Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

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cliven

Member

• Oct 31, 2005

• #121

Corncrake, Great Skua, Black Guillemot and Ringed Plover on Pabbay, south of Barra in the Scottish Outer Hebrides in May this year. On a climbing trip not a birding trip but probably the most productive bird events I've had since my first visit to Leighton Moss a couple of years ago. Also the first time I'd heard Snipe roding at dusk.

The Corncrakes were so noisy and numerous that one of our party joked about throwing his boots at them just to get to sleep. Just took my bins out one afternoon off from rock-climbing not expecting to see the crake and after five minutes the cheeky fella strolled right across my field of view not to be seen again.

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Oct 31, 2005

• #122

Last lifer was the elusive Laughing gull in Yorkshire, succeeded on third attempt! So it is no longer laughing at me now :bounce:
Total lifers this year = 6 Slowing down a bit now.

 

RobF

Well-known member

• Oct 31, 2005

• #123

Ptarmigan in the snow at the top of Cairngorm last weekend.

Rob

 

LSB

Me

• Oct 31, 2005

• #124

2 Pallid Swifts yesterday both on my local patch too.You cant ask for more than that. Ive also had 17 lifers this year...... :t: :t: :t: :t:

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Nov 1, 2005

• #125

House Finch - today - Southern CT. Yeah, it's sad, I know, but it's a big deal for me!

 

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doug_newman

Well-known member

• Nov 1, 2005

• #126

Common Redshank at Marievale in Nigel South Africa (Later confirmed with a second sighting by other birders). What a summer... I have added almost 90 Lifers in 18 months...... Southern African total now 522.

 

jimtfoto

Well-known member

• Nov 1, 2005

• #127

Golden Eagle ... and a Cave Swallow ... both last weekend.


cheers,
jim

 

Hedgewitch

Well-known member

• Nov 1, 2005

• #128

Woodchat Shrike

 

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keithyed

Well-known member

• Nov 1, 2005

• #129

last week in portugal purple swamp-hen and a hoopoe

 

Stephen Dunstan

Registered User

• Nov 1, 2005

• #130

Laughing Gull this Saturday gone, in West Yorkshire.

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Nov 1, 2005

• #131

When I began this thread, Friday 2nd September 2005, my last life bird was a Sharp-tailed Grouse seen January 30, 2005 in Minnesota.

As of today, my last life bird was a Sharp-tailed Grouse seen January 30, 2005 in Minnesota.

It has been quite a "dry spell"!

 

postcardcv

Super Moderator

Staff member

Supporter

• Nov 1, 2005

• #132

Larry Lade said:

It has been quite a "dry spell"!

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I'm also suffering one of those - my last lifer was collared pratincole back at the end of May... would really like another before the end of the year.

 

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tf1044x

Well-known member

• Nov 2, 2005

• #133

My last two lifes were together, White-naped Crane and Swan Goose

 

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the bird

Carpe diem

• Nov 2, 2005

• #134

tf1044x said:

My last two lifes were together, White-naped Crane and Swan Goose

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sounds like a great day out at slimbridge!!!! (joke)

 

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Isurus

Well-known member

• Nov 2, 2005

• #135

african penguin yesterday.

 

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Tui

Well-known member

• Nov 2, 2005

• #136

Red-necked Grebe last Saturday on Lake Geneva in France.

 

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mike davidson

Well-known member

• Nov 3, 2005

• #137

Larry Lade said:

I know that we have birders of all ages and number of years participating in this
pastime we all enjoy.

But, I thought that it would be interesting to see when it was that you observed your last "life" bird. *A "life" bird is one which you now have seen, but have never seen it in the wild before.

What was it? When? and Where?

My last "life" bird was:

Sharp-tailed Grouse seen in Sax-Zim bog area of northern Minnesota, USA, January 30, 2005

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my last 2 were seen on Tues this week and were Sokoke Pipit and Sokoke scops owl both endemics of Aruboka Sokoke forest near Malindi on the coast of Kenya


Mike D in Nairobi

 

Andy Wraithmell

aka Limeybirder

• Nov 3, 2005

• #138

my last life bird was a Lesser SandPlover at St Marks NWR in Sept, I need to head out West!

 

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Phalarope

Well-known member

• Nov 6, 2005

• #139

Silvery-throated Jays in the highlands of Costa Rica--the culmination of a 10-day trip with an amazing 75 lifers among 365 species seen. Other delights were Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Great Green Mackaws, and a Snowcap. Richard Garrigues did a fine job of shepherding 8 birders around the country.

Phalarope

 

tamandua

Well-known member

• Nov 6, 2005

• #140

Wryneck (after four years and numerous attempts to see one)

Shag

Bridled morph of the Common Murre

Short-toed Lark

All four seen on 14th may this year. Sadly,no lifers since then...I hope to see some during the next trips.