How is your 2012 List Going? (1 Viewer)

Nightjar61 said:

It's the opposite here Jeff. We're overrun with Red-headed Woodpeckers, mainly because we had a bumper crop of acorns. On a local Christmas Bird Count last month, we smashed the old record for Red-headed Woodpeckers. My group alone had 38, and usually we're lucky to find one or two.
Dave

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Certainly an odd winter, Dave. Here we've been overrun with Harris's Sparrows and Lark Buntings - very unusual species for this area. Plus many more e.g., Spotted, Eastern and Green-tailed Towhees than in any previous year.

Jeff

Wood Pigeon
Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Dunnock
Robin
Goldfinch
Blackbird
Magpie
Collared Dove
Rook
Nuthatch
Canada Goose
Yellowhammer
Rock Dove
Buzzard
Mistle Thrush
Fieldfare
Redwing
Bullfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Marsh Tit
Goldcrest
Black-headed Gull
Pied Wagtail
Green Sandpiper
Teal
Shelduck
Mallard
Shoveler
Pintail
Moorhen
Coal Tit
Chiffchaff
Mute Swan
Coot
Little Grebe
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Wigeon
Greylag Goose
Grey Heron
Stock Dove
Green Woodpecker
Reed Bunting
Linnet
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Cormorant
Whooper Swan
Goosander
Gadwall
Redshank
Pheasant
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Grey Wagtail
Wren
Starling
Raven
Kestrel
Red Kite
Redpoll
Meadow Pipit
Brambling
Lapwing
Ruff
Barnacle Goose
Golden Plover
Egyptian Goose
Skylark
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Bean Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Cetti's Warbler
Mealy Redpoll
Arctic Redpoll
Turnstone
Snow Bunting
Brent Goose
Little Egret
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Avocet
Dunlin
Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Jay
Grey Partridge
Lapland Bunting
Rough-legged Buzzard
Barn Owl
Oystercatcher

100 species so far...

Slow going now. A morning at a local wildlife refuge yesterday was fun but didn't produce any new year birds. Then today I looked out of our front window and saw:
139. Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

101. Peregrine

in Falmouth

Can add up a few more eastern specialities with a birdwatching trip to Bulgaria. The website here http://naturetravel.eu/ suggests that one can see some 150 species of birds for a week in the country including Sombre tit, Paddyfield Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, Ruddy Shelduck, Levant Sparrowhawk, etc

Year list 2012 going well

184 species (BOU) so far. 188 if you split Pale-bellied and Dark-bellied Brent Goose and Black Brant, and Taiga and Tundra Bean Goose, and Siberian Chiffchaff.

Me and three others did a trip round East Anglia and Southern England last week, dipping Mealy Redpoll, Dartford Warbler and Woodlark; but we got most other things. I found the unseasonal Swallow at Helston in Cornwall, and we got the unfortunate Liitle Auk at Tring.

The ten marked * at the bottom were all British lifers for me. I probably won't add anything to this until spring is here - time to concentrate on the patch.

Mute Swan
Bewick’s Swan
Whooper Swan
Bean Goose
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Wigeon
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Red-crested Pochard
Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Eider
Long-tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Surf Scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Ruddy Duck
Red-legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant
Golden Pheasant
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Great Northern Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Fulmar
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Bittern
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Rough-legged Buzzard
Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine
Water Rail
Moorhen
Coot
Crane
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Knot
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Snipe
Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Curlew
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank
Redshank
Turnstone
Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Iceland Gull
Guillemot
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Puffin
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet
Barn Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Kingfisher
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Skylark
Shore Lark
Swallow
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Waxwing
Dipper
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Black Redstart
Stonechat
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Blackcap
Yellow-browed Warbler
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Marsh Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Great Grey Shrike
Jay
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Raven
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Brambling
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Siskin
Linnet
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Lapland Bunting
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Red-breasted Goose*
Bufflehead*
Balearic Shearwater*
Western Sandpiper*
Spotted Sandpiper*
Little Auk*
Richard’s Pipit*
Spanish Sparrow*
Arctic Redpoll*
Dark-eyed Junco*

No time for birding but on my way to work today:
140. Greater Scaup

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

25/01/12 around Falmouth and Swanpool
102. Water Rail
103. Fulmar
104. Shag
105. Black Redstart
106. Mediterranean Gull
107. Stonechat
108. Rock Pipit

28/01/12 around West Cornwall
109. Gannet
110. Kittiwake
111. Razorbill
112. Blackcap
113. Great Northern Diver
114. Black-throated Diver
115. Long-tailed Duck
116. Slavonian Grebe
117. Common Gull
118. Song Thrush
119. Bar-tailed Godwit
120. Grey Plover
121. Swallow
122. Bufflehead

Definitely the earliest Swallow I've had, at Helston sewage works! Nice to get the long staying Bufflehead on this year's list too!

I did get some year birds while I was on a birding trip up to the Duluth, Minnesota area. Too bad I can not add any of these to my "Missouri 2012 Year List"!

American Black Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Thayer's Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Snowy Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Gray Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Boreal Chickadee
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Northern Shrike
Pine Grosbeak
Hoary Redpoll
Common Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill

103 so far

CB

Four more yesterday:
141. Sedge Wren
142. Horned Grebe
143. Herring Gull
144. Semipalmated Plover

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

Having a more leisurely year this year, I have only been on three birding trips and filled in the gaps locally.

Species total so far is 106.

Just got back from a non-birding trip to West Virginia. However, while there, I took two side trips to New Jersey and Ohio to look for Common Chaffinch and Black-tailed Gull, respectively. Painfully, I dipped on both birds, but did see a few new birds for the year.

In the mountains of western Maryland:

106. Common Raven

New Jersey:

107. Black-capped Chickadee
108. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Ashtabula, Ohio:

109. Red-breasted Merganser
110. Great Black-backed Gull
111. Double-crested Cormorant

Dave

Weekends only and mainly local 85 after adding 14 species at the weekend with a little trip to Slimbridge and a very local Black Redstart twitch.

target for end of Feb will be 100+ :t:

One new duck today which I usually don't see until late March or April, but because we've had such a mild winter and all the water is open, I wasn't surprised to find one.

112. Wood Duck

Dave

Sorely behind on my list, I've been caught up in the whirlwind that is life.

Drive around the reservoir yesterday yielded me a distant but HUGE raft of:
45. Redhead

I managed to pick up a couple more birds for my 2012 Missouri List today around my regular stomping grounds.

86. Western Meadowlark, around 20 of them singing up a storm. It was a balmy 64 degrees F today, so I guess they thought spring was on the way!

87. Carolina Wren, Bluff Woods Conservation Area, Halls, Missouri (just south of Saint Joseph, Missouri).

Today I (with three birding friends) observed 48 species of birds in various areas in the vicinity of Saint Joseph, Missouri at some of my favorites spots.

I added three birds to my 2012 Missouri List:

88. American Robin (finally), around Lake Contrary
89. American White Pelican, on Lake Contrary
90. Winter Wren, at Bluff Woods Conservation Area

Larry Lade said:

Today I (with three birding friends) observed 48 species of birds in various areas in the vicinity of Saint Joseph, Missouri at some of my favorites spots.

I added three birds to my 2012 Missouri List:

88. American Robin (finally), around Lake Contrary
89. American White Pelican, on Lake Contrary
90. Winter Wren, at Bluff Woods Conservation Area

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Glad to see you got the Robin at last, Larry. I'm still missing Hermit Thrush. On a happier note, though, we still have a Rufous Hummingbird in our yard.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

101 species to the end of january