Paul's 2023 Photographic World List (3 Viewers)

[Paul Chapman]

Now 22nd May completed:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138879961

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138880138

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138880234

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138880360

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138880560

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138880677

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138907826

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138908288

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138908727

We spent the morning in Michigan connecting with our main target - Sharp-tailed Grouse - and our Michigan list ended on 113 species before we crossed back into Ontario. Our Ontario list had ticked up to 170 species by the end of the day.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Now 23rd May completed:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138978222

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138978700

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138980143

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138980733

https://ebird.org/checklist/S138985887

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139002159

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139004749

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139038364

We started the day around Thessalon with the main priority being Ruffed Grouse. However, we left Thessalon with a heard only and continued our way towards Algonquin. The good news was that the day ended with success on the Cranberry Trail at Callandar Bay Wetland Conservation Reserve after a significant amount of effort. The next day we were heading to Algonquin.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Now 24th May completed:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139134258

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139134579

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139134904

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139135716

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139136054

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139136723

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139137622

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139137766

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139138231

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139157963

This was our first day in Algonquin with targets of Black-backed Woodpecker, Canada Jay, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Spruce Grouse and Northern Saw-whet Owl and we had success with good photos of the first three and a brief sighting of the fourth as we meandered through the expanses of the northern section. Three days left to complete.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Now 25th & 26th May completed:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139246213

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139246796

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139247359

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139247103

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139247502

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139247726

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139248261

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139248401

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139249513

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139264941

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139265097

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139265151

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139348129

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139348382

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139349001

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139385735

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139349235

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139349529

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139350173

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139385671

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139385806

Two days at Algonquin that were good birding. Some superb pics of Spruce Grouse but try as we might, we could not find Boreal Chickadee or Rusty Blackbird and Northern Saw-whet Owl was only heard - consequences of time of year and population changes... We were due to be up and away in the morning with a birding stop planned half way back to Toronto Airport. Hopefully, I'll get our final day of 27th May edited tomorrow and do a quick round up of successes and failures from the trip.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

My Ontario/Michigan pics now complete. We started at our accommodation near Algonquin & stopped at Carden Alvar on the way to the airport where we recorded around 50 species:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139471830

https://ebird.org/checklist/S139473614

My trip list was 217 species. eBird suggests that my biggest misses were American Tree Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Dickcissel & Fox Sparrow, we only heard Northern Saw-whet Owl and of course, we specifically looked for Boreal Chickadee and my only Rusty Blackbird and Connecticut Warbler were rather brief and unsatisfactory. I missed photos of Pileated Woodpecker and Eastern Whip-poor-will.

A good trip. eBird tells me that I had 51 ticks but it was actually less than that as I have a 2004 Florida trip that I am yet to input. That is included in my target actions for this year. The exercise of catching up on the photos has added over 90 species to my photos in eBird which now stands at 1,631 species. My next photography was 5th to 8th June in Morocco.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

So having returned on 27th May, 4th June saw us arrive in Morocco for my next trip with a few targets. I have now edited the pics for the 5th & 6th June:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140610995

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140611891

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140612224

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140619277

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140619719

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140619921

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140621397

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140621536

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140714103

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140714257

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140714481

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140724522

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140724593

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140724844

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140725121

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140725711

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140726322

My lifers were Marsh & Maghreb Owls, Atlas Wheatear & Atlas Flycatcher. Photo yearticks are listed above. Two more days to edit.

As at end of 6th June, my photo yearlist stood at 884. (Species with photos in eBird has risen to 1,639.)

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Morocco editing completed. As at this point at the end of 8th June, my photo yearlist was 903. I now have 1,645 species with photos in eBird.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140825354

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140825471

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140826071

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140826395

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140826641

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140826846

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140826911

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140827584

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140827792

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140827976

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140828232

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140828398

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140828535

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140990563

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140990958

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140998011

https://ebird.org/checklist/S167619863

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140999275

https://ebird.org/checklist/S140999858

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141000036

As previously commented, Atlas Long-legged Buzzard will be reclassified as part of the Common Buzzard complex in due course... I was pleased with some of the photography during this period. I will add the Tagdilt track pics in a separate post.

My next photography was in Majorca between 13th & 15th June with my only target really Balearic Warbler.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A few pics of Thick-billed Lark, Temminck's Lark & Red-rumped Wheatear all from the Tagdilt Track on 8th June.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Now edited the three day Mallorcan trip pictures:-

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141471861

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141472114

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141473052

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141474146

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141473757

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141473534

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141473818

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141513049

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141512965

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141560895

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141562813

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141562507

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141564209

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141560961

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141561022

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141868456

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141868841

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141869029

A rather short trip list of 69 species but success with Balearic Warbler, Moltoni's Warbler, Mediterranean Flycatcher, Eleonora's Falcon, Western Swamphen, Marbled Teal, Red-knobbed Coot, etc...

Three photo year ticks took me to 906 species and now 1,646 species with photos in eBird. Six checklists need photos edited and added and then the rather more imposing task of photo editing my Peru pictures awaits...

All the best

Paul

 

[Scridifer]

Very jealous of the Moltoni's Warbler - missed that on my trip in September!

Chris

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very jealous of the Moltoni's Warbler - missed that on my trip in September!

Chris

A shame about that. Probably easiest to combine with Corsica though the site is a good one on Mallorca if out of the way. Not uploaded my Corsica pics from 2022 to eBird. All part of the project. But I did better pics of my first on Fair Isle. This bird in 2015 was proven on DNA to have originated from the Mediterranean Islands.

All the best

Paul

 

[Scridifer]

A shame about that. Probably easiest to combine with Corsica though the site is a good one on Mallorca if out of the way. Not uploaded my Corsica pics from 2022 to eBird. All part of the project. But I did better with pics on my first on Fair Isle. This bird in 2015 was proven on DNA to have originated from the Mediterranean Islands.

All the best

Paul

Thanks Paul. Yes, Corsica is kind of floating around in the back of my mind - along with a lot of other destinations!

Chris

 

[Paul Chapman]

Thanks Paul. Yes, Corsica is kind of floating around in the back of my mind - along with a lot of other destinations!

Chris

Stunning place. Not too expensive for us early in the season. Very helpful gen and assistance from birdforum members.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Finally cleaned up the intervening period before Peru and can now get going on that interesting challenge.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S141869863 - Yeovil Marsh Warbler twitch

https://ebird.org/checklist/S142676116 - Wareham Forest moth trapping

https://ebird.org/checklist/S150289864 - Hickling Black-winged Kite twitch

https://ebird.org/checklist/S150290290 - Pendeen seawatch

https://ebird.org/checklist/S150290691 - Scillonian shark trip

https://ebird.org/checklist/S150291050 - Scillonian crossing

When I headed to Peru on 15th August, my photo yearlist stood on 918 species. eBird tells me that I have 1,647 species with photos. It will be interesting to review that after the Peru exercise. Be back after say five days' editing.

The last two pics for me are Scopoli's Shearwater on 4th August from the Scillonian crossing. This is not counted as a separate species on eBird so no additional number.

All the best

Paul