Napamatt's 2008 List (1 Viewer)

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312. African Pipit
313. Crowned Lapwing
314. Senegal Lapwing
315. Tawnyflanked Prinia
316. Harlequin Quail
317. Redbilled Quelea
318. White-browed Robin-chat
319. White-browed Scrub-robin
320. Bearded Scrub-robin
321. Lilacbreasted Roller
322. Purple Roller
323. European Roller
324. Doublebanded Sandgrouse
325. Redbacked Shrike
326. Longtailed Shrike
327. Southern Boubou
328. Blackbacked Puffback
329. Fiscal Shrike (L)
330. Threestreaked Tchagra
331. Blackcrowned Tchagra
332. Orangebreasted Bush Shrike
333. Lesser Grey Shrike
334. Greyheaded Bush Shrike
335. White Helmetshrike
336. Retz's Helmetshrike
337. Whitecrowned Shrike
338. Little Sparrowhawk
339. Shikra
340. African Goshawk
341. Gabar Goshawk
342. Dark Chanting Goshawk
343. Greyheaded Sparrow
344. Burchell's Starling
345. Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
346. Saddlebill Stork
347. Whitebellied Sunbird
348. Scarletchested Sunbird
349. Collared Sunbird
350. European Swallow
351. Wiretailed Swallow
352. Whitethroated Swallow
353. Whiterumped Swift
354. Little Swift
355. Groundscraper Thrush
356. Kurrichane Thrush
357. Southern Black Tit
358. Hooded Vulture
359. Whitebacked Vulture
360. Common Sandpiper
361. Wood Sandpiper
362. Greenshank
363. Pied Wagtail
364. Willow Warbler
365. Yellowbreasted Apalis
366. Longbilled Crombec
367. Yellowbelled Eremomela
368. Green-backed Cameroptera
369. Red-billed Buffalo-weaver
370. Village Weaver
371. Spectacled Weaver
372. Bennett's Woodpecker
373. Goldentailed Woodpecker
374. Cardinal Woodpecker
375. Bearded Woodpecker
376. Eastern Nicator (L)

 

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Singita added a few new birds, but overall we had a great total for the Sabi Sand in April, I was delighted to catch the last of the migrants before they departed.

377. Pale Flycatcher
378. African Harrier-Hawk
379. Sabota Lark
380. Yellow-throated Longclaw
381. Red-faced Mousebird
382. Marico Sunbird

We also had a great mammal total for the trip with

1. Wildebeest
2. Duiker
3. Klipspringer
4. Steenbok
5. Impala
6. Cape Buffalo
7. Kudu
8. Nyala
9. Bushbuck
10. Reedbuck
11. Waterbuck
12. Side-striped Jackal
13. Black-backed Jackal
14. Baboon
15. Eland
16. Vervet Monkey
17. Cheetah
18. Leopard
19. Lion
20. Giraffe
21. Hippo
22. Spotted Hyena
23. Scrub Hare
24. Thick-tailed Bushbaby
25. Honey Badger
26. White Rhino
27. Tree Squirrel
28. Warthog
29. Large-spotted Genet
30. Slender Mongoose
31. Mellers Mongoose
32. White-tailed Mongoose
33. Banded Mongoose
34. Dwarf Mongoose

And we missed wild dogs by 5 minutes!

 

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April 20th, Napa Valley Iris Gardens

383. Bullock's Oriole
384. Ash-throated Flycatcher

 

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April 25th, commuting in Napa

385. Purple Martin (L)

 

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April 29th, Napa

386. Hooded Oriole

 

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May 3rd, Skyline Park, Napa

387. Wrentit (L)
388. Western Kingbird
389. Western Wood-pewee
390. House Wren

 

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Lake Tahoe and Spooner Lake May 9-11.

391. Pygmy Nuthatch
392. Red-breasted Sapsucker
393. Chipping Sparrow (L) - my 250th North America bird
394. Spotted Sandpiper
395. MacGillivray's Warbler (L)
396. Warbling Vireo (L)
397. Clark's Nutcracker

 

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May 19, Boston Public Garden - my first trip to Boston.

398. Blue Jay
399. Grey Catbird
400. Rusty Blackbird
401. Ovenbird (L)
402. Black-capped Chickadee
403. Herring Gull

May 20th, Mount Auburn Cemetery

404. Baltimore Oriole
405. Magnolia Warbler (L)
406. Black-throated Green Warbler (L)
407. American Redstart (L)
408. Common Yellowthroat
409. Black and White Warbler (L)
410. Scarlet Tanager (L)
411. Canada Warbler (L) #700 World
412. Northern Parula (L)

 

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May 21st, Boston Public Garden. A little hungover after a great dinner at Clio. I ran into Dexter a local birder and keeper of the list for the Garden, he was kind enough to show me a couple of good spots in the 40 minutes we shared before I had to catch a flight back to CA.

413. Chimney Swift
414. White-throated Sparrow
415. Eastern Wood-Pewee (L)
416. Least Flycatcher (L)

 

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May 24th, In our garden

417. Brown-headed Cowbird

 

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May 28th, Bodega Bay

418. Pigeon Guillemot
419. Brandt's Cormorant

 

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June 1st, Napa

420. Black-headed Grosbeak

 

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June 26th, Yolo County

Heading back from Sacramento airport I drove the rural roads south of Woodland looking for Swainson's Hawk, saw two birds that might have been, but they weren't close enough for a positive ID. However amongst a group of Red-winged Blackbirds I did see a female Bobolink - a very cool lifer for me.

421. Bobolink (L)

 

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July 13th, just back from a 12 day cruise from SF to Alaska.

SF Bay and Sailing to Victoria, BC

422. California Gull
423. Mew Gull
424. Common Murre
425. Sooty Shearwater (L)
426. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (L)
427. South Polar Skua (L)

Victoria and the Inside Passage

428. Glaucous-Winged Gull
429. Northwestern Crow
430. Cassin's Auklet (L)
431. Rhinoceros Auklet (L)
432. Tufted Puffin (L)
433. Marbled Murrelet (L)
434. Kittlitz's Murrelet (L)
435. Leach's Storm-Petrel (L)

Ketchikan

436. Northern Waterthrush (L)
437. Swainson's Thrush (L)
438. Rufous Hummingbird

Sitka

439. Least Sandpiper
440. Black-footed Albatross (L)

Skagway

441. Arctic Tern (L)

Wrangell

442. Red-throated Loon (L)
443. Golden-crowned Kinglet
444. Yellow Warbler (L)

SF Bay

445. Heerman's Gull

 

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July 21st, my first day on a new job in 11 years, on returning from lunch saw a lifer that I knew to be in the area, but which I'd missed so far.

Napa
446. Swainson's Hawk (L)

 

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August 9th, White Slough Lagoon, Vallejo

447. Dunlin
448. Long-billed Dowitcher

 

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August 16th and 17th, a weekend of birding in Marin.

Mount Tamalpias - Cataract Trail
449. Band-tailed Pigeon (L)

Richardson Bay
450. Elegant Tern (L)
451. Virginia Rail (L)
452. Red-necked Phalarope

Las Gallinas
453. Least Tern (L)

 

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August 26th, Napa River Preserve, Yountville

Had a few minutes between meetings so decided to walk the levee and see if I could get lucky. I did |:d|

454. Wilson's Warbler (L)
455. Willow Flycatcher (L)

 

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September 13th, Napa

Seen flying high, visible with binoculars.

456. Vaux's Swift (L)

 

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September 22nd, Napa River Preserve

457. Orange-crowned Warbler