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How Is Your 2015 List Going? (1 Viewer)

8 June

On a run in Brussels enjoyed seeing this bird.

Parc de Woluwé (Brussels)
156. Middle spotted woodpecker (New Lifer)

13 June

Chevy Chase, MD, USA
157. Gray Catbird

World life list: 419 (Middle spotted woodpecker, Brussels, Belgium; June 2015)
USA list: 131 (Savannah Sparrow, Newport Beach, CA, USA; May 2015)
2015 year list: 157 (Gray Catbird, Chevy Chase, MD, USA; June 2015)
 
18 June

I'm in Macau for a few days for a conference and was able to go birding both this morning (thanks to jet lag) and this evening, before dinner. Very happy to see 17 birds, among which 10 lifers!

On the other hand, I would have loved to have been birding with a guide, or even a local, as I let many birds go (probably about 30%) that I was not certain about. Despite my studying up, the Asian birds are quite different than what I am used to.

Avenue Marginal, Macau
158. Yellow Bittern (New Lifer)
159. Intermediate Egret (New Lifer)
160. White-breasted Waterhen (New Lifer)
161. Oriental Magpie-Robin (New Lifer)
162. White-shouldered Starling (New Lifer)

Praia de Nossa Senora de Esperanca, Macau
163. Chinese Pond-Heron (New Lifer)
164. Spotted Dove (New Lifer)
165. Light-vented Bulbul (New Lifer)
166. Crested Myna (New Lifer)
167. Black-collared Starling (New Lifer)

World life list: 429 (Black-collared Starling, Macau; June 2015)
Macau list: 17 (Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Macau; June 2015)
2015 year list: 167 (Black-collared Starling, Macau; June 2015)
 
19 June

My second and last day in Macau has also been very good. I met a Portuguese birder yesterday who gave me some tips on what to look for and where. Much appreciated!

Praia de Nossa Senora de Esperanca, Macau
168. Little Grebe
169. Oriental Turtle-Dove (New Lifer)
170. Greater Coucal (New Lifer)
171. Pacific Swift (New Lifer)
172. Azure-winged Magpie (New Lifer)
173. Red-whiskered Bulbul (New Lifer)

World life list: 434 (Red-whiskered Bulbul, Macau; June 2015)
Macau list: 25 (White Wagtail, Macau; June 2015)
2015 year list: 173 (Red-whiskered Bulbul, Macau; June 2015)
 
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25 June 2015. Clogcaenog Forest. Nth Wales.

709 Eur Nightjar

Back in UK ( for a bit ) so I checked out areas of clearfell in the largest Forestry Commission plantation in Nth Wales. I would have normally gone to Nercwys but the Mosquitoes there can be vicious.
 
Just got back from a 3 week Southern Africa trip, got 271 species with several still to be decided and approx 130 lifers. Details to follow.
 
The first 50 2015 list from Windhoek via Rostock to Swakobmund
White Browed Sparrow Weaver
Ring Necked Dove
Monteiro's Hornbill
Red Billed Quelea
Short Toed Rock Thrush
Bare Cheeked Babbler
Scaly Feathered Finch
Red Headed Finch
Fawn Coloured Lark
Cape Glossy Starling
Pale Winged Starling
Larklike Bunting
Pied Crow
Cape Crow
Mountain Wheatear
Pin Tailed Whydah
Rock Martin
Great Sparrow
Southern Pied Babbler
Southern Yellow Billed Hornbill
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Verreaux's Eagle
Desert Cisticola
Black Chested Prinia
Dusky Sunbird
Namaqua Sandgrouse
Cape Sparrow
Double Banded Courser
Greater Kestrel
Rüppell's Korhaan
Cape Vulture
Grey Backed Sparrow Lark
Lesser Flamingo
South African Kestrel
Three Banded Plover
Cape Teal
Chestnut Banded Plover
Cape Wagtail
Orange River White Eye
White Backed Mousebird
Common Waxbill
Southern Masked Weaver
Scarlet Chested Sunbird
Cape Cormorant
Cape Gull
Hartlaub's Gull
Black Throated Canary
Namaqua Dove
Sabota Lark
Tractrac Chat

Yearlist now at 239
 
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Swakopmund via Erongo to Waterberg

Lesser Masked Weaver
Chestnut Vented Warbler
Crimson Breasted Shrike
Southern Fiscal
Blacksmith Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Familiar Chat
Yellow Bellied Eremomela
Karoo Chat
Forked Tailed Drongo
Marico Flycatcher
Rosy Faced Lovebird
Laughing Dove
African Red Eyed Bulbul
African Pipit
Common Ostrich
Southern Red Billed Hornbill
Violet Eared Waxbill
Black Faced Waxbill
White Throated Canary
Yellow Canary
Brubru
Marico Sunbird
Black Crowned Tchagra
Pririt Batis
Red Billed Spurfowl
Puple Roller
Southern White Crowned Shrike
Lilac Breasted Roller
Swallow Tailed Bee Eater
Damara Hornbill
Rüppell's Parrot
White Headed Vulture
White Backed Vulture
Marabou Stork
Lappet Faced Vulture
Crowned Lapwing
Bateleur
African Grey Hornbill
Helmeted Guineafowl
Common Peafowl
Grey Go Away Bird
Long Tailed Pipit
Karoo Long Billed Lark
Sclater's Lark
Red Faced Mousebird
Acacia Pied Barbet
Chat Flycatcher
Burchell`s Starling
Common Scimitarbill

