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[ospr3y]

221. Ring-billed Gull (finally)
222. Hooded Merganser
223. King Rail

Might be heading to the coast before the New Year (if not, maybe after). Should find some exciting birds.

 

[harpyeagle1]

Been down in south TX for the last few days. Had some awesome birds!
232. Curve-billed thrasher
233. White-eyed vireo
234. Long-billed thrasher
235. Harris's hawk
236. Wood stork
237. Mottled duck
238. Green Jay
239. White-faced ibis
240. Black-necked stilt
241. Altamira oriole
242. Black-bellied whistling duck
243. Anhinga
244. Black-crested titmouse
245. Green parakeet
246. Say's pheobe
247. Clay-colored thrush
248. Inca dove
249. White-tipped dove
250. Canvasback
251. Little blue heron
252. Roseate spoonbill
253. Common parque
254. Buff-bellied hummingbird
255. Green kingfisher
256. Great kiskadee
257. Tropical kingbird
258. Vermillion flycatcher
259. Least grebe
260. Orange-crowned warbler
261. Black-crowned night heron
262. Yellow-crowned night heron
263. Plain chacalaca
264. Noetropic cormorant
265. White-tailed hawk
266. Common ground-dove
267. Foulvous whistling duck
268. Snow goose
269. Redhead
270. White-tailed kite
271. Tricolored heron
272. Piping plover
273. Franklin's gull
274. Laughing gull

 

[harpyeagle1]

Also, I'm now in Louisiana for Christmas so I might find a few more.

 

[timsg80]

182. Hawfinch
A great new bird for me!

 

[ospr3y]

Also, I'm now in Louisiana for Christmas so I might find a few more.

How are you faring with that storm? Pretty dramatic system by the looks of it, tornadoes and all - and heading towards me tonight!

 

[birding maniac]

Not been on BF for a while! Yearlist is now on 290, latest is the Buff-Bellied Pipit at QMRes. What a bird! Spent some time locally over the christmas period, with some decent birds like Red-Breasted Mergansers (1 Drake, 2 Ducks) on a reserve near my house and a few seaduck off HArtlepool Headland, as well as two Great Crested Grebes and a red-throated divers. On boxing day I went back to the same sites to try out my new scope (my last broke in August) and had some decent views of a Black Throated Diver and Short Eared Owls

 

[Hawk36]

183. Smew

 

[Sandhill Crane Lover]

My year list is now at 151.

 

[timsg80]

183. Barn Owl
184. Bewick's Swan

 

[Raptorboy98]

Been really busy this year so only managed to get to 109 for this year. Hope 2013 will be a productive year for everyone!

 

[oliwierpl]

It has been a long time since my last update.
Year-list is at 213,latest spieces:Rough-legged Buzzard and Syrian Woodpecker.Dendrocopos syriacus is quite rare in NE Poland,so I'm very glad that I recorded this woodpecker.

 

[Jonny721]

A great years birding coming to an end, my yearlist finished on 220 species my highest ever. I got 9 lifers during 2012: Hawfinch, Capercaillie, Crested Tit, Little Swift, Greenish Warbler, Red-Breasted Flycatcher, Ferruginous Duck, Pallas's Warbler and Woodlark.

I've just finished my final blog post reviewing the year, take a look if you'd like - http://jonnyscraggbirding.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/review-of-2012-september-to-december.html

 

[simmojunior]

My yearlist ended very slowly but a good year with 218 species. On the patch for dawn tomorrow...

 

[harpyeagle1]

Sadly, I will be on a plane all tomorrow. Will hopefully spend the 2nd birding though. Great year for me too though. I also have a final blog post of the year written a few days ago. It can be found at pittsburghbirdinglife527.wordpress.com

 

[Joshua-B]

Was very happy with my year in the end.
320 species in Australia plus 3 heard
496 species worldwide plus 6 heard
Here's to a productive and birdy 2013!

 

[harpyeagle1]

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[Samuel Perfect]

ended on 217 species for the year,

Good birding to all for 2013!

 

[Armin Kreusel]

The Year ended with 281 species!

My new year-list is now at 51 including Grey Phalarope

 

[Joseph N]

1st) Joshua B (Australia, Sydney) – 320 species
2nd) Birding Maniac (UK, Durham) - 290 species
3rd) Armin Kreusel (Germany, Hannover) - 281 species
4th) harpyeagle1 (USA) - 274 species
5th) Joseph N (UK, Aberdeenshire) - 226 species
6th) Ospr3y (USA) - 223 species
7th) Jonny721 (UK, Lancashire) - 220 species
8th) Simmojunior (UK, London) - 218 species
9th) Samuel Perfect (UK, Cornwall) - 217 species
10th) Olivierpwl (Poland) - 213 species
11th) Birder of the South (UK, Hampshire) - 211 species
12th) Knotsbirder (UK, Nottinghamshire) - 200 species
13th) timgs80 (UK) - 184 species
14th) Hawk36 (Germany) - 183 species
15th) Halcon (Spain) - 171 species
16th) Midlands Birder (UK, Midlands) - 165 species
17th) DIJ (UK, Lincs) - 160 species
18th) Silverwolf (USA) - 157 species
19th) Sandhill Crane Lover (USA) – 151 species
20th) Silverstar24 (UK, London) - 136 species
21st) Mari E (Japan) - 101 species
22nd) Mworks (UK, Lancashire) - 96 species
23rd) Raptorboy98 (UK, Angus) - 92 species
24th) Adin 92 (Malta) - 80 species
25th) Trevistky (Canada) - 65 species
26th) Goldfinch12 (UK, Lancashire) - 59 species
27th) Wildlifelove (UK, Essex) - 56 species
28th) Beth598x (UK, South) - 19 species

Apologies for the late final standings, been busy over the new year and have just had the time to compile this. Thanks all for submitting your final totals. Congrats to Josh as the overall winner and again to Michael for comfortably being the British winner. I finished the year on 226, with progression very slow since the end of October but with Desert Wheatear to round things off. Very glad with this though considering I didn't try too hard.

Continued good birding to everyone this year. The yearlist competition will be running again, so if you're interested pop a post in with your current totals.

Cheers,

Joseph

 

[Samuel Perfect]

Seeing as this might be my only opportunity stand in first place in this years year list (since I'm the first to submit mine) I'll be honest and say I'm at a measly total of 30 species. Rose-coloured Starling being today's highlight,

Good birding to all for 2013 :t: