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How is your 2018 List Going? (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Penny Clarke
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Today I added five new birds to my Year List, putting me at 71.
67. Great Blue Heron
68. Lesser Scaup
69. Brown Creeper
70. Eastern Screech Owl
71. Red-headed Woodpecker
Dave
67. Great Blue Heron
68. Lesser Scaup
69. Brown Creeper
70. Eastern Screech Owl
71. Red-headed Woodpecker
Dave
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Two new birds seen in my backyard this afternoon while watching the feeder.
72. Cooper’s Hawk
73. Cedar Waxwing
Dave
72. Cooper’s Hawk
73. Cedar Waxwing
Dave
Gill Osborne
Well-known member
Happy New Year Everyone xxx
Slow start to the year due to working 11hr shifts at work (start in the dark & finish in the dark grrrr) and then, on Saturday, I came down with a very heavy cold which has left me feeling SO drowsy :smoke: All of my birding so far has been confined to what I can see from the windows at work or when out delivering newspapers but I'm feeling a bit better today so gong to venture out for a short stroll in Hulne Park.
Total so far......
January 1st
1: House Sparow
2: Rook
3: Herring Gull
4: Blackbird
5: Wood Pigeon
6: Jackdaw
7: Blue Tit
8: Starling
9: Collared Dove
January 2nd
10: Black-headed Gull
January 5th
11: Wren
12: Feral Pigeon
13: Carrion Crow
14: Pied Wagtail
Not stressing at all as circumstances beyond my control have got in the way of birding properly and I have another 51 weeks to enjoy myself :t: Taking part in Bird Watching Magazine's #My200BirdYear as I generally lose focus around late spring and the past couple of years have seen my allotment taking up way too much time :smoke: 2018 is the year I take back my birding!!! :t:
Right.....off to bird HP and tick off some woodland goodies :king:
Slow start to the year due to working 11hr shifts at work (start in the dark & finish in the dark grrrr) and then, on Saturday, I came down with a very heavy cold which has left me feeling SO drowsy :smoke: All of my birding so far has been confined to what I can see from the windows at work or when out delivering newspapers but I'm feeling a bit better today so gong to venture out for a short stroll in Hulne Park.
Total so far......
January 1st
1: House Sparow
2: Rook
3: Herring Gull
4: Blackbird
5: Wood Pigeon
6: Jackdaw
7: Blue Tit
8: Starling
9: Collared Dove
January 2nd
10: Black-headed Gull
January 5th
11: Wren
12: Feral Pigeon
13: Carrion Crow
14: Pied Wagtail
Not stressing at all as circumstances beyond my control have got in the way of birding properly and I have another 51 weeks to enjoy myself :t: Taking part in Bird Watching Magazine's #My200BirdYear as I generally lose focus around late spring and the past couple of years have seen my allotment taking up way too much time :smoke: 2018 is the year I take back my birding!!! :t:
Right.....off to bird HP and tick off some woodland goodies :king:
Nightjar61
David Daniels
On the way home from work I picked up a new bird for the year.
74. Merlin
This bird has been wintering in a city park for the past several years. I’ve already looked for it four times this year and finally got lucky today on my fifth attempt. I pulled up and there it was perched on a light fixture at a baseball field.
Dave
74. Merlin
This bird has been wintering in a city park for the past several years. I’ve already looked for it four times this year and finally got lucky today on my fifth attempt. I pulled up and there it was perched on a light fixture at a baseball field.
Dave
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This afternoon I took a walk through a thick pine grove behind my house looking for owls. I had a great look at a roosting Barred Owl who didn’t seem too concerned by my presence at all.
75. Barred Owl
Dave
75. Barred Owl
Dave
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Three new birds today, so I’m now up to 78 for the year.
76. Red Fox Sparrow
77. Pine Siskin
78. Horned Lark
Dave
76. Red Fox Sparrow
77. Pine Siskin
78. Horned Lark
Dave
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Today I went to the Ohio River, which forms the border between West Virginia and Ohio, to chase a Great Black-backed Gull that had been reported yesterday. I dipped on that bird, but did add three birds to my Year List.
79. American Herring Gull
80. Peregrine Falcon
81. Double-crested Cormorant
Dave
79. American Herring Gull
80. Peregrine Falcon
81. Double-crested Cormorant
Dave
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A friend sent me a message telling me that both a Caspian Gull and a female Mandarin Duck was less than half a mile from my house on Stoke Floods, Coventry. Needless to say that I loaded up and was on site within 10 minutes. The Mandarin Duck was feeding with the Mallards and the Gull was sitting motionless on a pontoon way out in the lake.
From here I followed my mate to the nearby Longford Park as there had been a few Ring-necked Parakeets that had been seen a few times over the past few days. Sure enough as we got out of the car two could be heard and within minutes they were spotted in a nearby tree to the car park.
63. Mandarin Duck
64. Caspian Gull
65. Ring-necked Parakeet.
From here I followed my mate to the nearby Longford Park as there had been a few Ring-necked Parakeets that had been seen a few times over the past few days. Sure enough as we got out of the car two could be heard and within minutes they were spotted in a nearby tree to the car park.
63. Mandarin Duck
64. Caspian Gull
65. Ring-necked Parakeet.
Nightjar61
David Daniels
After work I stopped by a site on the Monongahela River where a pintail had been reported. I quickly found my target, which was a new bird for the year.
82. Northern Pintail
Dave
82. Northern Pintail
Dave
