Would you tick it - or accept it with that photo?
I agree with you that it looks likely, but .......
Why not taivana Eastern Yellow Wagtail?
Cheers
Mike
So where are the bets on 49 more - following 32 plus another 17?
Great Cormorant
Purple Sandpiper
Least Grebe
Audubon's Oriole
Short-tailed Hawk
Dovekie
Boreal Owl
Java Sparrow
Red-crested Cardinal
Oahu Amakihi
White-rumped Shama
Red-vented Bulbul
Rose-ringed Parakeet
White Tern
Chestnut Munia
African Silverbill
Maui Alauahio
Hwamei
Hawaiian Duck
Anianiau
Kauai Amakihi
Kauai Elepaio
Red Junglefowl
Gray-backed Tern
Indian Peafowl
Oahu Elepaio
Mariana Swiftlet
Akohekohe
Maui Parrotbill
Akekee
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Akikiki
All the best
Also Siberian Accentor " first for year".
John had Wryneck, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler, Little Bunting and Rufous tailed Robin in first four hours on Gambell.
Also Siberian Accentor " first for year".
Interesting - it appears that Pallas's GW was on 9th and Middendorff's reported on ebird for the 8th. Seems like the Deans may have got both (certainly the MGW). Have the McQuades already left?
Also Spectacled Eider seen on Gambell, perhaps John finally filled that gap as well.
Paul: John posted last night's sightings on Facebook.
Joe
John is very happy!
https://birdingyear.com/best-three-hours-of-aba-birding-ever-might-just-be/
And going to St Paul. Now on 793, +30 -73
Am I right in saying that Grey-headed Chickadee is not possible?
While waiting for the transition to St Paul, I've compiled a list of John's species of which he has not photographed.
He's got pictures of 752 species and is missing the following 41 already observed species:
Code 1
White-winged Scoter
Mountain Quail
Northern Bobwhite
Common Poorwill
White-throated Swift
Costa’s Hummingbird
King Rail
Wilson’s Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Northern Goshawk
Barn Owl
Northwestern Crow
Evening Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Le Conte’s Sparrow
Code 2
Montezuma Quail
Spotted Dove
Mangrove Cuckoo
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Arctic Loon
Red-footed Booby
Flammulated Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Greater Pewee
Henslow’s Sparrow
Code 3-5
Long-toed Stint
Slaty-backed Gull
Fea’s Petrel
Cook’s Petrel
Great Frigatebird
Zenaida Dove
White-tailed Eagle
Siberian Accentor
Antillean Palm-Swift
Hawaii only
Black Francolin (2)
Hawaiian Hawk (2)
Japanese Bush-Warbler (2)
Apapane (2)
There is at least one error, because there was a photo of Cook's Petrel on his blog post but it's not on his list.
Question to those who know ABA area better: how many of those are still possible? Of course some rarities won't be seen again and I would imagine that rails, nightjars and owls are very difficult but has he missed some migrants also?
Has anyone been following John Weigel's Big Year attempt #2?
http://birdingyear.com/the-list-so-far/
He has not updated his blog since mid March, but has updated his species list and there are some things I find hard to understand. I have never been to USA, but shouldn't the spring be the best birding time there also? In John's list there are several days gaps with no new species, and he still lacks huge numbers of Code 1 and Code 2 species. Like no new species 25.-26. and 28.-29. of April. What could that be about?
If my spreadsheet is correct, he has 45 coded birds + 2 provisionals so far. Birds are in chronological order, sorry.
Code 3:
Hook-Billed Kite
Clay-cloured Trush
Tropical Parula
Aplomado Falcon
Rufous-backed Robin
American Flamingo
Smooth-billed Ani
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Rose-throated Becard
Tundra Bean Goose
Brambling
Little Gull
Morelet's Seedeater
Shiny Cowbird
Great Skua
Western Spindalis
La Sagra's Flycatcher
Ruff
McKay's Bunting
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Palila
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Akiapolaau
Hawaii Creeper
Hawaii Akepa
Masked Booby
Cook's Petrel
Code 4:
Pink-Footed Goose
Fieldfare
Golden-crowned Warbler
Red-flanked Bluetail
White-throated Trush
Dusky Warbler
Crimson-collared Grosbeak
Yellow Grosbeak
Thick-billed Vireo
Garganey
Key West Quail-Dove
Bahama Mockingbird
Code 5:
Great Black Hawk
Provisional:
Dark-Billed Cuckoo
Long-legged Buzzard
He has dipped (according to blog updates) at least following coded species:
Code 3:
Whooper Swan - Adak, Alaska
Tufted Duck - North Carolina
Black-headed Gull - Philadelphia
Black-capped Gnatcatcher - Arizona
Rufous-capped Warbler - Arizona
Code 4:
Barnacle Goose - Philadelphia, Chicago
White-tailed Eagle - St Paul, Alaska
Roadside Hawk - Texas
Blue Bunting - Texas
Bananaquit - Florida
John's predicted tick-fest does not seem to have materialised yet on St Paul.
I assume he has picked up Sharp-tailed Sand. The Jack Snipe seems to have gone AWOL.
Seems an OBP has been found so perhaps not all lost yet.
Any news on the Boreal Owl?
He also seems to have missed opportunities for both Spectacled & Seller's Eiders. Where can he pick these up? Is he going to Barrow for Ross's Gull (Ivory as well?).
Am I right in saying that Grey-headed Chickadee is not possible?