[KenM]

Originally Posted by dantheman

Sometimes I'm glad you're on the forum Ken

Only sometimes?.......There but for the grace of god go I.....

[dantheman]

Originally Posted by KenM

Only sometimes?.......There but for the grace of god go I.....

You're ahead of me and quite possibly now leading the 'Championship Garden/Yard Bird Spotting' Table ...

(Race for promotion to the Premiership isn't quite over yet, mind)






Just kidding ... not sometimes - almost always ... Better?

[Larry Lade]

* Note: currently 476 posts by 22 participants to this thread.

[KenM]

Originally Posted by dantheman

You're ahead of me and quite possibly now leading the 'Championship Garden/Yard Bird Spotting' Table ...

(Race for promotion to the Premiership isn't quite over yet, mind)

Just kidding ... not sometimes - almost always ... Better?

Yes that's a lot better now

Half two...I believe is in pole position (on the non-coastal..UK landlubbers list)...I'm somewhat behind..and I'm sure there will be some ''jockey-ing'' along the way...Chowchilla and Jos are a couple of dark horses to watch out for..to name but two..with a whole bunch of wannabees (self included) destined to miss the rostrum!...Judging by your performance so far..your definitely taking it seriously..I mean standing on your chimney pot for hours on end..trying to get Herring gull c2miles distant speaks for itself!

[Jane Turner]

Originally Posted by dantheman

So what are we on?

What was bird No. 250??

What were the new birds since you put the original list up???



So many questions ...

Cheers!

I've not updated since #443. Cedar Waxing was the last I counted at 247. I'll catch up in the morning.

[knotsbirder]

Has anybody had Stock Dove yet Jane?

Sam

[KenM]

Originally Posted by knotsbirder

Has anybody had Stock Dove yet Jane?

Sam

Yes..daily.

cheers

[knotsbirder]

Thats alright then, I get them daily too!

Sam

[Jane Turner]

Originally Posted by knotsbirder

Has anybody had Stock Dove yet Jane?

Sam

7 people so far, but not me!

[Jane Turner]

The 250 species was Common Crane.

The current list (ordered by most seen)

House Sparrow
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Starling
Black-billed Magpie
Blackbird
Greenfinch
Robin
Dunnock
Chaffinch
Sparrowhawk
Goldfinch
Carrion Crow
Song Thrush
woodpigeon
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Winter Wren
Collared Dove
Long-tailed Tit
Pied Wagtail
Bullfinch
Jackdaw
Buzzard
Rook
Grey Heron
Great Cormorant
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mallard
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Jay
Common Gull
Raven
Tawny Owl
Great spotted Woodpecker
Lapwing
Tree Sparrow
Common Kestrel
Little Egret
Fieldfare
Eurasian Nuthatch
Siskin
Stock Dove
Peregrine
Pheasant
Blackcap
Goldcrest
Grey Wagtail
Skylark
Coal Tit
Green Woodpecker
Shelduck
Eurasian Curlew
Common Teal
Meadow Pipit
Lesser Redpoll
Redshank
Marsh Tit
Yellowhammer
Moorhen
Linnet
Greylag Goose
White-fronted Goose
Brent Goose
Tufted Duck
Goosander
Chiffchaff
Reed Bunting
Bar-tailed Godwit
Grey Plover
Dunlin
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
Blue Jay
Oystercatcher
Red-breasted Merganser
Eurasian Wigeon
Middle-spotted Woodpecker
Long-tailed Duck
Pink-footed Goose
Little Grebe
Brambling
Common Snipe
Common Redpoll
Canada Goose
Golden Plover
Great-crested Grebe
Mute Swan
Greenshank
Great Grey Shrike
Yellow-legged Gull
Whooper Swan
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Snow Goose
Red Kite
Ross' Goose
Australian Hobby.
Peaceful Dove.
Common Crossbill
Red Knot
Kittiwake
Common Scoter
Northern Flicker
Rainbow Beeeater
Coot
American Kestrel
Velvet Scoter
Scaup
Goldeneye
Ringed Plover
Channel-billed cuckoo
Silver Gull
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Orange-footed Scrub Fowl.
Laughing Kookaburra.
Helmeted Friarbird.
Fig Parrot
Yellow Oriole.
Rainbow Lorikeet.
Magpie Lark.
Common Mynah.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet.
Brown Honeyeater.
Figbird.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
Metallic Starling.
Yellow-bellied Sunbird.
Mistletoebird.
Spangled Drongo.
Pied Imperial Pigeon.
Black Butcherbird.
White-rumped Swiftlet.
Yellow Honeyeater.
Spice Finch.
Red-throated Diver
Yellow spotted honeyeater
Mourning Dove
White-throated Sparrow
Ring-necked Parakeet
Cicadabird
White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike
Spotted Turtle Dove
Little Bronze Cuckoo
White-throated Honeyeater
Fork-tailed Swift
Fairy Gerygone
Willy Wagtail
White-breasted Woodswallow
Emerald Dove
Black-necked Grebe
Guillemot
Spectacled Monarch
Welcome Swallow
Hooded Crow
Treecreeper
Australian White Ibis
Little Black Cormorant
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Crested Tit
dusky honeyeater
Shag
Cirl Bunting
Bush Stone-Curlew
Buff-banded rail
Australian Brush Turkey
Straw-necked Ibis
Brush Cuckoo
Black Bittern
Varied Triller
Common Sandpiper
Mediterranean Gull
Forest Kingfisher
Australian Goshawk
Common Eider
Spotted Redshank
Rock Pipit
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Hawfinch
Crimson Finch
Osprey
Intermediate Egret
Grey Goshawk
Pale-vented Bush Hen
Pintail
Slavonian Grebe
Shoveler
House Finch
American Crow
Willow Tit
Goshawk
woodcock
American Robin
Masked Lapwing
Tufted Titmouse
Red-necked Crake
Graceful Honeyeater
Sandwich Tern
Lovely Fairy Wren
Dollarbird
Black-tailed Godwit
Barnacle Goose
Firecrest
Black Kite
Hen Harrier
Royal Spoonbill
Grey Partridge
Gannet
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Black Redstart
Mandarin Duck
Serin
Black Stork
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo
Magpie Goose
Smew
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Brown Cuckoo-Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Black-faced Monarch
Lesser Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Kildeer
American Herring Gull
Horned Lark
Bewicks Swan
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Siskin
Stonechat
Eastern Bluebird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Northern Wheatear
Sand Martin
Little Gull
Cedar Waxwing
Torresian Crow
White-tailed Eagle
Common Crane
Oriental Cuckoo
Song Sparrow
Green Sandpiper
Merlin
Turnstone
Red-legged Partridge

