Gill Osborne
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Right now I'm one bird shy of the state-year record. Waiting for that Harris's Sparrow to show up for #312. B
Good luck :t:
Right now I'm one bird shy of the state-year record. Waiting for that Harris's Sparrow to show up for #312. B
You're not the only one with some glaring omissions....mine include such corkers as Puffin, Redstart, Whitethroat, Short-eared & Little Owl, Crossbill, Spoonbill, Nuthatch, Jay, Red Grouse, Golden & Grey Plover, Stock Dove, Barnacle Goose & Black-tailed Godwit!!! :smoke: In my defence it's been a horribly tight year with finances virtually non-existent so half the time I couldn't get out as we needed the few dregs of fuel to get Neil to work and for a lot of the summer I didn't have any binoculars as I had to sell mine on ebay to get some cash to buy food! :-C Finally managed to get a job which is great in that it's part-time so allows lots of time to go birding but not-so-great in that money is still fairly tight :smoke: By scrimping all summer and putting a few pennies away I've FINALLY managed to get a cheap pair of Opticrons so am now working on making 150 before year's end. Just 16 to go :t:
As to your list.....Brent Goose are at Holy Island...a Great Northern Diver was in Seahouses harbour on Sunday...there's been a Black Redstart hanging around the warden's hut at the Long Nanny for a few weeks now (still there on Sunday morning according to two birders I spoke to at Stag Rocks on Sunday afternoon)...Merlin are often around the causeway at Holy Island....Crossbill: there were some reported at Cragside last week but I'm sure they're also pretty common around Thrunton Woods and Kielder.
Today brought another two to my year total
133: Goosander
134: Black-necked Grebe