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So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter StevieEvans
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Larry Lade
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Cold temperature, stiff north winds and drizzle here in northwestern Missouri. Certainly not a birders delight, but I went out south of town (Saint Joseph, MIssouri) this morning to see if anything was "out and about" in the way of birds. It was rather slow going at first. There were not many birds to be seen and certainly not heard! Then things picked up at bit and I added eight new Missouri birds for 2006.
37. Prairie Falcon (near Mud Lake)
38. Lesser Scaup (on Sugar Lake, Buchanan County)
39. House Finch (coming to bird feeder in Bean Lake area)
40. Harris's Sparrow
41. White-crowned Sparrow
42. Hairy Woodpecker
43. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
44. American Robin
37. Prairie Falcon (near Mud Lake)
38. Lesser Scaup (on Sugar Lake, Buchanan County)
39. House Finch (coming to bird feeder in Bean Lake area)
40. Harris's Sparrow
41. White-crowned Sparrow
42. Hairy Woodpecker
43. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
44. American Robin
StevieEvans
Well-known member
Added 24 today to take me to 115 Bou
(75 on local patch including all 5 owls;-)
Jack Snipe
Chiffchaff
WillowTit
Skylark
Grey Partridge
Murton huge set-a-side area just north of village (very limited parking on this single track road)
MAP
Web Address: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse....le=25000&icon=x
Little Bunting
(99% sure of this id. - hope someone else sees it tomorrow)
Immediately noticed a small bright bunting perched facing head on - instantly comparable with Greenfinch & Reed Bunting flock.
Overall bright & pale.
Prominant eyering.
Pale rusty "cheek patch" all one colour.
Very Clean & bright breast & belly; distinct & limited streaks mainly on flanks.
Tail appeared short.
In flight, appeared small, body looked slim & short tailed.
After watching it on & off for 9-10 mins everything was spooked by a Sprawk & after settling a couple with 2 terriers & 3 longdogs went through sending stuff up all ways.
Put in another hour, but didnt relocate (1KM square of suitable fields), several other have tried for approx an hour late pm but no further sign.
Will bait area with seed tomorrow & search.
Twite - A very nice lowland inland local surprise, same site as LB.
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Meadow Pipit
Linnet
Sparrowhawk imm fem.
Goosander
Pied Wagtail !!!!! allways good to get the hard ones in the bag.
Grey Wagtail
Merlin female glued on to a Skylarks tail but failed....
Dunlin
Knot
Rock Pipit
Purple Sandpiper
Grey Plover
Bar tailed Godwit
Black tailed Godwit 14
Slavonian Grebe 2
Barn Owl (better late than never)
Steve.
(75 on local patch including all 5 owls;-)
Jack Snipe
Chiffchaff
WillowTit
Skylark
Grey Partridge
Murton huge set-a-side area just north of village (very limited parking on this single track road)
MAP
Web Address: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse....le=25000&icon=x
Little Bunting
(99% sure of this id. - hope someone else sees it tomorrow)
Immediately noticed a small bright bunting perched facing head on - instantly comparable with Greenfinch & Reed Bunting flock.
Overall bright & pale.
Prominant eyering.
Pale rusty "cheek patch" all one colour.
Very Clean & bright breast & belly; distinct & limited streaks mainly on flanks.
Tail appeared short.
In flight, appeared small, body looked slim & short tailed.
After watching it on & off for 9-10 mins everything was spooked by a Sprawk & after settling a couple with 2 terriers & 3 longdogs went through sending stuff up all ways.
Put in another hour, but didnt relocate (1KM square of suitable fields), several other have tried for approx an hour late pm but no further sign.
Will bait area with seed tomorrow & search.
Twite - A very nice lowland inland local surprise, same site as LB.
Corn Bunting
Yellowhammer
Meadow Pipit
Linnet
Sparrowhawk imm fem.
Goosander
Pied Wagtail !!!!! allways good to get the hard ones in the bag.
Grey Wagtail
Merlin female glued on to a Skylarks tail but failed....
Dunlin
Knot
Rock Pipit
Purple Sandpiper
Grey Plover
Bar tailed Godwit
Black tailed Godwit 14
Slavonian Grebe 2
Barn Owl (better late than never)
Steve.
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Spent most of the day birding in unseasonably warm temperatures (70 degrees F) until a violent thunderstorm ended my birding. Got 13 more today, bringing my Year List up to 59.
47. Horned Lark
48. Northern Harrier
49. Swamp Sparrow
50. White-crowned Sparrow
51. Eastern Meadowlark
52. Rough-legged Hawk
53. Great Blue Heron
54. Red-winged Blackbird
55. Cackling Goose
56. American Wigeon
57. Gadwall
58. Northern Flicker
59. American Black Duck
Dave
47. Horned Lark
48. Northern Harrier
49. Swamp Sparrow
50. White-crowned Sparrow
51. Eastern Meadowlark
52. Rough-legged Hawk
53. Great Blue Heron
54. Red-winged Blackbird
55. Cackling Goose
56. American Wigeon
57. Gadwall
58. Northern Flicker
59. American Black Duck
Dave
Papuan birder
- Lost in the Pacific -
I have recently relocated, from Port Moresby (East Papua New Guinea, to Sorong (West Irian Jaya), have been living here in Sorong for three days now, have made about 4 bird trips so far, mostly in and around Sorong.
