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Welsh Peregrine
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davercox gets six points, but Reuven_M got the country right first so one point for him.
Scoreboard:
Peter C.: 12
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
Larry Lade: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Reuven_M: 1
Here is one of my own checklists for a location I surveyed in the summer of 2010...
Date of Observation: July 20th, 2010
# of species: 39
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 56
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 96
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 15
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 15
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 52
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 9
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 15
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 74
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 14
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 9
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) 24
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 6
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 5
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 5
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 2
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 37
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 12
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 11
Sanderling (Calidris alba) 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 2
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 80
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 10
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 25
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) 20
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 3
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 8
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 3
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 185
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 18
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 15
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 1
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 12
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) 6
Carlos
Scoreboard:
Peter C.: 12
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
Larry Lade: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Reuven_M: 1
Here is one of my own checklists for a location I surveyed in the summer of 2010...
Date of Observation: July 20th, 2010
# of species: 39
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) 56
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 96
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 15
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 15
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 52
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) 9
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) 15
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) 74
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) 14
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 9
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) 24
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 6
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 5
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 5
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 2
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Willet (Tringa semipalmata) 37
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1
Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) 12
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) 11
Sanderling (Calidris alba) 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 2
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 80
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 10
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) 25
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 1
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) 20
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 3
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 8
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 3
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) 185
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 18
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) 15
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) 1
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 4
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 12
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) 6
Carlos
Larry Lade
Moderator
Texas
Larry Lade: yes, it is in Texas... +3 pts for you. Any takers for narrowing it down?
The big hints on this list are the large number of shorebirds and terns, presence of Laughing Gull and Brown Pelican in large numbers, and presence Horned Lark (in summer!). It is a very well known shorebird hotspot.
Carlos
The big hints on this list are the large number of shorebirds and terns, presence of Laughing Gull and Brown Pelican in large numbers, and presence Horned Lark (in summer!). It is a very well known shorebird hotspot.
Carlos
Scoreboard:
Peter C.: 12
Larry Lade: 9
Reuven_M: 7
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Bit of a long list!
Date of Observation: July 10, 2011
# of species: 84
8 Egyptian Goose
2 Yellow-billed Duck
6 Helmeted Guineafowl
6 Hildebrandt's Francolin
75 Little Grebe
1530 Greater Flamingo
150300 Lesser Flamingo
2 Saddle-billed Stork
2 Marabou Stork
70 Yellow-billed Stork
5000 Great White Pelican
2 Pink-backed Pelican
25 Hamerkop
1 Black-headed Heron
2 Great Egret
50 Cattle Egret
2 Sacred Ibis
3 Hadada Ibis
5 African Spoonbill
3 Augur Buzzard
2 Tawny Eagle
2 Long-crested Eagle
3 Blacksmith Plover
18 Crowned Lapwing
1 Kittlitz's Plover
45 Black-winged Stilt
5 Common Greenshank
50 Gray-hooded Gull
15 White-winged Tern
100 Whiskered Tern
3 Red-eyed Dove
4 Ring-necked Dove
3 Red-chested Cuckoo
3 Black Cuckoo
1 African Cuckoo
1 Klaas's Cuckoo
1 White-browed Coucal
1 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
2 Nyanza Swift
1 Speckled Mousebird
3 Pied Kingfisher
1 Broad-billed Roller
3 Eurasian Hoopoe
5 Green Woodhoopoe
1 Scaly-throated Honeyguide
1 Nubian Woodpecker
9 Gray-crested Helmetshrike
1 Brown-crowned Tchagra
1 Gray-headed Bushshrike
1 Black Cuckoo-shrike
5 Gray-backed Fiscal
2 African Black-headed Oriole
9 Fork-tailed Drongo
1 African Paradise-Flycatcher
1 Rufous-naped Lark
1 Red-capped Lark
2 Rock Martin
1 Barn Swallow
1 Wire-tailed Swallow
16 Red-rumped Swallow
1 Mosque Swallow
3 Black Sawwing
1 White-bellied Tit
1 Common Bulbul
1 Green-backed Camaroptera
8 Rattling Cisticola
5 Arrow-marked Babbler
1 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
15 Northern Anteater-Chat
5 Mocking Cliff-Chat
1 Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
6 Superb Starling
2 Red-billed Oxpecker
3 Scarlet-chested Sunbird
2 Plain-backed Pipit
1 Yellow-throated Longclaw
1 Golden-breasted Bunting
2 Kenya Rufous Sparrow
1 Parrot-billed Sparrow
3 Red-headed Weaver
1 Long-tailed Widowbird
8 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
1 Purple Grenadier
2 Pin-tailed Whydah
Carlos
Peter C.: 12
Larry Lade: 9
Reuven_M: 7
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Bit of a long list!
