I'm glad you had a great trip Dave! It's a pity about your pelagic trip though. If the scenery is anything like British Columbia, just over the border then it is something grand.
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How's your 2021 list going? (1 Viewer)
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Mysticete
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1 new state bird and 1 new county bird this morning, a trio of Sanderling (rare for this location and time of year, and a state bird) and a surprise Black-bellied Plover (county). The Sanderlings were expected sort of as they had been seen all week. The plover was a bonus. My miserable shorebird list for Wisconsin is improving, even if only in incremental steps!
qwerty5
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I'm not sure if it ever caught one... I never was able to get a good look at it, but I saw just enough to know that it wasn't our usual bird-chaser (Cooper's Hawk), and was too big for Merlin.And how did it taste?
Today at the Steinhorster Becken, Germany:
176 Taiga Bean Goose
177 Firecrest
Not new, but over 20 Common Snipe resting up on migration. The most I've seen at this location
176 Taiga Bean Goose
177 Firecrest
Not new, but over 20 Common Snipe resting up on migration. The most I've seen at this location
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Mysticete
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VICTORY!!!
After 4 years of searching, I finally was able to add Red Fox Sparrow to my state list (and only the second time I have seen this species, the last time being in Laramie a decade ago. While a uncommon migrant, they do pass through my area in decent numbers in both the spring and fall, but I have just not had great luck in connecting with them. Actually overall turned out to be a good day for sparrows in general, with six species total including Field, Lincoln's, and American Tree.
Also nice was a good-sized flock of Eastern Bluebirds, my first for the year. Nice to finally see some after the hammering they took from the Texas blizzard last year. Still haven't seen a Hermit Thrush this year, which is often one of the most common migrant thrushes in a normal year.
After 4 years of searching, I finally was able to add Red Fox Sparrow to my state list (and only the second time I have seen this species, the last time being in Laramie a decade ago. While a uncommon migrant, they do pass through my area in decent numbers in both the spring and fall, but I have just not had great luck in connecting with them. Actually overall turned out to be a good day for sparrows in general, with six species total including Field, Lincoln's, and American Tree.
Also nice was a good-sized flock of Eastern Bluebirds, my first for the year. Nice to finally see some after the hammering they took from the Texas blizzard last year. Still haven't seen a Hermit Thrush this year, which is often one of the most common migrant thrushes in a normal year.
John Cantelo
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Badly.
