck
22. Goldeneye
23. Long-tailed Duck
24. Eider
25. Common scoter
26. Red-breasted merganser
27. Goosander
28. Smew
29. Buzzard
30. Sparrowhawk
31. Osprey
32. Kestrel
33. Peregrine
34. Merlin
35. Pheasant
36. Oystercatcher
37. Lapwing
38. Grey Plover
39. Golden Plover
40. Dunlin
41. Knot
42. Curlew
43. Black-tailed Godwit
44. Bar-tailed Godwit
45. Redshank
46. Greenshank
47. Spotted Redshank
48. Great Black-backed Gull
49. Lesser Black-backed Gull
50. Herring Gull
51. Common Gull
52. Black-headed Gull
53. Wood Pigeon
54. Feral Pigeon
55. Stock Dove
56. Collared Dove
57. Great Spotted Woodpecker
58. Skylark
59. Meadow Pipit
60. Rock Pipit
61. Grey Wagtail
62. Pied Wagtail
63. Swallow
64. Wren
65. Dunnock
66. Robin
67. Blackbird
68. Song Thrush
69. Redwing
70. Chiffchaff
71. Goldcrest
72. Great Grey Shrike
73. Starling
74. Carrion Crow
75. Rook
76. Jackdaw
77. Magpie
78. Blue Tit
79. Great Tit
80. Coal Tit
81. Long-tailed Tit
82. Treecreeper
83. House Sparrow
84. Tree Sparrow
85. Chaffinch
86. Greenfinch
87. Siskin
88. Goldfinch
89. Linnet
90. Yellowhammer

Rob
 
51 - Oystercatcher
52 - Great Spotted Woodpecker
53 - Chiffchaff

Still going pretty slow here, hopefully in the next couple of weeks should see a few more migrants moving through, might take a quick look now see if i can bag myself a swallow...
 
A loud screeching out the back this morning in the trees that are normally so disappointing for birds in general was undeniably a female Australian Koel, which popped into view after a few minutes just to dispel any doubt, not that there was any.

I saw quite a few Koels around my place last year and they tend to come in groups. This one appeared to be alone however and represented my fifth Cuckoo species of the year.

81) Australian Koel.
 
Manx Shearwater, Puffin, Razorbill, Fulmar (and finding that I'd not counted Skylark,) means that I've just cracked 100.

If I'd not had to go out I may well have smashed all the county's record Auk counts too. I reckon 3-5000 might have been present, though I only had time to count 1350. 2 hours after the peak passage there were still birds everywhere,including a flock of 45!
 
Manx Shearwater, Puffin, Razorbill, Fulmar (and finding that I'd not counted Skylark,) means that I've just cracked 100.

If I'd not had to go out I may well have smashed all the county's record Auk counts too. I reckon 3-5000 might have been present, though I only had time to count 1350. 2 hours after the peak passage there were still birds everywhere,including a flock of 45!


Excellent!

Note to Halftwo: Think your Hobbies may be on the way. Saw two down on the levels yesterday afternoon hawking insects in the sunshine.
 
Still two Redpolls left on the feeders!..my third grdn.Swallow of the year..flicking over the chimney pots in a NW direction, and an extremely rare visitation..a pair of Starlings ran their slide rule over the house before doing a sharp exit! (first for a couple of years)..still waiting for the dam to burst. :smoke:
 
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My yard list total so far for 2012 (missing a few common ones, but hopefully I will get those later):

1) Snow Goose
2) Canada Goose
3) Wood Duck
4) American Black Duck
5) Mallard
6) Blue-winged Teal
7) Northern Pintail
8) Common Merganser
9) Ruffed Grouse
10) Wild Turkey
11) Common Loon
12) Double-crested Cormorant
13) Great Blue Heron
14) Great Egret
15) Turkey Vulture
16) Osprey
17) Northern Harrier
18) Sharp-shinned Hawk
19) Cooper's Hawk
20) Northern Goshawk
21) Red-shouldered Hawk
22) Broad-winged Hawk
23) Red-tailed Hawk
24) Rough-legged Hawk
25) American Kestrel
26) Merlin
27) Killdeer
28) Ring-billed Gull
29) Herring Gull
30) Rock Pigeon
31) Mourning Dove
32) Barred Owl
33) Belted Kingfisher
34) Red-bellied Woodpecker
35) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
36) Downy Woodpecker
37) Hairy Woodpecker
38) Northern Flicker
39) Pileated Woodpecker
40) Eastern Phoebe
41) Blue Jay
42) American Crow
43) Common Raven
44) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
45) Purple Martin
46) Tree Swallow
47) Barn Swallow
48) Black-capped Chickadee
49) Tufted Titmouse
50) White-breasted Nuthatch
51) Brown Creeper
52) Winter Wren
53) Golden-crowned Kinglet
54) Ruby-crowned Kinglet
55) Eastern Bluebird
56) Hermit Thrush
57) American Robin
58) European Starling
59) Pine Warbler
60) Yellow-rumped Warbler
61) American Tree Sparrow
62) Chipping Sparrow
63) Song Sparrow
64) White-throated Sparrow
65) Dark-eyed Junco
66) Red-winged Blackbird
67) Rusty Blackbird
68) Common Grackle
69) Brown-headed Cowbird
70) Purple Finch
71) House Finch
72) Pine Siskin
73) American Goldfinch
 
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Jane, have you got a Firecrest in your list

we had one in our back garden in Feb and early March - not seen it since - not sure why
 

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Two hours of SW winds and grey...with nowt to lift the gloom...until a North bound subbuteo appeared with customary zoom!...No.61
 
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