B.C. Birder
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I'm up to over 40 now. Saw some Cinnamon and Blue Winged Teals, I was happy about that.
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Oh, the video didn't open for me. I' surprised it's the first in nearly 200 years. Who even noticed it back then?
I had two interesting sightings today: one was a Turkey Vulture flying over my area, which is very uncommon, and the second was the news that the Song Sparrows at my school bred... kind of. Not their own offspring though. Yup, one of the parents SOSPs had a cowbird in tow. Oh dear.
Hey is anyone doing anything over the summer? So far it seems that my family and I are going to go on our summer vacation to Nova Scotia in August. Some very nice birds up there!
TUVUs are uncommon for you??? I didn't know that they were in NY, hmmm. Believe me, we have enough here, which equals good clean-up. 8-P I just saw an Eastern Kingbird mobbing one on Sunday.
I don't have any major plans for the summer, but lots of plans for the Fall, and hopefully next spring (WSB).
Sounds like the song of a Western Wood-pewee. The Hammond's has a three part song.
Don't expect to see me much these days guys! Major testing from here to the 20th, and I head westward on the 24th. I'll update on the trip when I get connection though!! Wish me luck! Soaring onward!
Helloooooooo everyone! ive been having a great time in germany birding and just found a computer with internet connection so i thought id email yall to tell yall how im doing. im not getting as many new birds as i expected, but its still alot. so far (not my complete european list, but just my new lifers), i have 26 birds. i need to go get my notebook out of my hotel room so i can email the complete list, cuz its not at the top of my head. today my dad is taking me up a cable car to the alpine in one of the mountains (we're in the bavarian alps) and theres hiking trails and birding spots. i really would like to see the wallcreeper, like a cross between a nuthatch and a hoopoe that lives on high altitude cliffs. the only alpine birds i have so far are alpine chough and dunnock. the common birds around the hotel im staying at are black redstart, common blackbird, carrion crow, white wagtail, and great tit (funny name). ill post later, seeya round!
-David
Cool list! Don't get your hoopoes up for Wallcreeper though - many people go mad trying to find them, even on bird tours.
well, i did go to the alpine yesterday, and took a cable car up to it. the ride lasted about 7 minutes. my dad and i hiked up about 1000 feet and we had to turn back because we were running out of time. at the base of the cable car station i saw a bird that i thought was a spotted flycatcher. it had a barn swallow like nest and wen it was resting on its perch it would fan its wings and tail in and out momentarily every so often. is this behavior of a spotted flycatcher? anyways, i also saw a pipit like bird i didnt id (yet) but i got good notes oon it. i also got white winged snowfinch and gues what!!!!!!!!!!!! i did get wallcreeper. there was also another older birder there who had seen two of them that day so both of us were lucky. my dad even saw it! then on our way down the mountain we realized the cable car was closed already! we had to walk down the mountain all the way back to town. the first hour on the way down i saw two lifers, eurasian creeper and ring ouzel. i also heard a cuckoo but didnt see it by then it was about 4:30 afternoon and as it does almost everyday in bavaria, it started raining. not very hard, just sprinkling. then in about 30 minutes it was absoloutly pouring. i had to put up my papers, guide, and binocs in my pack. in an hour my dad and i were completely soaked through and we had to walk slowly because it was so steep and muddy and slippery. at nine o clock at night we finally got down from the mountain, but in a completely different city with some german name. all the people had ponchos and umbrellas, and were looking at us like we were street living hobos becase we were covered in mud, dirt, tree sap, and water. luckily, my dad got directions to garmisch-partenkirchen (the town we were staying at) and it took us only about 45 minutes to get there. today my back and legs are completely sore, my field guide is soaked, my dads digital camera isnt working, but luckily my notes are fine and my binocs were waterproof. at least i got 6 lifers. it was defenitely worth it!