Ended September/October with 295 species, my second best year already after 2018...
September 9
After a nice morning birding with a local group, I went out searching for a continuing Limpkin that has been spotted in the area. And it was a great spot, my first time seeing it in North America.
Pennyfield Lock, C&O Canal, Potomac, Maryland, USA
277. Limpkin (+)
September 11
Went birding for a few hours in Toronto yesterday, after a day full of meetings, and am finding it increasingly difficult to add to my year list. That said, did spot me a lifer that had been long overdue.
Ashbridge's Bay Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
278. Trumpeter Swan
September 17
Great morning out birding with a local group of excellent birders and together seeing 36 species, including two lifers: the Grasshopper Sparrow and the Black-throated Green Warbler. Then drove more than four hours roundtrip to rural Pennsylvania to see a continuing, very wet and drippy American Flamingo, and a beauty all the same. A great day for birding.
Woodstock Equestrian Park, Dickerson, Maryland, USA
279. Grasshopper Sparrow
280. Cape May Warbler
281. Blackburnian Warbler
282. Black-throated Green Warbler
Long Pond Lane, St. Thomas, Pennsylvania, USA
283. American Flamingo
October 11-12
In Marrakech for the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings and was able to get out for a bit of birding between meetings..
Menara Gardens, Marrakech, Morocco
284. Eurasian Hoopoe
285. Maghreb Magpie
286. Sardinian Warbler (+)
287. European Pied Flycatcher
288. Common Bulbul (+)
289. Common Redstart
290. Spanish Sparrow
291. Rock Bunting
292. House Bunting
293. Little Swift
October 29
Visiting family in Oregon, and managed to get in a bit of birding as well.
Berrydale Park, Portland, Oregon, USA
294. California Scrub-Jay
295. Red-breasted Nuthatch
Latest lifer: #942 - Little Swift (Movenpick Hotel, Marrakech, Morocco)