Yearlist now at 289 Lifelist at 599
 
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Waterberg via Etosha to Rundu

Blue Waxbill
Kori Bustard
African Hawk Eagle
Golden Tailed Woodpecker
White Browed Scrub Robin
Swainson's Spurfowl
Pearl Spotted Owlet
Red Billed Teal
African Palm Swift
Pygmy Falcon
Groundscraper Thrush
Ant Eating Chat
Southern Grey Headed Sparrow
Tawny Eagle
Magpie Shrike
Long Billed Crombec
Double Banded Sandgrouse
Amethyst Sunbird
Greater Blue Eared Starling
Yellow Breasted Apalis
Little Swift
Spike Heeled Lark
Red Capped Lark
Pink Billed Lark
Capped Wheatear
Red Necked Falcon
African Sacred Ibis
African Jacana
Secretarybird
African Reed Warbler
Carp's Tit
Crested Francolin
Brown Snake Eagle
White Crested Helmetshrike
African Harrier Hawk
Martial Eagle
Shikra
Southern Black Flycatcher
Red Crested Korhaan
Pied Kingfisher
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous Bellied Heron
Reed Cormorant
Hamerkop
African Mourning Dove
Senegal Coucal
Purple Heron
Black Crake
Brown Throated Martin
Red Eyed Dove
Wire Tailed Swallow
Dark Capped Bulbul

Yearlist 342, Lifelist 624
 
Rundu to Camp Kwando

Tawny Flanked Prinia
Little Bittern
Burnt Necked Eremomela
Spotted Eagle Owl
Grey Backed Camaroptera
Bradfield's Hornbill
AfricanYellow White Eye
Giant Kingfisher
Whitefronted Bee Eater
African Fish Eagle
African Wood Owl
Intermediate Egret
White Faced Whistling Duck
Water Thick Knee
African Darter
Lesser Striped Swallow
Lesser Jacana
Yellow Billed Stork
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Arrow Marked Babbler
Golden Breasted Bunting
Yellow Fronted Canary
Meves's Starling
Knob Billed Duck
Spur Winged Goose
Little Bee Eater
Rattling Cisticola
Northern Black Korhaan
Red Billed Oxpecker
Yellow Throated Petronia
Wattled Crane
Meyer's Parrot
Malchite Kingfisher
Hartlaub's Babbler
Collared Sunbird
Cape Penduline Tit
Red Faced Crombec
Yellow Bellied Greenbul
Grey Rumped Swallow
White Browed Robin Chat
Mosque Swallow
Saddle Billed Stork
Hadeda Ibis
African Pygmy Goose
Swamp Boubou
African Swamphen
White Browed Coucal

Yearlist 389, Lifelist 667
 
Last bit, Camp Kwando (Namibia) via Kasane (Botswana) to Vic Falls (Zimbabwe)

Banded Snake Eagle
Pearl Breasted Swallow
Black Collared Barbet
African Black Headed Oriole
Brown Firefinch
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Wattled Starling
Croaking Cisticola
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
Green Woodhoopoe
Yellow Billed Oxpecker
Yellow Crowned Bishop
Southern Ground Hornbill
African Marsh Harrier
White Crowned Lapwing
African Skimmer
Grey Headed Gull
African Spoonbill
Collared Pratincole
Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Black Chested Snake Eagle
Thick Billed Weaver
Terrestrial Brownbul
Tropical Boubou
African Pied Wagtail
Gey Headed Parrot
Black Backed Puffback
Brown Hooded Kingfisher
Green Winged Pytilia
Grey Headed Bushshrike
White Backed Night Heron
Chinspot Batis
Bronze Mannikin
Village Indigobird
Red Winged Starling
Cut Throat Finch
Spectacled Weaver
Hooded Vulture
African Finfoot
Trumpeter Hornbill
African Black Swift
Orange Breasted Bushshrike
Cinnamon Breasted Bunting
Alpine Swift
Jameson's Firefinch
Crowned Hornbill
Pale Flycatcher
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Lizard Buzzard

Yearlist 439 Lifelist 714
 
This evening I drove about an hour and a half south of here to chase a mega rarity for this state. I quickly found my target, which was a state lifer (number 249).

215. Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dave
 
I started going through my photos and I have added:

440 Black Shouldered Kite
441 Stark's Lark
442 Long Tailed Paradise Whydah
 
Crawling along in the summer heat and humidity here. Just two new species on Saturday:
288. Wood Stork
289. Dickcissel

Jeff
 
JeffMoh said:
Looks like you're having a great time in Africa, Andy. Have you been there before?
Jeff
Click to expand...

Thanks Jeff,

I'm just back actually, the internet was very hit and miss so I saved my updates till I got back.
It was my second trip to Namibia, but this time we went to the Caprivi, Botswana and Victoria falls(Zimbabwe). The best birding was done on non travel days, but there was still plenty to see on route. Every time I saw a bird I called stop, so we could get a photo. The joy of self drive rather than a bus trip.

2 more to add,

443 Long Billed Pipit
444 Eastern Clapper Lark
 
One new bird this morning, so I'm now up to 216 for the year.

216. Summer Tanager

To see this bird, I had to travel two hours to the southwest, since I am out of the bird's range in my part of the state.

Dave
 
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