The birds are much easier to see here than around Port Moresby, probably becuase of a lower hunting pressure.
78 species seen so far, including 6 of the paradise birds
1.Black sunbird
2.Northern Cassowary (yellow-throated form)
3.Little grebe
4.Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (lifer)
5.Bulwer petrel
6.Masked booby
7.Cattle egret
8.Spotted Whistling-duck
9.Radjah sheelduck
10.Great-billed heron
11.Osprey
12.Pacific baza
13.Red-billed Brush-turkey (lifer)
14.Orange-footed scrubfowl
15.Australian darter
16.Blue quail
17.Red-necked Crake
18.Barred rail (lifer)
19. Australian Pelican
20.Purple swamphen
21.Comb-crested Jacana
22.Black-tailed Godwit
23.Whimbrel
24.Lesser crested Tern
25.Roseate tern
26.Orange-fronted Fruit-dove
27.Claret-breasted Fruit-dove (lifer)
28.Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon
29.Zoe Imperial-pigeon
30.Palm Cockatoo
31.Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
32.Black lory
33.Rainbow lorikeet
34.Dusky lory
35.Wedge-tailed shearwater
36.White-faced heron
37.Little egret
38.Australian White ibis
39.Eastern Reef-egret
40.White-tailed tropicbird
41.Great egret
42.Brahminy kite
43.White-bellied sea-eagle
44.Chinese Goshawk (lifer)
45.Grey-faced buzzard
46.Wompoo Fruit-dove
47.Pink-spotted Fruit-dove
48.Red-cheeked Parrot
49.Eclectus Parrot
50:Moluccan King-parrot (lifer:bounce:highlight so far)
51.Himalayan cuckoo
52.Common Koel
53.Uniform Swiftlet
54.Common Paradise-kingfisher
55.Gurney eagle?
56.Pacific black duck
57.Rufous night-heron
58.Lesser frigatebird
59.Long-tailed buzzard
60.Hook-billed Kingfisher
61.Blue-black kingfisher (enjoying every time I see this beutiful bird)
62.Papuan Hornbill
63.Hooded Pitta
64.Pacific Swallow
65.Yellow Wagtail
66.Grey Wagtail
67.Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike
68.Slender-billed Cicadabird
69.New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike
70.Spotted Catbird
71.House sparrow (introduced)
72.Trumpet manucode
73.Mangificent riflebird
74.Magnificent Bird of Pardise
75.King Bird of Pardise
76.Twelve-wired Bird of Pardise
77.Lesser Bird of Paradise
78.New Guinea White-eye?
The birds are much easier to see here than around Port Moresby, probably becuase of a lower hunting pressure.
78 species seen so far, including 6 of the paradise birds
1.Black sunbird
2.Northern Cassowary (yellow-throated form)
3.Little grebe
4.Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (lifer)
5.Bulwer petrel
6.Masked booby
7.Cattle egret
8.Spotted Whistling-duck
9.Radjah sheelduck
10.Great-billed heron
11.Osprey
12.Pacific baza
13.Red-billed Brush-turkey (lifer)
14.Orange-footed scrubfowl
15.Australian darter
16.Blue quail
17.Red-necked Crake
18.Barred rail (lifer)
19. Australian Pelican
20.Purple swamphen
21.Comb-crested Jacana
22.Black-tailed Godwit
23.Whimbrel
24.Lesser crested Tern
25.Roseate tern
26.Orange-fronted Fruit-dove
27.Claret-breasted Fruit-dove (lifer)
28.Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon
29.Zoe Imperial-pigeon
30.Palm Cockatoo
31.Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
32.Black lory
33.Rainbow lorikeet
34.Dusky lory
35.Wedge-tailed shearwater
36.White-faced heron
37.Little egret
38.Australian White ibis
39.Eastern Reef-egret
40.White-tailed tropicbird
41.Great egret
42.Brahminy kite
43.White-bellied sea-eagle
44.Chinese Goshawk (lifer)
45.Grey-faced buzzard
46.Wompoo Fruit-dove
47.Pink-spotted Fruit-dove
48.Red-cheeked Parrot
49.Eclectus Parrot
50:Moluccan King-parrot (lifer:bounce:highlight so far)
51.Himalayan cuckoo
52.Common Koel
53.Uniform Swiftlet
54.Common Paradise-kingfisher
55.Gurney eagle?
56.Pacific black duck
57.Rufous night-heron
58.Lesser frigatebird
59.Long-tailed buzzard
60.Hook-billed Kingfisher
61.Blue-black kingfisher (enjoying every time I see this beutiful bird)
62.Papuan Hornbill
63.Hooded Pitta
64.Pacific Swallow
65.Yellow Wagtail
66.Grey Wagtail
67.Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike
68.Slender-billed Cicadabird
69.New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike
70.Spotted Catbird
71.House sparrow (introduced)
72.Trumpet manucode
73.Mangificent riflebird
74.Magnificent Bird of Pardise
75.King Bird of Pardise
76.Twelve-wired Bird of Pardise
77.Lesser Bird of Paradise
78.New Guinea White-eye?
