Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[lvn600]

Thanks-

 

[Mike Feely]

Had seven lifers (so far) this year (best year for a long time):

Quail - Cholsey Barns - May 6th
Golden Oriole - Lakenheath - May 27th
Red-crested Pochard - Attenborough NR - Sept 23rd (a bit dodgy i know!)
Pec Sand - Kelling - Oct 21st (tarts tick)
White-rumped Sand - Cley - Oct 21st
YB Warbler - Holkham - Oct 21st (another tarts tick)
Long-tailed Duck - Kingsmill Res, Mansfield - Oct 23rd (long time bogey bird - very relieved, & on my local patch!)

There are curently five lifers within 20 miles of me, but unfortunately, as i dont drive, none of them are within reach:

Iceland; Glaucous & Ring-billed Gulls in Derbyshire (Carsington & Ogston)
Great Northern Diver at Trent Velly Pits (another bogey bird - hopefully get it at Snettisham before year end)
Green-winged Teal at Carsington

Grrrrr - feeling a bit frustrated!!

(cant fault the Oriole though - absolutley superb - will be going again next year for a second look / listen ("whoodulo whooo"!!!) - loved it!)

Mike

edit - dont mention Shrikes: still never seen one despite 20 years of looking! (I WILL see GG Shrike this winter!)

 

[Vectis Birder]

I've just had three lifers in one day! Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver and Red-necked Grebe, all in the Solent this afternoon. B

And Mike, I know exactly how you feel about shrikes. I can never get to see 'em either. :h?:

 

[BoonHogganbeck]

I've been birding for less than a month so I guess I still have that initial joy of adding to my life list almost every time I got out! :bounce:

My most recent addition--just this morning--was a Wood Duck.

 

[Accipiter91]

golden-crowned kinglet

 

[ozgorkem]

From my balkony: Phoenicurus ochrurus - Black Redstart- female, 10.12.2006 , at İzmir (Turkey West Coast)

 

[jocateme]

Male Burnished-buff Tanager (Tangara cayana), 17/12/2006, São Paulo, Brazil

 

[gareth_blockley]

Great northern diver and Snow bunting at Chasewater 17/12/06

 

[Accipiter91]

yellow-rumped warbler

 

[lvn600]

Painted Bunting at Lockwood Farm in Hamden CT. at 3pm today.

 

[Terry O'Nolley]

Cackling Goose today at Branford Supply Pond in Branford CT. USA.

WOW! That pic really shows the size difference involved with this species. Great snap.

 

[BGuy]

South American Painted Snipe at Lampa Marsh, Chile, just over three weeks ago.

 

[lvn600]

That was my reaction when I saw it.-I laughed to myself when I saw it because I wondered if I ever came across one if I'd be able to pick it out from the others.

 

[Hanno]

Greater Adjutant, Spot-billed Pelican

 

[JMikeB]

Ring-necked Duck at Anglezarke Reservoir on 8th Dec. Got my bearings wrong and parked an hour's walk away - there was sleet and hail on the way; then the sun came out, the drake appeared and it was all worth it!

 

[Vectis Birder]

Almost embarrassed to admit it, but a Nuthatch, today, at Binstead (near Ryde, Isle of Wight). Nuthatches are not a resident species on the Isle of Wight (they're just occasional visitors) and I've never seen one, so it was a nice addition to the list.

 

[Larry Lade]

Vectis, early on in my birding I thought it would be great if ever I could find a Cedar Waxwing. I read up on them and asked people about them and looked for them. Then one day I finally saw one. This species is rather irregular in its movements and wander around alot. But I do see them quite often now.

It's kind of like really wanting to see a certain bird, and you really work hard at it. Then one day you see one! After that you begin to see them quite regularly. I have since sometimes heard birders mentioning this phenomenon,viz. difficult bird to get but once you see it, then it becomes easier to see.

 

[peter hill]

a first

seen yesterday at carsington water a great northern diver a first for me in fact saw 2 of them but 1 was at long range the other was in the sailing club bay at about 100yrds nice bird

 

[brianfm]

Shore (Horned) Lark at Creswell, Northumberland, amongst a flock of around 50 Twite on 19th December. A great birding day in ideal weather and light on the coast.

 

[AmpelisChinito]

Barrow's Goldeneye in South Boston, MA.