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How is your 2009 List Going? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Penny Clarke
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Forgot one
Forgot to add one more, seen in Central Park:
247. Great Black-backed Gull (lifer).
My last year total of 245 was my best ever, so obviously this year's going to be a lot better.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
Forgot to add one more, seen in Central Park:
247. Great Black-backed Gull (lifer).
My last year total of 245 was my best ever, so obviously this year's going to be a lot better.
Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
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Dave B Smith
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N.W. Peninsula this morning added:
257. Streaked Saltator
257. Streaked Saltator
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Drove to southern Indiana this morning to a state park which is the only breeding site for Mississippi Kite in the state. I saw my target, so my Year List is up to 315.
315. Mississippi Kite
In addition to the kite, I added Summer Tanager to my Indiana year list, which is now at 215.
Dave
315. Mississippi Kite
In addition to the kite, I added Summer Tanager to my Indiana year list, which is now at 215.
Dave
TwoDipsfromAmsterdam
Anything About?
12 July: near Meaux
173. Yellowhammer
173. Yellowhammer
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Last evening (July 14) I went out and added two more birds, Least Sandpiper and Bank Swallow, to my Indiana year list, which is now up to 217. (I had seen both species in Texas in May).
Dave
Dave
Brosnabirder
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I'm guessing that's an area that's seasonally flooded? Have never heard that expression before. Very nice. Straight to the point.
Some of the year lists on this thread are making me very jealous
Added a lifer to mine a couple of weeks ago. Stone Curlew. Very rare where I live. Lucky to see it. Have no idea how many I've seen so far this year though. Must tot it up.
Larry Lade
Moderator
Larry Lade said:
I'm guessing that's an area that's seasonally flooded? Have never heard that expression before. Very nice. Straight to the point.
Some of the year lists on this thread are making me very jealous
Added a lifer to mine a couple of weeks ago. Stone Curlew. Very rare where I live. Lucky to see it. Have no idea how many I've seen so far this year though. Must tot it up.
Brosnabirder, Horseshoe Lake is somewhat seasonal depending on how much precipitation we receive. However, (some history of the area) the people who lived near the lake presumably owned the land on which this "oxbow lake" is situated. They decided to cut a channel from the lake into a nearby creek which then emptied water into the Missouri River. Therefore, the lake drained and became a dry shallow lake bed. Weeds grew and wetland birds abandoned the area. Before the lake was drained this was an exceptional birding venue! Sixteen years (1993) ago we had very amble rainfall and the area hosted a plethora of birdlife. At that time it was inundated with literally hundreds of herons, egrets, and other water loving birds. These birds used the area as a rookery and heronry. I visited this place several times throughout the nesting season. One day I took species counts for some of the species: Great Blue Herons (many), Great Egrets (267), Snowy Egrets (50), Little Blue Herons (65), Cattle Egrets (1500), Black Crowned Night-Herons (5) and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (2). In additional to these I also saw Mallards, Wood Ducks, American Coots, Common Moorhens, White-faced Ibis, Common Grackles, Great-tailed Grackles (50) and Red-winged Blackbirds. This summary does not include all the species, but gives you some idea of just how productive this area was.
This year the property went to new ownership. The channel diverting the water from the lake has been closed off and once again the area is developing into a bird refuge.
Today I added two new year birds to my list.
244. Common Tern (seen at the above area), and
245. Solitary Sandpiper, seen at nearby Lake Contrary.
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
Birding at Asa Wright and Blanchisseuse Road Sunday added:
258. Oilbird
259. Black-faced Antthrush
258. Oilbird
259. Black-faced Antthrush
Larry Lade
Moderator
So, Dave, did you have to go "spelunking" to get the Oilbird?
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
That's because it's one isolated ravine, full of old-growth trees, surrounded by intensive agriculture on all sides - and hence, when you get into it, it seems very dark and ... you know.
(Which is just what Acadian Flycatchers prefer, as it turns out.)
P.C.
Galveston, Bolivar & Anahuac
On Satruday checked out this area that was devastated last September by Hurricane Ike. Galveston is bouncing back. The Audubon beach on Bolivar was disappointing, while Rollover Pass and other sites along the peninsula now look like war zones. Anahuac was depressing and largely devoid of birds and animals; however, I did see recent coyote scat, so maybe things are improving.
My new year birds:
251. Wilson's Plover
252. Long-billed Curlew
253. Semipalmated Sandpiper
254. Western Sandpiper
255. Black Tern
256. Sandwich Tern.
Jeff
On Satruday checked out this area that was devastated last September by Hurricane Ike. Galveston is bouncing back. The Audubon beach on Bolivar was disappointing, while Rollover Pass and other sites along the peninsula now look like war zones. Anahuac was depressing and largely devoid of birds and animals; however, I did see recent coyote scat, so maybe things are improving.
My new year birds:
251. Wilson's Plover
252. Long-billed Curlew
253. Semipalmated Sandpiper
254. Western Sandpiper
255. Black Tern
256. Sandwich Tern.
Jeff
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
Larry,
The easiest viewing of any Oilbirds are at the Dunstan Cave at Asa Wright. We just stood at the cave entrance (for minimum disturbance to the birds) and "peeked in" using a flashlight. They also had a pair of Chestnut-collared Swift nesting at the cave entrance.
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
And a trip to Nariva Swamp yesterday added some great birds!
260 Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
261 Jabiru
262 Red-bellied Macaw
263 Lesson’s Seedeater
264 Northern Crested Caracara
265 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
The two Jabirus were found the previous Saturday and were still there yesterday - just the 5th record for this bird in T&T.
260 Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
261 Jabiru
262 Red-bellied Macaw
263 Lesson’s Seedeater
264 Northern Crested Caracara
265 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
The two Jabirus were found the previous Saturday and were still there yesterday - just the 5th record for this bird in T&T.
