What do you think your first species of 2012 will be? (1 Viewer)

Tred

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #1

Just for fun, no gambling or anything

I'm guessing mine will be a black-capped chickadee.

 

borealowl47

Darrell Neufeld

• Dec 31, 2011

• #2

Going for some early raisers ,White-throated Sparrows being seen downtown.
But I think the first bird I see will be a House Sparrow.8-P

 

Bird_Bill

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #3

in yard,cardinal probably.Sometimes open back door,tufted titmouse expects a piece of walnut.

 

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fugl

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #4

Probably the same as last year: Canada Geese flying high overhead well before dawn. But since I'll still be in bed at such an early hour, I'll only hear them, not see them.

 

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martin kitching

Obsessed seawatcher

• Dec 31, 2011

• #5

Tawny Owl - as we walk home from our local pub B

cheers
martin

 

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davercox

Dave Cox

Supporter

• Dec 31, 2011

• #6

Herring Gull at five a.m.

 

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MKBirder

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #7

It will either be robin singing before dawn or an early rising carrion crow flying over.

 

Maroon Jay

Airborne

• Dec 31, 2011

• #8

Probably the Great-tailed Grackle; the most common bird here in Yucatan.

 

snowyowl

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #9

Sandhill Cranes - their cries wake us up every morning.

 

Sandra (Taylor)

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• Dec 31, 2011

• #10

Probably a jackdaw

 

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Alcina

Melkorendil

• Dec 31, 2011

• #11

Probably either a crow or a black-headed gull flying over the A!; by the time it's starting to get light enough to record birds I intend to be on the road, heading for that Lesser Scaup in Newcastle (again)!

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Dec 31, 2011

• #12

Probably a European Starling at Chillicothe, Missouri, where I will be getting ready to do a Christmas Bird Count there on January 1, 2012.

 

Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• Dec 31, 2011

• #13

Working 6am until midday tomorrow (should be 12.30 but what the heck - birding is more important )

As it'll be dark as I walk to work tomorrow I reckon my first bird of 2012 will be either a blackbird, jackdaw or robin. I'll go for........blackbird :king:

 

lmans66

Out Birding....

Supporter

• Dec 31, 2011

• #14

Some sort of gull in the distance.... Closer up?... A house sparrow

 

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Cheshire Birder

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• Dec 31, 2011

• #15

Its usually a Robin, so I will go with that.

CB

 

roger1234

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• Dec 31, 2011

• #16

goldfinch

 

Gill Osborne

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2012

• #17

It was a blackbird :t: A lovely male on the cobbles outside our shop at 7.24am.

 

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Cheshire Birder

Well-known member

• Jan 1, 2012

• #18

Cheshire Birder said:

Its usually a Robin, so I will go with that.

CB

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Well it was second!! My first was Magpie this year.

CB

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Jan 2, 2012

• #19

I suggested above that my first 2012 bird would be a European Starling, however it turned out to be an AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

 

Geoff Brown

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• Jan 2, 2012

• #20

Spoonbill at RSPB Frampton Marsh:t: