John Cantelo
Well-known member
1 - Great Auk, 2 - Dodo & 3 - Passenger Pigeon. Can you imagine the excitement the discovery of any one of the three would make? OK it's impossible, but if you're going to dream I favour dreaming in style!
1 - Great Auk, 2 - Dodo & 3 - Passenger Pigeon. Can you imagine the excitement the discovery of any one of the three would make? OK it's impossible, but if you're going to dream I favour dreaming in style!
Good luck Andy, hope you get to see those soon! I've yet to see a Merlin either. Hobby and Stock Dove are both really nice birds, the few times I've seen a Hobby it's been really amazing and I remember getting a really close view of stock doves on a feeder at my local reservoir and really enjoyed that.
For me… difficult really to say but at this specific moment probably:
1. Little Owl - as I've heard them and seen a tiny glimpse but would LOVE to see one properly
2. Crested Tit - because they're just fantastic :t:
3. Storm Petrel - a bird I've really loved for years but not yet seen (I don't spend that much time at the coast)
.... if you're going to dream I favour dreaming in style!
Thanks Fozzybear, this is the time of year where I see Crested Tits in stands of conifers, but they are not that common here. I think I'd leave the Storm Petrel until it gets a bit more pleasant to go out in a boat though and good luck with the Little Owl too.
David
Resplendent Quetzal - missed twice
Hi David;
I know they're stealthy creatures (for something so, um, astonishing); just out of curiousity, where did you look?
Peter
This weekend:
Hawk Owl
Hawk Owl
Hawk Owl
Saw it
Saw it
Saw it
John
Wow, wow wow
Superb Effort John :t:
I hunted for many hours while in Finland earlier in the year and dipped, dipped dipped
My view of the channel has always been as our defensive bulwark - a difficult obstacle. Yesterday showed me that with the benefit of the Channel Tunnel, we now have instead a springboard that lays open the entire continent of Europe to us. The Hawk Owl twitch cost us about £70 each including the train ticket: cheaper by far than going to Shetland or Fair Isle. It was also a 26 hour round trip from home.
If it truly is the birds rather than the list one is interested in, the inference is obvious.
John
Careful now...Before you know it you will be popping over to Spain or Greece for vagrants