How's your 2021 list going? (1 Viewer)

[Nightjar61]

The snow theme continues today with my latest year bird.

354. Snow Goose

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Everglades National Park)
402. Rose-throated Grosbeak

 

[lgonz1008]

(Lucky Hammock)
403. American Bittern
404. Lesser Nighthawk

 

[lgonz1008]

(Lucky Hammock)
405. Cassin's Kingbird

 

[Jacana]

Back in Antananarivo ready for my flight back to Europe. Managed to net lots of classic Madagascar birds down in the south west. Hopefully I'll be back next year to visit other parts of the country.

233. Namaqua Dove
234. Pied Crow
235. Madagascar Lark
236. Sakalava Weaver
237. Subdesert Brush Warbler
238. Crested Drongo
239. Malagasy Palm Swift
240. Crested Coua
241. Lesser Vasa Parrot
242. Subdesert Mesite
243. Grey-headed Lovebird
244. Malagasy Turtle Dove
245. Stripe-throated Jery
246. Red-capped Coua
247. Chabert Vanga
248. Long-tailed Ground Roller
249. White-headed Vanga
250. Malagasy Black Swift
251. Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher
252. Hook-billed Vanga
253. Red-tailed Vanga
254. Sickle-billed Vanga
255. Madagascar Magpie-Robin
256. Running Coua
257. Eurasian Whimbrel
258. Kittlitz's Plover
259. Madagascar Plover
260. Madagascar Buttonquail
261. Great Frigatebird
262. White-fronted Plover
263. Grey Plover
264. Madagascar Cisticola
265. Madagascar Harrier-Hawk
266. Curlew Sandpiper
267. Three-banded Plover
268. Sanderling
269. Banded Kestrel
270. Ruddy Turnstone
271. Madagascar Sandgrouse
272. Madagascar Green Pigeon
273. Thamnornis
274. Greater Sand Plover
275. Crab-plover
276. Madagascar Buzzard
277. Caspian Tern
278. Madagascar Cuckooshrike
279. Greater Vasa Parrot
280. Lafresnaye's Vanga
281. Common Newtonia
282. Marsh Sandpiper
283. Bar-tailed Godwit
284. Terek Sandpiper
285. Torotoroka Scops Owl
286. Lesser Crested Tern
287. Greater Crested Tern
288. Madagascar Spinetail
289. Hamerkop
290. Cuckoo-roller
291. Frances's Sparrowhawk
292. Appert's Tetraka
293. Long-billed Bernieria
294. Giant Coua
295. Rufous Vanga
296. White-browed Owl
297. Sooty Falcon

Wonder if I can break 300 before the end of the year...

 

[Tero]

215 Brown Creeper
Unless I get something between Christmas and New year, that may be it.

 

[qwerty5]

Yesterday I ticked off the last regularly-occurring dabbling duck in my area.

Preble County Historical Society and Nature Preserve:
158. Northern Pintail

 

[Nightjar61]

Time and possible new species for the year are quickly running out. There are a few birds I could still get, but I’d need some luck. I did get lucky today with a rare bird for this region.

355. Rough-legged Hawk

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

This afternoon I found a mega rarity for this area. Only the second record for my county, the first of which I found over nine years ago.

356. Northern Shrike

Dave

 

[Jacana]

Managed to squeeze in three more year ticks to take me to 300 for the year. Including two birds that in normal circumstances I would see easily, but this year I have not been in range for until this week.

298. Great Black-backed Gull
299. Eurasian Oystercarcher
300. Merlin

 

[qwerty5]

I had a fun morning, picking up two lifers which nicely rounded out a good year of birding (by my standards).

Fernald Preserve:
158. Short-eared Owl
159. Hooded Merganser

That brings me to 159 species for the year, 50 of which were lifers.

P.S. According to my previous posts these birds should be numbered 159 and 160. I made a mistake in my first post that lead to an extra bird in my list on this thread.

 

[AlexC]

This is the first year in almost 10 years that I am sub-300 species in a calendar year. But between Covid and becoming a father this year, I still feel very happy to have seen the birds I did. Here's to a safer and birdier 2022!

Malibu Christmas Bird Count in December:
290. Nanday Parakeet
291. Red-breasted Sapsucker
292. Lewis's Woodpecker