[Jane Turner]

I've added Rook, Lesser Redpoll and Blackcap this morning.

84/49/26

[chowchilla]

I think I can add a few to that list.

The rainy season took a breather about two days ago and the weather markedly improved. I swear I even saw the sun yesterday!

With better conditions for both myself and the birds, I was quietly confident of adding something over the weekend as dawn saw me out front as per usual: first up was a real cracker; a Rose-crowned Fruit Dove flying West in exactly the same direction as the Brown Cuckoo Dove the other day. Unlikely to be heading to the same fruiting tree which has probably gone over by now (when's my Big Fig going to produce something?)

Up in my study with the fan off and the window open I scanned the distant trees and strained my ears. Was that a White-eared Monarch I just heard? It didn't call again. Damn! Couldn't be sure on that one... What I did eventually hear however was the distant but unmistakeable strains of a Blue-winged Kookaburra from the direction of the Lakes. Now I was under the impression when I first came to Aus that this was a dry country bird. Indeed it usually is, but it serves as a typical example of how nomadic many Aussie birds are. I reckon I've seen a couple of dozen in the last five years just in Cairns and especially at Centenary Lakes. They are every bit as loud as their Laughing cousins but sound very different.

Scanning the distant paperbarks and surrounding sky eventually produced the goods as well: a Glossy Ibis flying North East; possibly heading for Cattana Wetlands as it didn't lose height as it flew over the Lakes. Still several 'regulars' missing - now that the weather has improved there must be better prospects of Kites and Eagles for example. We'll see...

74) Rose-crowned Fruit Dove.
75) Blue-winged Kookaburra.
76) Glossy Ibis.

[Jos Stratford]

Most lakes still frozen solid, but early migrants continuing to pour in. On my land, a singing Woodlark, three pairs of Crane now in residence, Chaffinches streaming north, skeins of White-fronted Geese overhead and a number of migrants arriving in the forest, eg Wren, Song Thrush. After the White-tailed Eagles and Goshawk of last week, raptors again puty in a good show - first a male Hen Harrier, a species I don't see every year on my land, then a female half an hour later, followed by another Goshawk.


42. White-fronted Goose
43. Hen Harrier
44. Black-headed Gull
45. Wood Pigeon
46. Woodlark
47. Wren
48. Song Thrush


Almost certainly the Three-toed Woodpecker has now moved on, I ventured out onto the ice to explore the swamp forests, probably the last weekend it is safe to do so before the ice gives way.

[Cheshire Birder]

Another easy garden tick today - Buzzard

CB

[chowchilla]

I was unable to repeat yesterday's effort with more today, but I did hear a strange call last night which to me sounded rather like a White-browed Crake (which occur at the Lakes) but it didn't sound quite right. After trawling through xeno-canto, another near but not quite right match was a call of the Lesser Sooty Owl! I'd be surprised if they were around and calling readily due to the presence of Rufous Owls (which would make a meal of a Sooty) so I think this is 'the one that got away'...

[halftwo]

64 : Oystercatcher

4 over & v early in the season this am.

[Jane Turner]

85: Willow Warbler.

[joannec]

I've been away for a week and everyone seems to be whizzing ahead. Still hoping for a few more migrants but so far only a lot of chiff chaffs passing through. I can add Marsh Tit, no 53, though.

[edenwatcher]

Heard a chiffchaff on Saturday - but don't count heard for the list.

Rob

[Jos Stratford]

Originally Posted by joannec

I've been away for a week and everyone seems to be whizzing ahead.

Not me ...but the last week has produced over 20 additions, so moving into top gear to launch an assault


Spring took a bit of a battering today, snow early on, now sunny but a chilly 3 C. Still a few additions - Mute Swan fly-overs, Bean Geese amongst migrating White-fronted Geese, and Goldcrest near the cabin.


49. Mute Swan
50. Bean Goose
51. Goldcrest

[Jane Turner]

86 Short-eared Owl (and another pair of Ravens).

50 in air space and 27 on the deck within the garden

[joannec]

Originally Posted by Jane Turner

86 Short-eared Owl (and another pair of Ravens).

Another great one for the garden!...............I think I'll move......... but on the bright side, I do see Ravens fly over.

[Jane Turner]

We've had couple in the garden before, including one eating a Redshank!

[Larry Lade]

26. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

[Larry Lade]

Originally Posted by Jane Turner

I've added Rook, Lesser Redpoll and Blackcap this morning.

84/49/26

Jane, I have been meaning to ask, what does the "84/49/26" stand for?

If you have explained it somewhere in this thread, then I seem to have missed it. Sorry to be such a bother!