How is your 2011 List Going? (8 Viewers)

[Larry Lade]

I should have gotten this bird the first day of the year as this species is usually quite common in these parts. But did not get it until today, January 7th.

70. Mourning Dove, Lake Contrary area, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

 

[AlexC]

Forgot one from Jan 1st:
51. House Sparrow

Walking the dog around the block, spotted a Red-tailed chasing a young:
52. Red-shouldered Hawk

 

[JeffMoh]

Leaving work yesterday I spotted:
82. Double-crested Cormorant.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Enji]

Went searching for a Lapland Bunting that a lot of people have seen, but no. This was my third visit to the place, spending hours there and only seeing Yellowhammers. Argh. Well, got a year tick anyway.

January 8
54. Black Woodpecker

 

[Larry Lade]

January 8th

71. White-crowned Sparrow, Saint Joseph's Stockyards, Saint Joseph, Missouri
72. Great Blue Heron (finally, but it is pretty much all ice and no water here currently), flyover at Mud Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
73. Merlin, Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

9 January: Porte de Boulogne (92)

36. Common Buzzard

 

[Jacana]

today in my garden in Falmouth:

86. Blackcap

 

[Enji]

January 9
55. Great Black-backed Gull
56. Tawny Owl

 

[JeffMoh]

Two more:

83. White-breasted Nuthatch (very rare in our area)
84. Pine Siskin (first ever in our yards)

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Larry Lade]

January 10, 2011

Currently having a snow storm here in Missouri, but I was able to drive over a birder friend's home and see one more year bird at his feeders. Looks like we have had an accumulation of about six inches of the white stuff so far!

74. Red-breasted Nuthatch, Saint Joseph, Missouri

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Added 18 species today but no added up my total so far.

CB

 

[Nightjar61]

A very slow start to the year. I spent the last two weeks dog-sitting for my brother in West Virginia (just got back this afternoon). Not being familiar with the area, I didn't know of any good birding locations, and the weather was lousy for a good part of the trip as well.

01. Red-bellied Woodpecker
02. European Starling
03. American Crow
04. House Finch
05. Blue Jay
06. Northern Cardinal
07. Northern Mockingbird
08. Tufted Titmouse
09. House Sparrow
10. Song Sparrow
11. Northern Flicker
12. Common Raven
13. Red-tailed Hawk
14. Mourning Dove
15. Mallard
16. Pied-billed Grebe
17. Hooded Merganser
18. Rock Pigeon
19. American Kestrel
20. Dark-eyed Junco
21. Belted Kingfisher
22. Black Vulture
23. Turkey Vulture
24. Common Goldeneye
25. Bufflehead
26. Black-capped Chickadee
27. White-breasted Nuthatch
28. Eastern Bluebird
29. Carolina Wren
30. Winter Wren
31. Pileated Woodpecker
32. Downy Woodpecker
33. Red-shouldered Hawk
34. American Treecreeper
35. Sharp-shinned Hawk
36. American Robin
37. Hairy Woodpecker
38. American Coot
39. Canada Goose
40. Great Blue Heron
41. Ring-billed Gull

At least the raven and chickadee are birds that can't be found around here, so the trip wasn't a complete bust.

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

This afternoon, after resting up from the long drive from West Virginia, I went to a local lake to get in a little birding. I added six species to my Year List, which is now up to 47. I also saw many of the birds I saw in West Virginia, so my Indiana year list is up to 34.

42. American Goldfinch
43. Bald Eagle
44. Red-breasted Merganser
45. Carolina Chickadee
46. American Tree Sparrow
47. White-throated Sparrow

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

This morning at my feeders, I had two new birds for the year, so I'm up to 49.

48. White-crowned Sparrow
49. Red Fox Sparrow

Dave

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Added 18 species today but no added up my total so far.

CB

Up to 86 but no new birds today.

CB

 

[JeffMoh]

Up to 86 but no new birds today.
CB

You're really zooming along, CB!
I'm a bit busy at work this week but I have hopes for the weekend. We're heading down to Galveston and will spend Saturday night there. So I should be able to do at least a couple of hours birding on both Saturday and Sunday.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[NicoleB]

Not been out much yet.

So far around the block and along our beach:

01. House sparrow
02. Laughing dove
03. White wagtail
04. Common Cormorant
05. Rose ringed Parakeet

and a quick Visa run to Bahrain with alone time for birding

06. Greater Flamingo
07. Gray Heron
08. Western Reef-Heron (White & dark Morph)
09. Osprey
10. Black-bellied Plover (Grey)
11. Lesser Sand-Plover
12. Greater Sand-Plover
13. Snowy Plover (Kentish)
14. Common Greenshank
15. Common Redshank
16. Eurasian Curlew
17. Curlew Sandpiper
18. Slender-billed Gull
19. Black-headed Gull
20. Caspian Gull
21. Lesser Crested Tern
22. Eurasian Collared-Dove
23. Common Bulbul
24. Crested Lark

 

[Jacana]

87. Meadow Pipit

on campus this morning

 

[Nightjar61]

Ten new birds for the year puts me up to 59.

50. Horned Lark
51. Lapland Longspur
52. American Harrier
53. Rough-legged Hawk
54. Brown-headed Cowbird
55. Cedar Waxwing
56. Harlan's Hawk
57. Myrtle Warbler
58. Eastern Meadowlark
59. Wild Turkey

Dave

 

[Cheshire Birder]

You're really zooming along, CB!
I'm a bit busy at work this week but I have hopes for the weekend. We're heading down to Galveston and will spend Saturday night there. So I should be able to do at least a couple of hours birding on both Saturday and Sunday.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

Two more today. Really need as many birds as possible while i'm off this week. I've got a hard target to reach 200 species in my home county this year.

CB