Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Hopkins]

Ended the trip with a Short-tailed Field Tyrant as the last of 113 lifers.

 

[Ruud3105]

Northern Lapwing and Gadwall, both today

 

[Ruud3105]

Hawfinch, this morning on my local patch, riera del tenes. Splendid bird and #130 on my list

 

[aeshna5]

My first UK lifer in a couple of years today (last was the Scilly Blue Rock Thrush) with some great views of the American Robin in Eastbourne. Have seen many across the pond in the distant past so nice to get one here!

 

[SueO]

Blue-headed Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana

 

[qwerty5]

Lesser Scaup and Common Goldeneye yesterday

 

[BenjiS]

Northern Lapwing & Common Oystercatcher- Last Friday - College Lake, Tring, England UK

 

[Evan Atkinson]

Belted Kingfisher in Lancs last Monday. Then Red-Throated Diver on Tuesday.

 

[RobinD]

Baikal Teal in Somerset - one I have always wanted to see

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

3 lifers so far this year and all crackers:

Red-breasted Goose
Belted Kingfisher
Baikal Teal

 

[Evan Atkinson]

A commoner bird for most people, but enjoyed brief but good views of 3 different bearded tits at Elmley NNR.

New lifer: Bearded tit

 

[aeshna5]

A commoner bird for most people, but enjoyed brief but good views of 3 different bearded tits at Elmley NNR.

New lifer: Bearded tit

They are stunning birds-particularly the adult males. Great new bird for you. Still haven't connected with them for the year yet despite a long weekend in Norfolk in January & a couple of visits to Rainham RPB. Am returning to the latter site next week on what looks like a fine day-so maybe I'll be lucky?

 

[car sörensen]

boreal owl (herd only)

 

[qwerty5]

American Woodcock a week ago

 

[Evan Atkinson]

Brambling at RSPB Titchwell along with some other quality birds such as Marsh Harrier and Tree Sparrow. Will upload a picture in the gallery or here when I'm home.

 

[kmscouts]

Pink-footed Goose, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia March 14, 2022. Four birds overwintering. #592 on my ABA life list.

The odd thing is that, on paper, it is my 5th life bird of this year. I thought my life-list was up to date. However I've been going over my old checklists and photographs just last month to register my sightings with Ebird so that I can have my list there as well. Turns out that I had not been good in keeping my life list up to date. I started 2022 with 587 species having just removed the Northwestern Crow as a species. I then found my photos/records for the following species that I had forgotten to add to my life list:
#588 Cape May Warbler - Quebec, 2016
#589 Roseate Tern - Nova Scotia, 2020
#590 Little Egret - Nova Scotia 2021 (only 3 months earlier but forgot to add it)
#591 Cassin's Sparrow - Colorado, 1978

Then the only actual new species so far this year - the Pink-footed Goose.

 

[Paul Chapman]

One British, Isle of Man & Irish twitch this year for Egyptian Vulture - a species previously seen by me in a number of countries. A bird that I had missed on the Scillies & in County Donegal that was satisfying to see but may well end up not making the grade to full acceptance to the British or the Irish lists.... It will be interesting to see how the respective Committees review the lengthy stay and over-wintering of this adult.

Subsequently, a six day Spanish birding trip with friends starting in Barcelona & inland to Zaragoza & the Pyrenees yielded Dupont's Lark at El Planeron as a full Category A lifer. Some attempts at Category C WP species there yielded Red-billed Leiothrix, Red-masked Parakeet & heard only Red-whiskered Bulbul. Plenty of remaining Iberian Peninsula Category C species to see...

Last weekend, a full on WP Category C trip yielded Reeves's Pheasant in France and Black Swan, Bar-headed Goose, Alexandrine Parakeet and Vinous-throated Parrotbill in the Netherlands (where the national list does not include Category C). WP IOC list now comfortably through 800 and hoping to clear up a few more this year. Sixty plus remaining WP targets and pleased to say that only thirteen of those are Category C so hopefully a better return than the one Category A World lifer awaits in the balance of 2022... 🤞

First time to Europe since the start of the pandemic and plenty of decent non-lifer birds along the way - Bluethroat & Black Woodpecker attached. Maybe time to dust off some trip report writing.

 

[Richard D]

Red Crested Pochard - Not exactly rare, but I'd somehow failed to see one in over 30 yrs birding until this week when I found a pair.

 

[car sörensen]

red brested goose my 259 in sweden

 

[Swindon Addick]

At the moment my latest is snow goose, due to the three at Slimbridge seen a couple of months ago. However I'm told they disgraced themselves by still being there at the end of March, so I guess they're not going to be accepted and I need to keep looking. One day...