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dantheman
Bah humbug
A UK big year is going to be reasonably expensive and difficult as a lot of the total is going to be made of passage migrants and rare vagrants, often turning up on one of several island archipelagos at opposite ends of the country, and often involving one day/short staying birds (and of course supressed and even hoaxed birds too, unfortunately). There also isn't quite the same degree of altruistic helpfulness from birders available as seems to be the case in the US, although of course networking and bird news dissemination do go a long way.
A decent Western Palearctic (Europe, parts of North Africa and the Middle East, Azores and Iceland etc) year listing effort would I reckon be comparable to the US version, with 700 readily available and 750 an attainable target. 800 species or more have been recorded this year in the region for example. Problems in the WP involve language and travel over the range of countries, with certain species being unavailable at times due to political issues.
What are the ABA totals for the years concerned?
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dantheman
Bah humbug
On topic - admirable effort by the man!!
Whatever total is eventually reached (and yes some kind of retrospective 'comparison' would be nice, although I agree previous years totals can't actually be altered once published, unless they are agreed to be 'wrong' for whatever reason).
Are there enough birds available over the next 10 days to reach 745?
Whatever total is eventually reached (and yes some kind of retrospective 'comparison' would be nice, although I agree previous years totals can't actually be altered once published, unless they are agreed to be 'wrong' for whatever reason).
Are there enough birds available over the next 10 days to reach 745?
This is in Tennesse:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/
He could get it on Dec. 31 and then begin the arguments.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/
He could get it on Dec. 31 and then begin the arguments.
Richard Klim
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Hooded Crane
...except that it's been suggested that it might be the individual that escaped from an aviary in Idaho in 2006...
- Hooded Crane - Tennessee [see Ned Brinkley's comment]
- Rare Bird Alert: December 16, 2011 [but see Rick Wright's comment]
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Siler's list:
" There is a long story behind this, but I have spoken
to: the owner of the missing cranes, multiple Curators of Birds of zoos
with Hooded Cranes; including the Bronx Zoo where the missing Idaho birds
originated; and I can say that all the evidence I have so far is that the
Idaho birds were PINIONED (incapable of sustained flight). Bands can be
removed but pinioning is permanent. The Idaho birds were hatched at the
Bronx Zoo in the late 1980's, and came up missing in December of 2007
(missing; not necessarily escaped - part of the long story). The owner of
the Idaho birds told me that he had these birds in an open pen for about
seven or eight years and none of them could fly very far; as all were
pinioned."
" There is a long story behind this, but I have spoken
to: the owner of the missing cranes, multiple Curators of Birds of zoos
with Hooded Cranes; including the Bronx Zoo where the missing Idaho birds
originated; and I can say that all the evidence I have so far is that the
Idaho birds were PINIONED (incapable of sustained flight). Bands can be
removed but pinioning is permanent. The Idaho birds were hatched at the
Bronx Zoo in the late 1980's, and came up missing in December of 2007
(missing; not necessarily escaped - part of the long story). The owner of
the Idaho birds told me that he had these birds in an open pen for about
seven or eight years and none of them could fly very far; as all were
pinioned."
Strandman
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it's strangely compulsive following this - I think he still has a pelagic lined up for Great Skua out of Gloucester or somewhere, too. [Edit- I see referred to above.]
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Twite
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Richard Klim
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Another bird that may show up that has not been mentioned is Western Spindalis -- an annual vagrant to south Florida that has remained elusive so far this year. I believe he has gotten La Sagra's Flycatcher, Bahama Mockingbird, and Thick-billed Vireo (my bird). The spindalis is the most likely bird to show up among all the possible West Indian vagrants, hopefully during one of our CBCs here.
He can still do this if people continue to crank out good birds.
Carlos
He can still do this if people continue to crank out good birds.
Carlos
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