Ended May with 244 birds, up from 174 a month earlier...
And with 6 new lifers, to 929 from 923.
May 1
Enjoyed a fantastic two hours out on a RIB boat today, seeing lots of whales, porpoises, and tons of birds - including two new lifers for me: hundreds of
Atlantic Puffins and several
Razorbills. Had a great four days in Iceland, and spotted 39 species, including many lifers.
Iceland
175. Brant (+)
176.
Razorbill
177.
Atlantic Puffin
178. Great Black-backed Gull
179. European Shag
May 5
Went birding this morning to look for a continuing
Clay-colored Sparrow and ended up seeing 46 species today with two other local birders, including two
lifers - both the
Clay-colored Sparrow and a
Virginia Rail.
Gude Trail, Derwood, Maryland, USA
180. Chimney Swift
181. Solitary Sandpiper (+)
182. Great Crested Flycatcher
183. Yellow-throated Vireo
184. Barn Swallow
185. House Wren
186. Gray Catbird
187. Brown Thrasher
188. Chipping Sparrow (+)
189.
Clay-colored Sparrow
190. Savannah Sparrow (+)
191. Yellow Warbler
192. Palm Warbler (+)
Crabbs Branch Pond, Derwood, Maryland, USA
193.
Virginia Rail
194. Green Heron
195. Eastern Phoebe
196. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
197. Baltimore Oriole
198. Prairie Warbler
May 6
A lot of birds are back, and enjoyed spotting a few new ones in a local patch.
4-H Forest, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
199. Red-eyed Vireo
200. Wood Thrush (+)
201. Black-and-white Warbler
202. American Redstart
203. Northern Parula
May 14
Nice morning out with the Montgomery Birding Club, seeing 53 species together.
Woodstock Equestrian Park, Dickerson, Maryland, USA
204. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
205. Eastern Wood-Pewee
206. Eastern Kingbird
207. White-eyed Vireo
208. Orchard Oriole
209. Northern Waterthrush
210. Magnolia Warbler
211. Scarlet Tanager (+)
212. Blue Grosbeak (+)
213. Indigo Bunting
May 17
Cycled the long way into work this morning, and visited the tidepool outside the Jefferson Memorial, looking for shorebirds, which was a success. But also spotted a
lifer : a lovely
Blackpoll Warbler.
West Potomac Park, Tidal Basin, Washington, DC, USA
214. Semipalmated Plover (+)
215. Least Sandpiper (+)
216. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
217.
Blackpoll Warbler
May 22
In Brussels for meetings, and got out of the hotel briefly. Looking forward to having more time to bird tomorrow, and over the weekend.
Brussels, Belgium
218. Mistle Thrush (+)
219. Common Kingfisher (+)
May 25
Two days in Madrid for work and managed to get out and see some birds!
Parque El Retiro, Madrid, Spain
220. Stock Dove
221. Common Swift
222. Monk Parakeet (+)
223. Coal Tit (+)
224. Eurasian Blackcap
225.
Spotless Starling
226. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
227. European Greenfinch
228. European Serin
Banco Santander HQ, Boadilla Del Monte, Spain
229. Black Kite (+)
Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, Spain
230. Eurasian Collared-Dove
231. Hawfinch
Parque El Retiro, Madrid, Spain
232. Eurasian Kestrel
233. Long-tailed Tit (+)
May 27
Walked around my old favorite haunts in Brussels on a lovely Saturday morning, and spotted a lot of birds for the year list.
Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium
234. Mandarin Duck (+)
235. Common Pochard
236. Great Crested Grebe
237. Marsh Tit (+)
238. Common Reed Warbler
239. Common Chiffchaff
240. Spotted Flycatcher
241. Black Redstart
242. Gray Wagtail (+)
Watermaal-Bosvoorde Ponds, Brussels, Belgium
243. Marsh Warbler
244. Dunnock (+)
Places birded in 2023 - January to May:
- Belgium - Brussels
- Germany - Karlsruhe
- Iceland
- The Netherlands - Amsterdam
- Spain - Boadilla Del Monte, Madrid
- Switzerland - Basel
- USA - California, Maryland, Washington DC
Latest lifer: #929 - Spotless Starling (Paruqe El Retiro, Madrid, Spain)