Terry O'Nolley
Cow-headed Jaybird
My first 3 birds of the new year were House Sparrow, European Starling and Rock Dove. Not a great start. But later that day (Jan. 1st) I saw:
American Crow
American Kestrel
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Common Raven
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
European Starling
Great Blue Heron
Hermit Thrush
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
I spent the morning along Skyline Drive at Shenandoah Natl. Park, early afternoon walking the Manassas National Battlefield and the late afternoon at Hughes Hollow (MD Wildlife Management Area).
I let dozens of raptors get away (I am no good at IDing raptors in flight)
American Crow
American Kestrel
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Common Raven
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
European Starling
Great Blue Heron
Hermit Thrush
House Sparrow
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Dove
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-rumped Warbler
I spent the morning along Skyline Drive at Shenandoah Natl. Park, early afternoon walking the Manassas National Battlefield and the late afternoon at Hughes Hollow (MD Wildlife Management Area).
I let dozens of raptors get away (I am no good at IDing raptors in flight)
Went on a bird count on Jan. 1st, and though the group overall got 90, I, being a less experienced birder, only counted 49 of them:
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
American Bittern (lifer)
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (lifer)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck (lifer)
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (lifer)
Bald Eagle
Merlin (lifer)
American Kestrel (lifer)
Peregrine Falcon (lifer)
Killdeer
Purple Sandpiper (lifer)
Sanderling
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe (formerly Common Snipe) (lifer)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl (lifer, and a VERY rare visitor to CT!)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren (lifer)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (lifer)
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (lifer)
Rusty Blackbird (lifer)
House Sparrow
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
American Bittern (lifer)
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (lifer)
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck (lifer)
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (lifer)
Bald Eagle
Merlin (lifer)
American Kestrel (lifer)
Peregrine Falcon (lifer)
Killdeer
Purple Sandpiper (lifer)
Sanderling
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe (formerly Common Snipe) (lifer)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl (lifer, and a VERY rare visitor to CT!)
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren (lifer)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (lifer)
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (lifer)
Rusty Blackbird (lifer)
House Sparrow
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StevieEvans
Well-known member
Papuan birder said:
Not a bad start, new year, new home, new lifers !
SE
Terry O'Nolley
Cow-headed Jaybird
overworkedirish said:
Great start!!!
I'm curious, of the lifers you saw, how many did you identify yourself and how many did you tick after another person said "Thats a _______" and you, squinting at the distant sky, said to yourself "Cool, I see the dark shape they are pointing at.... TICK"?
I would love to see a Peregrine Falcon!
How did you differentiate between the Snowy Owl and a luecistic/albino Short-eared Owl?
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Terry O'Nolley said:
Hey Terry,
Well, that's exactly the reason I got around half the birds of everyone else - I have strict rules about IDing birds - I need to be able to ID it myself and know in my gut that what I'm looking at is what I tick off. As for the Snowy, we went to a particular location to see it; it was reported the day before milling around the area, and we caught sight of it - it was a female, so no confusing it with albino anythings (black back barring). The Peregrine - now THAT was something. We walked out on a jetty to a lighthouse and were counting up some shorebirds when they started to fly in one direction, then suddenly DARTED in the other. We all looked up as the Peregrine dove at them! It was nuts! I never thought I'd see a Peregrine so far out (3/4 of a mile) at sea!
--Alex
An early morning Jan 1st kayak around 'crocodile lake' in Cat Tien national park, Vietnam, produced the following:
1. Purple heron
2. Stork billed kingfisher
3. Great hornbill
4. White throated kingfisher
5. Purple swamphen
6. Green peafowl
and a quick stop elsewhere to add:
7. Lesser adjutant
8. Woolly necked stork
9. Black winged stilt
10. Dusky broadbill
Not a bad first ten eh?
Andrew
1. Purple heron
2. Stork billed kingfisher
3. Great hornbill
4. White throated kingfisher
5. Purple swamphen
6. Green peafowl
and a quick stop elsewhere to add:
7. Lesser adjutant
8. Woolly necked stork
9. Black winged stilt
10. Dusky broadbill
Not a bad first ten eh?
Andrew
Terry O'Nolley
Cow-headed Jaybird
overworkedirish said:
Very good start to the New Year! I would love to see a Snowy Owl. I've almost headed to locations where they have been reported on the MDOSPREY list, but I always ended up going someplace else instead. If one shows up this weekend I am going to see if I can tick it. I was asking about how to tell them from albino owls because I want to know what to look for if I do see a white owl.
Hedgewitch
Well-known member
Up to 67 by end of play Monday. One lifer so far - Glaucous Gull.
No. 67 was Avocet.
No. 67 was Avocet.
