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  1. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Red-footed Booby seen at Corona del Mar State Beach in Orange County, California (about an hour from home) this past Sunday.
  2. Dickcissel

    Dickcissel

    My lifer Dickcissel (#520), one of several seen that day at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area while visiting Fort Collins, Colorado with some coworkers (who went on a brewery tour while I was birding). The species is not normally found this far west, but luckily in 2017 they were.
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    • dickcissel
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  3. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    I've added two life birds since last summer, when I last posted in this thread. #521: Boreal Owl, seen on 10/4/2017 at Hidden Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, while tagging along with a local bird researcher who bands the owls there every fall. #522: Garganey, seen on...
  4. Boreal Owl

    Boreal Owl

    My lifer Boreal Owl (#521), seen in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado while tagging along with a local bird researcher who bands the owls every fall.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  5. Garganey

    Garganey

    Rarity and lifer #522, seen at Waller Park in Santa Maria, California.
    • avesjohn
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  6. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Saw my first Dickcissel today at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area in Fort Collins, where several of the birds seem to be settling in for the season as part of their large incursion westward this year.
  7. avesjohn

    Pacific-slope Flycatcher?

    These photos look like two different species to me: 1 - Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2-3 - Hutton's Vireo
  8. avesjohn

    Moraga, Ca. Vallevista staging area 4/21/17

    Looks like a House Wren to me.
  9. avesjohn

    Should you tick "heard only" birds?

    Like many others, I'm happy to "heard only" birds to a list (year, state, county, etc.), as long as the bird in question is not a lifer. I may yet change this personal rule for hard-to-see tropical and/or nocturnal birds (rails, owls), but so far the only "heard only" birds I've had to worry...
  10. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Just got back from a weekend blitz through southeast Arizona and adjacent areas with a friend, picked up 8 lifers: #510 - Ruddy Ground-Dove (Santa Cruz Flats) #511 - Rufous-backed Robin (Santa Cruz Flats) #512 - Rose-throated Becard (De Anza Trail, Tumacacori) #513 - Rufous-winged Sparrow (De...
  11. avesjohn

    So Cal Sparrow

    Agreed on Song Sparrow.
  12. avesjohn

    Birding targets for 2016

    To make things simple, I just put in bold the species in the above lists that I managed to see while in Colorado last May-October, while adding another here: Wild Turkey, which I added as a lifer there despite having previously seen them here in California several times on account of them being...
  13. avesjohn

    January 1st joint Birdforum list (2017 edition)

    My yard list from January 1st, with species not already on the previously posted Team USA/North America list highlighted in bold. Lots of California specialties for your listing enhancement! Mourning Dove Allen's Hummingbird Nuttall's Woodpecker Red-crowned Parrot (feral L.A. population) Black...
  14. avesjohn

    Seattle area - Dunlins?

    Agreed, Dunlins. Much too large to be Western Sandpipers, our other long-billed "peep".
  15. avesjohn

    Warbler, Waders, and Waterfowl, Olympic Peninsula (PS Coastal) and Islands, WA, Dec

    1. Correct: Double-crested (left) and Pelagic (right) Cormorants. 2. Female Common Goldeneye. 3. Dunlin (background) and Black-bellied Plover (foreground). 4. Black-bellied Plover. 5. Golden-crowned Kinglet.
  16. avesjohn

    Waterfowl, Olympic Peninsula (PS Coastal) and Islands, WA, Early Dec

    Correct for #1-4. #5 is a female Bufflehead.
  17. avesjohn

    Sparrows, Olympic Peninsula (PS Coastal) and Islands, WA, Early Dec

    Agreed on 1 (White-crowned Sparrow) and 3-4 (Song Sparrows). #2 is a female House Finch (top left) and a Golden-crowned Sparrow (bottom right).
  18. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Today I saw my lifer Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, a vagrant that was discovered yesterday at the Willow St. crossing over the Los Angeles River in Long Beach.
  19. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

    Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

    My lifer Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (#509), a juvenile found the day before at the Los Angeles River Willow St. crossing in Long Beach, California. iPhone photo, taken through my spotting scope.
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    • calidris acuminata sharp-tailed sandpiper
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  20. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Picked up two of my most sought-after birds during my extended stay here in Colorado in the past two weeks: #507: White-tailed Ptarmigan, 7/17/2016 at Medicine Bow Curve in Rocky Mountain National Park #508: Eastern Kingbird, 7/24/2016 at Walden Ponds in Boulder, Colorado (a family at a nest!)...
  21. avesjohn

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Haven't posted here in a while (my computer's been out of commission and I've been relying on my iPad), but since the end of May I've been living in Estes Park, Colorado, just outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. (I'm working at the Trail Ridge Store within the park and will return home in...
  22. avesjohn

    Just caught a glimpse

    Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle subspecies).
  23. Cassin's Sparrow

    Cassin's Sparrow

    My lifer Cassin's Sparrow, a bird that was present for a few days at the Castaic Sports Complex near Castaic Lake northwest of Los Angeles, California.
    • avesjohn
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    • peucaea cassinii
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
  24. Painted Bunting

    Painted Bunting

    My lifer Painted Bunting, a female bird that showed up at the home of another birder (a friend) who lives just a short bus ride away. With the popularity of this species - especially the colorful males, which I have yet to see - in the Mexican cage bird trade, provenance is always in question...
    • avesjohn
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  25. Worm-eating Warbler

    Worm-eating Warbler

    My lifer Worm-eating Warbler, a bird that overwintered (2014-2015) at the Village Green condo complex in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
    • avesjohn
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
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