Garden (Yard) List 2012 (8 Viewers)

[KenM]

Have another species Jane.


Garden listing 2012 turning up some real trumps already, turn of my Vilnius garden this time.

Got home at 11 p.m. last night, pulled into the drive, snowing all around. Stepped out intothe crunch, pooop pooop pooop pooop pooop echoing from the pines, Tengmalm's Owl!!! First ever for my garden (never at my Labanoras either), so quite a notable. Still calling half an hour later.


Vilnius

9. Tengmalm's Owl

:eek!: ''It's only poor man's Hawk Owl''...I'm not playing anymore :-C

That's the ''toys out the pram''....I'll swap you Green Woodpecker...

 

[Jane Turner]

Very nice... I managed to add Woodpigeon, which is why I noticed it wasn't on the list. My only Owl hopes come in Asio form!

 

[KenM]

My only Owl visitor (vocal most nights)...is Strix-ly for the in-garden rodents!.....

 

[Larry Lade]

Tengmalm's (Boreal) Owl

Jos, I will certainly never get your garden bird in our yard here in Missouri, but it is my # 1 target bird for our upcoming trip to Minnesota which commences this Friday, January 20th.

Really hope to see this guy!

 

[Larry Lade]

Picidae is my favorite family in the avian tribe.

So far this year in our yard:

Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted)

It has really been slow here for new birds. I do not even have an American Robin yet!

 

[Jos Stratford]

Jos, I will certainly never get your garden bird in our yard here in Missouri, but it is my # 1 target bird for our upcoming trip to Minnesota which commences this Friday, January 20th.

Christmas Day three years back on your side of the water...

Good luck on your mission

 

[Larry Lade]

Where did you find this prize bird? Canada, one of the northern US states, etc.?

 

[Jos Stratford]

Where did you find this prize bird? Canada, one of the northern US states, etc.?

The famous Amherst Island ...if I remember, it was one of 32 or so owls of various species that I encountered that day .

 

[dantheman]

08/01/2012

28) Blackbird m in flight
29) Chaffinch 3 in trees
30) Rook 2 on telegraph pole
31) Pheasant 1 approx 1.5 miles distant in fields.

A rather productive twenty minutes out of the bedroom window.

In France at the mo so no new sightings for a while.

 

[dantheman]

I'd also like to propose a motion to have Jos Stratford banned from this thread ...

 

[KenM]

I'd also like to propose a motion to have Jos Stratford banned from this thread ...

Seconded!......

 

[Jos Stratford]

I'd also like to propose a motion to have Jos Stratford banned from this thread ...

Could I add a humble Blackbird to my Vilnius garden list first?


Vilnius

10. Middle Spotted Woodpecker
11.Blackbird

(actually winter Blackbirds are almost like gold dust in this neck of the woods)

 

[Jane Turner]

I've added a few today, notably Shag and Yellow legged Gull

56/29/17

 

[Jane Turner]

That's 152 species in total

 

[Bananafishbones]

21. Siskin (male)

22. Common Gull

23. Redwing

24. Goldfinch
25. Pied Wagtail
26. GBB Gull
27. Rook
28. Canada Goose
29. Herring Gull
30. Wren
31. Fieldfare
32. Mistle Thrush
33. Long Tailed Tit
34. Buzzard

Still hoping to beat last years 59 species

and 2 Foxes :t:

 

[joannec]

Two more this morning, both overdue

40) Long-tailed Tit x7
41) Collared Dove

 

[dantheman]

Could I add a humble Blackbird to my Vilnius garden list first?


(actually winter Blackbirds are almost like gold dust in this neck of the woods)

'Black gold' eh?

Would be happy to let you have it, but then you go and spoil it all by letting us know that it's a rarity ...

:-O

 

[dantheman]

What's the rules for gardens you're living 'in' temporarily?

Down at the parents in France for 2 and a half weeks, back to Falmouth for 3 weeks, then back to France for another two and a half week session. Nothing out of the ordinary yet (been very quiet), but 3 Cirl Bunting out of the lounge window this morning, always very nice ...

 

[joannec]

What's the rules for gardens you're living 'in' temporarily?

..

You have one French garden list and one Cornish garden list

 

[joannec]

Still hoping to beat last years 59 species

and 2 Foxes :t:

Your garden looks nicely wooded, Banana