madamcoolpix
a.k.a. Madam Butterfly
I don't know how many times in my life I've seen a Goshawk but it's still not in my life list because I'm not 100% it was: too far away, bad light, a glimpse... Quite frustrating!!! :-C
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Birds you've seen, but not 'properly' (1 Viewer)
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MSA
I may be relaxed but I'm not drunk....
I now feel guilty and lucky, in equal measure!
merryslug
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Inca Doves - went to South America a couple of years ago and I'm sure they were everywhere. But not being a birder yet I was uninterested in "common" doves and never technically noticed or took a photo.
Brown noddy - same as above
Galapagos Hawk - this one ticks me off. At the end of our tour, our guide is listing all the animals we've seen. "Oh yeah, remember when we were at X island and there were birds flying around? Some of those were Galapags Hawks." Really dude? I can't count that! Maybe the time to mention it was then...?
Orioles - We had the occasional visit from these at our backyard birdfeeder where I grew up. I only wish I'd paid more attention....
Brown noddy - same as above
Galapagos Hawk - this one ticks me off. At the end of our tour, our guide is listing all the animals we've seen. "Oh yeah, remember when we were at X island and there were birds flying around? Some of those were Galapags Hawks." Really dude? I can't count that! Maybe the time to mention it was then...?
Orioles - We had the occasional visit from these at our backyard birdfeeder where I grew up. I only wish I'd paid more attention....
bongofury
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Just to clarify, in case my reputation has taken a beating, my comment regarding Nutcrackers most definitiely needs a |;| after it! There was a thread in the Rarities forum which lead to that comment being made. Reputation restored:king:
bongofury
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I'm available for weddings, engagement parties and Bar Mitzvahs:t:
Allen S. Moore
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Allen S. Moore
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I like the pun of your reputation taking a beating.
It sounds like your nutcrackers are a bit like fieldfares in Cornwall in September.
Allen
bongofury
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Oh no, they're much more amazing than that. There's around 30 of them where I live. I got a really good close-up of one:
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chowchilla
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That's a Spotted Crake isn't it?
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
gandytron
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my only parrot xbill experience was to see a group fly away as I walked up to the birders watching them - they called as they went, but they never got ticked.
I've had a couple of skulkers that I have had to form a "composite mental picture" of - after seeing the whole bird in fractions (!) - Marmora's Warbler (St Abbs) and Bornean Ground-cuckoo.
Oh, and UTV's of Blue-banded Pitta hurt (a lot).
I've had a couple of skulkers that I have had to form a "composite mental picture" of - after seeing the whole bird in fractions (!) - Marmora's Warbler (St Abbs) and Bornean Ground-cuckoo.
Oh, and UTV's of Blue-banded Pitta hurt (a lot).
chowchilla
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Of course; I should have guessed! Those wing formulas get me every time!wrong tertial spacing Chowie
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
There have been a few over the years that I've eventually decided just have to go :-C. Most recently decided to sling out my crap views of what had to be a Dupont's Lark. Hours of fun looking for one of those again then. Not.:C
south banker
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i travel around lincolnshire and never seen a woodpecker of any kind but would love to..people say they have them in their gardens not fair!
I don't want to take this thread of on a tangent, but for those who have mentioned heard only birds, take a look at This thread and several answers including my own at post 34.
Niels
Niels
chowchilla
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Just to rub it in; when I lived in Kent, I saw all three British species from my bed!
bongofury
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Its a fair point. I suppose from my point of view, my inexperience is even greater with bird song than it is from a sighting. When I see (typically a warbler) I have to record its song, return home and get some CDs out. The sighting of it at least gives me a starting point.
Having said that, I have heard a Cuckoo, but never seen one. Its not on my list...annoyingly!
