Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

hookem2010

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2020

• #4,181

White wagtail (#386) and ringed kingfisher (#387), both seen at Roy Guerrero Park in Austin, Texas within 60 seconds of each other. One bird at the extreme north of its range and the other well of course from where it belongs, but very cool to see them together. The wagtail has been very cooperative for much of the last month, but I wasn't able to make it down until just last weekend.

 

Warixenjalka

Birdwitcher

• Mar 15, 2020

• #4,182

Pink-footed Goose at Metsakyla, Hamina, Finland. This individual was quite hard to seperate from about 30 Bean Geese, cos it doesn't had an "frozen" back and it was swimming all the time.

 

dandsblair

David and Sarah

Supporter

• Mar 15, 2020

• #4,183

Sinai Rosfinch

Paul Chapman said:

I suppose not technically a lifer but I did connect with Basalt Wheatear for the first time in the Uvda valley, Israel on 8th February as my only new bird.

Plenty of other cracking birds on that trip though so pics with which I was pleased of Thick-billed Lark, Sinai Rosefinch, Scrub Warbler & Green Bee-eater.

All the best

Paul

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Great photos. A much better photo of Sinai Rosefinch than I got at Little Petra in Jordan.

Suspect it might be my last lifer for a while if all travel is suspended.

 

ClarkWGriswold

Carpe Carpum

Supporter

• Mar 15, 2020

• #4,184

Laughing Gull at Chew Valley Lake yesterday.

Rich

 

Nightjar61

David Daniels

• Mar 15, 2020

• #4,185

I got 45 lifers on a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. The last was White-throated Thrush.

Dave

 

Ian Lewis

aka Gryllo

• Mar 17, 2020

• #4,186

1 new bird in Florida (Florida Scrub Jay), 25 in Guyana (including Red Siskin, Sun Parakeet and Crimson Fruitcrow) and 13 in Suriname (the last being Collared Gnatwren). Home just in time before the global shut down.

Ian

 

MKinHK

Mike Kilburn

• Mar 19, 2020

• #4,187

A few in the San Francisco Bay Area on my last Conference Birding outing:

1. Rock Wren
2. Anna's Hummingbird
3. Allen's Hummingbird
4. California Thrasher
5. Lark Sparrow
6. Sagebrush Sparrow
7. Tricoloured Blackbird
8. Brewer's Blackbird
9. Snow Goose
10. Ross's Goose
11. minima Cackling Goose (unexpected and the best of the lot)
12. Ridgeway's Rail

Not a bad return for one day and hours the next morning. The details, along with pix of 10 of the 12 listed species and some bonus video clips, are here: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=387268

Cheers
Mike

 

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in vitrio

Well-known member

• Mar 20, 2020

• #4,188

Avocet at Middleton Lakes near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.

Being bullied by a black-headed gull.

I haven't finished my checklist yet, but I think that could be my 500th species. Depends on how many subspecies I've jotted down...

 

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Paul Chapman

Well-known member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #4,189

Maybe stretching this a bit but I've found a notebook from a 2004 family holiday in Florida so my lifelist will be getting longer as soon as I can get it input!!

Happy days.

 

foresttwitcher

Virtually unknown member

• Apr 19, 2020

• #4,190

Short-tailed Albatross - Izu Islands, Japan - February 26th.

 

3Italianbirders

well-known member

Supporter

• Apr 19, 2020

• #4,191

Eastern Imperial Eagle and Syrian Woodpecker, in Austria, this time last year (happy memories!).

 

YuShan

Well-known member

• Apr 21, 2020

• #4,192

Last lifer was a Brown Quail on Maria Island, Tasmania on 16th Nov 2019. However, I didn't see it very well (just flushed it, but must have been this species).
My last properly identified lifer was a Cape barren Goose, also on Maria Island, Tasmania on 13th Nov 2019.

 

lmans66

Out Birding....

Supporter

• Apr 21, 2020

• #4,193

Virginia Rail

 

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in vitrio

Well-known member

• May 8, 2020

• #4,194

No. 501 (or thereabouts) for me - goldeneye.

 

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Farnboro John

Well-known member

• May 8, 2020

• #4,195

Eastern Subalpine Warbler, from the armchair, yesterday.

John

 

GardenHeart

Well-known member

• May 8, 2020

• #4,196

American Redstart male, sooo pretty!

 

Farnboro John

Well-known member

• May 8, 2020

• #4,197

Birdergirl80 said:

American Redstart male, sooo pretty!

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Doesn't get much better than that! :t:

John

 

GardenHeart

Well-known member

• May 10, 2020

• #4,198

Thank you!

 

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dwallace

Well-known member

• May 10, 2020

• #4,199

Eastern Subalpine Warbler - armchair tick.

Dave W

 

Warixenjalka

Birdwitcher

• May 11, 2020

• #4,200

Farnboro John said:

Eastern Subalpine Warbler, from the armchair, yesterday.

John

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Hmm... How it's going? Former Sylvia cantillans moltonii is now Curruca subalpina, Moltoni's Warbler? And Sylvia cantillans cantillans is now Curruca cantillans, Eastern Subalpine Warbler? I'm little bit confuse... :brains:

 

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