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How is your 2019 List Going? (1 Viewer)

This afternoon I birded in a couple of places and picked up a new bird in each location.

324. American Pipit
325. Purple Martin

Then when I came home another year bird flew over while I was sitting on my deck.

326. Peregrine Falcon

Dave
 
eBird rearranged one bird so
96 N rough-winged swallow
97 Franklin's gull
98 Great egret
99 ruby-crowned kinglet
100 hermit thrush
101 yellow-headed blackbird
102 Northern pintail
 
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Spring migrants are slowly trickling in. Things should really pick up in a week or two.

327. Solitary Sandpiper
328. Yellow-throated Warbler

Dave
 
Two more early spring migrants this morning. This is the earliest I have seen either species.

329. Chimney Swift
330. White-eyed Vireo

Dave
 
A cold, 2°C, and windy, with snow at times, weekend trip to Helgoland, (German North Sea Island) gave me:

97 Blackcap
98 Eurasian Sparrowhawk
99 Goldcrest
100 Ring Ouzel
101 Willow Warbler
102 Razorbill
103 Mistle Thrush
104 Common Guillemot
105 Black legged Kittiwake
106 Common Ringed Plover
107 Common Whitethroat
108 Hooded Crow
109 Ruddy Turnstone
110 Common Eider
111 Arctic Tern
112 Sandwich Tern
113 Northern Gannet
 
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103. Barn Swallow Holmes Lake US-NE
104. Savannah Sparrow Holmes Lake US-NE
105. Greater Yellowlegs Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
106. Willet Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
107. Lesser Yellowlegs Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
108. Snowy Egret Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
109. Lincoln's Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 14 Apr
110. Wilson's Snipe Branched Oak SRA US-NE 14 Apr 2019
111. Spotted Sandpiper Holmes Lake US-NE 15 Apr 2019
112. Sora Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center US-NE 16 Apr 2019
113. Brown Thrasher Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center US-NE 16 Apr 2019
114. House Wren Conestoga Lake US-NE 16 Apr 2019
 
On my way home from work this afternoon, I saw a new year bird perched in a tree right next to the road.

332. Broad-winged Hawk

Dave
 
Had a great time visiting Santa Barbara, California and even saw a few birds, including a lifer.

13-15 April

Santa Monica State Beach, Santa Monica, CA
57. Western Gull
58. California Gull
59. Common Raven

Zuma Beach and Lagoon, Malibu, CA
60. Willet
61. Brown Pelican

East Beach, Santa Barbara, CA
62. Marbled Godwit
63. Western Sandpiper
64. California Scrub-Jay

Franceschi Park, Santa Barbara, CA
65. Acorn Woodpecker
66. Oak Titmouse

Mesa Lane Beach, Santa Barbara, CA
67. Killdeer

Santa Barbara Harbor, Santa Barbara, CA
68. Eurasian Collared-Dove
69. Black-crowned Night-Heron
70. Snowy Egret
71. Barn Swallow

Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, CA
72. American Coot
73. Black-necked Stilt
74. Black-bellied Plover
75. Green Heron
76. Bewick's Wren
77. California Towhee

Latest Lifer: 785 : Marbled Godwit (East Beach, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, April 2019)
 
Spring migration has finally picked up over what it was a week ago. Today I added seven species to my Year List.

333. Common Yellowthroat
334. Black-throated Green Warbler
335. Ovenbird
336. Wood Thrush
337. Hooded Warbler
338. Grasshopper Sparrow
339. Golden Eagle

Dave
 
Went for an unsuccessful hunt for Jack Snipe and Bitterns this morning. Failed on both counts, but got a couple of other year ticks.

142. Common Tern
143. Smew
 
A short walk along a rail trail this afternoon produced a new bird for the year.

343. Gray Catbird

Then later an expected migrant showed up at my hummingbird feeder.

344. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Dave
 
115. Broad-winged Hawk Holmes Lake US-NE 17 Apr 2019
116. Hudsonian Godwit Lincoln Saline Wetlands Nature Park US-NE
117. Great-tailed Grackle Oak Lake Park US-NE 19 Apr 2019
118. Eastern Towhee Pioneers Park US-NE 20 Apr 2019
119. Purple Martin Pioneers Park US-NE 20 Apr 2019
120. Northern Bobwhite Wilderness Park US-NE 20 Apr 2019
121. Clay-colored Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
122. Vesper Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE
123. American Avocet Holmes Lake US-NE
124. Orange-crowned Warbler Holmes Lake US-NE
Last 2 were also ecobirding by bike. All but 1 bird (trumpeter swan) are in NE
 
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