Date of Observation: July 10, 2011
# of species: 84
8 Egyptian Goose
2 Yellow-billed Duck
6 Helmeted Guineafowl
6 Hildebrandt's Francolin
75 Little Grebe
1530 Greater Flamingo
150300 Lesser Flamingo
2 Saddle-billed Stork
2 Marabou Stork
70 Yellow-billed Stork
5000 Great White Pelican
2 Pink-backed Pelican
25 Hamerkop
1 Black-headed Heron
2 Great Egret
50 Cattle Egret
2 Sacred Ibis
3 Hadada Ibis
5 African Spoonbill
3 Augur Buzzard
2 Tawny Eagle
2 Long-crested Eagle
3 Blacksmith Plover
18 Crowned Lapwing
1 Kittlitz's Plover
45 Black-winged Stilt
5 Common Greenshank
50 Gray-hooded Gull
15 White-winged Tern
100 Whiskered Tern
3 Red-eyed Dove
4 Ring-necked Dove
3 Red-chested Cuckoo
3 Black Cuckoo
1 African Cuckoo
1 Klaas's Cuckoo
1 White-browed Coucal
1 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
2 Nyanza Swift
1 Speckled Mousebird
3 Pied Kingfisher
1 Broad-billed Roller
3 Eurasian Hoopoe
5 Green Woodhoopoe
1 Scaly-throated Honeyguide
1 Nubian Woodpecker
9 Gray-crested Helmetshrike
1 Brown-crowned Tchagra
1 Gray-headed Bushshrike
1 Black Cuckoo-shrike
5 Gray-backed Fiscal
2 African Black-headed Oriole
9 Fork-tailed Drongo
1 African Paradise-Flycatcher
1 Rufous-naped Lark
1 Red-capped Lark
2 Rock Martin
1 Barn Swallow
1 Wire-tailed Swallow
16 Red-rumped Swallow
1 Mosque Swallow
3 Black Sawwing
1 White-bellied Tit
1 Common Bulbul
1 Green-backed Camaroptera
8 Rattling Cisticola
5 Arrow-marked Babbler
1 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
15 Northern Anteater-Chat
5 Mocking Cliff-Chat
1 Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
6 Superb Starling
2 Red-billed Oxpecker
3 Scarlet-chested Sunbird
2 Plain-backed Pipit
1 Yellow-throated Longclaw
1 Golden-breasted Bunting
2 Kenya Rufous Sparrow
1 Parrot-billed Sparrow
3 Red-headed Weaver
1 Long-tailed Widowbird
8 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
1 Purple Grenadier
2 Pin-tailed Whydah
Carlos
Larry Lade
Moderator
Africa, Kenya
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Have to agree with that - wow, what a list! And with that many Flamingoes ... I think I'd narrow it down to Lake Nakuru N.P. in Kenya.
Larry Lade
Moderator
Peter, I was also thinking that Nakuru would be a good answer for that list!
Welsh Peregrine
Well-known member
I'm also thinking Nakuru based on flamingo numbers.
Larry got the correct country (+1 pts) and Peter C. got the correct location (+6 pts).
Scoreboard:
Peter C.: 18
Larry Lade: 10
Reuven_M: 7
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Date of Observation: July 26, 2009
# of species: 16
1 Northern Giant-Petrel
5 Providence Petrel
20 Fluttering Shearwater
3 Hutton’s Shearwater
2 Wandering Albatross
30 Black-browed Albatross
1 Grey-headed Albatross
3 Shy Albatross
2 White-capped Albatross
25 Yellow-nosed Albatross
15 Australasian Gannet
5 Australian Pelican
20 Silver Gull
25 Crested Tern
5 White-fronted Tern
3 Brown Skua
Carlos
Scoreboard:
Peter C.: 18
Larry Lade: 10
Reuven_M: 7
The Falcon: 7
Welsh Peregrine: 6
davercox: 6
ClarkWGriswold: 1
Cee Jay: 1
Date of Observation: July 26, 2009
# of species: 16
1 Northern Giant-Petrel
5 Providence Petrel
20 Fluttering Shearwater
3 Hutton’s Shearwater
2 Wandering Albatross
30 Black-browed Albatross
1 Grey-headed Albatross
3 Shy Albatross
2 White-capped Albatross
25 Yellow-nosed Albatross
15 Australasian Gannet
5 Australian Pelican
20 Silver Gull
25 Crested Tern
5 White-fronted Tern
3 Brown Skua
Carlos
scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
off woollongong?
Chris p
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