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Garden/Yard List 2019 (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter halftwo
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halftwo
Wird Batcher
I doubt that I will be for long, Ken !
birdmeister
Well-known member
A good day for soaring raptors brought
11. Turkey Vulture (f)
12. Red-tailed Hawk (f)
A quick check of eBird revealed that I entered 88 species from the yard last year. Another quick check revealed that I have entered 105 species total (all years) into eBird from the yard. Given that I have a decent expanse of sky to view, I think 100 species may not be out of the question this year, especially if I spend more early mornings outside!
Last fall was an especially exciting year from the yard. Single-day highlights included 61 Purple Finches (just short of eBird county high), 1,126 Blue Jays (eBird county high, all birds were counted in only 70 minutes or so!), and 924 Broad-winged Hawks.
We'll see what happens. I'm certainly shooting for 100, though!
11. Turkey Vulture (f)
12. Red-tailed Hawk (f)
A quick check of eBird revealed that I entered 88 species from the yard last year. Another quick check revealed that I have entered 105 species total (all years) into eBird from the yard. Given that I have a decent expanse of sky to view, I think 100 species may not be out of the question this year, especially if I spend more early mornings outside!
Last fall was an especially exciting year from the yard. Single-day highlights included 61 Purple Finches (just short of eBird county high), 1,126 Blue Jays (eBird county high, all birds were counted in only 70 minutes or so!), and 924 Broad-winged Hawks.
We'll see what happens. I'm certainly shooting for 100, though!
KenM
Well-known member
We’re neck and neck now H :eek!:
Today- Starling, Stock Dove, GBBGull, Jay and Sprawk. :t:
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Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
January 4th - unexpected morning watch while car getting a new tyre
30. Goldcrest
31. Stock Dove
32. Great Spotted Woodpecker
33. Song Thrush (my first anywhere this year, #94)
34. Long-tailed Tit
Steve
30. Goldcrest
31. Stock Dove
32. Great Spotted Woodpecker
33. Song Thrush (my first anywhere this year, #94)
34. Long-tailed Tit
Steve
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
I managed 85 last year and 87 in the year before, the total overall here (we only arrived two years ago) is 96 now, so I've set myself a target of 90 (again
). Off to a modest start:
1 Mistle Thrush
2 Marsh Tit
3 Coal tit
4 Blue tit
5 Great Tit
6 Nuthatch
7 Carrion Crow
8 Raven
9 Chaffinch
10 Brambling
11 Greenfinch
12 Goldfinch
13 Siskin
14 Hawfinch
15 Yellowhammer
16 Green Woodpecker
17 Bullfinch
18 Blackbird
19 Fieldfare
20 Magpie
21 Golden Eagle
22 Crested Tit
23 Jay
24 Robin
birdmeister
Well-known member
Slow and steady today, with three additions.
13. Cooper's Hawk (f)
14. American Crow (f)
15. American Goldfinch
At dusk, I saw a small flock of mergansers with the hundreds of roosting geese. In all likelihood they were Common, but all I got was a five-second silhouette view. I should be able to nail Common Merg down sometime this year, though.
I took a close look today, not in eBird this time but in my Sibley guide, to see what a reasonable year total might be. Although mid-90s seems more likely, 100 is not out of the question.
13. Cooper's Hawk (f)
14. American Crow (f)
15. American Goldfinch
At dusk, I saw a small flock of mergansers with the hundreds of roosting geese. In all likelihood they were Common, but all I got was a five-second silhouette view. I should be able to nail Common Merg down sometime this year, though.
I took a close look today, not in eBird this time but in my Sibley guide, to see what a reasonable year total might be. Although mid-90s seems more likely, 100 is not out of the question.
KenM
Well-known member
I managed 85 last year and 87 in the year before, the total overall here (we only arrived two years ago) is 96 now, so I've set myself a target of 90 (again
Off to a modest start:
1 Mistle Thrush
2 Marsh Tit
3 Coal tit
4 Blue tit
5 Great Tit
6 Nuthatch
7 Carrion Crow
8 Raven
9 Chaffinch
10 Brambling
11 Greenfinch
12 Goldfinch
13 Siskin
14 Hawfinch
15 Yellowhammer
16 Green Woodpecker
17 Bullfinch
18 Blackbird
19 Fieldfare
20 Magpie
21 Golden Eagle
22 Crested Tit
23 Jay
24 Robin
......I shudder to think what an immodest start might look like! - eleven there I need of which at least four I won’t be getting!
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
......I shudder to think what an immodest start might look like! - eleven there I need of which at least four I won’t be getting!
Four? Hmmm let me think: G Eagle and Crested Tit obviously, but the other two?
Marsh Tit and Yellowhammer?
Two more ‘early birds’ already added this morning:
25 Common Buzzard
26 Great Spotted Woodpecker
halftwo
Wird Batcher
KenM
Well-known member
Correct on the four!..however this am Wren and Grey Wag make it nos.36 and 37.
KenM
Well-known member
What a Great Tick H! :t:
halftwo
Wird Batcher
I know - still reeling from the "what the?!!"
Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
January 5th - rather chilly morning watch
36. Goosander - 5 flew west, only my second record
37. Raven
38. Redwing - 2, scarce locally since Christmas
39. Greylag Goose
Steve
36. Goosander - 5 flew west, only my second record
37. Raven
38. Redwing - 2, scarce locally since Christmas
39. Greylag Goose
Steve
birdmeister
Well-known member
Two simple additions today with heard-only
16. Carolina Wren
and a brief visit to the feeders by a
17. Song Sparrow
16. Carolina Wren
and a brief visit to the feeders by a
17. Song Sparrow
