First bird of 2018 (4 Viewers)

[WACCOE]

Collared Dove at work.

 

[Euan Buchan]

My first birds of 2018 I saw when I looked out the window were Woodpigeon,Bullfinch & Blackbirds.

 

[spocki]

Heard - Common Bulbul.
Seen - the (most likely) local hybrid of House Sparrow/Spanish Sparrow.

 

[Richard Prior]

Crested Tit and, following in Pariah's footsteps, a Goshawk just after breakfast in my case!

 

[Nightjar61]

Either a Dark-eyed Junco or Northern Cardinal.

Dave

First bird was Dark-eyed Junco, the second was Northern Cardinal.

Dave

 

[Monahawk]

Goldfinches feasting on some niger seeds. Made a change from the usual jackdaw as a yearly first.

Si.

 

[dharma66]

House Sparrow raiding the cotoneaster.

 

[Microtus]

American Crow outside the house, heard, not seen. I am not about to go outside in the +10F/-12C temperatures just yet. It's only 8 am. Why am I awake already? |=o|

 

[Nutcracker]

Why am I awake already? |=o|

'Coz you're a birder! :t:

 

[Microtus]

'Coz you're a birder! :t:

You're on to something! :t:
A slightly grumpy up too early birder (bed around 2 am), for sure. |||=@|

 

[MTem]

Not the first, but a Hawfinch among the Chaffinches and Goldfinches in the garden this afternoon was a good start!
Been up to 3 around the garden since late Nov.
Never ever thought I'd ever say that!

HNY to all

Mick

 

[Tikli]

Jackdaw

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Tawny Owl my first UK bird.

Rich

 

[aeshna5]

Robin singing in the dark as I left the house followed by a Herring Gull flying over calling.

Went birding around my local area in the west London suburbs where I managed 59 species with no major water bodies visited. Amazingly saw c55 species before I saw either Starling + House Sparrow (plenty of latter in my garden when I got back, so had species like Red Kite, Little Egret, Bullfinch + Hawfinch before those 2 urban species.

 

[kfisk]

Blue jay yelling at me to clear the snow off the feeders.

 

[Maroon Jay]

Downy Woodpecker

 

[Fink]

atlantic canary - on la gomera

 

[dwallace]

Blackbird.

Dave W

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Canada Geese.

Usually it's a junco or crow, but it was a bit too cold for them to be moving first thing this AM.

Best bird of the day was a snowy owl in the next county over.

And I'm totally gripped about all the tawny owls. That's a lifer for me.

 

[stuartvine]

Great Tit - so loud it woke me up.