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![]() Here's to another spectacular year ahead for ALL BF Members across the world!
![]() ![]() ![]() Are you ready for another year of birding?! I hope that everyone has a fabulous year of exciting new birds and mega's! Wishing you all joy, happiness and good health ![]() ![]() Best Wishes Penny ![]() __________________ http://pennyshotbirdingandlife.blogspot.com/
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I drew the short straw this year and was on newspaper duty so at work at 6am.
First bird of the year (and the same as last of 2018) was a Blackbird at 7.01am. I was standing at the entrance of the shop and he almost collided with my head as he zipped past just as I stepped out of the doorway to peer up the street! ![]() Next birds were Rook and Herring Gull at 8am then a few more odds 'n' ends as it got light. 1: Blackbird 2: Rook 3: Herring Gull 4: Jackdaw 5: Woodpigeon 6: Starling 7: Collared Dove I then went out at 9.20 to do a paper round and picked up a few more ![]() 8: Black-headed Gull 9: Carrion Crow 10: Magpie Heard a few more 'smalls' like Robin & Dunnock, Blue Tit & Chaffinch but they're not going on the list until I get a visual. Finished at 10am so now having a cuppa then off to the coast for a couple of hours ![]() |
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Spent the morning watching from the kitchen window and had a little walk around the fields and along the river. Will go out to Venus Pool later.
1. European Goldfinch 2. Eurasian Blue Tit 3. Common Chaffinch 4. Coal Tit 5. Dunnock 6. Common Blackbird 7. European Greenfinch 8. European Robin 9. Common Wood Pigeon 10. Great Tit 11. Eurasian Siskin 12. Common Buzzard 13. Eurasian Magpie 14. Northern Raven 15. Carrion Crow 16. Rock Dove 17. Eurasian Wren 18. Eurasian Collared Dove 19. Great Spotted Woodpecker 20. Yellowhammer 21. Western Jackdaw 22. Meadow Pipit 23. Rook 24. Mallard 25. European Herring Gull 26. Eurasian Skylark 27. Green Sandpiper 28. Redwing 29. Common Starling 30. Brambling 31. Stock Dove 32. Grey Wagtail 33. Long-tailed Tit 34. Marsh Tit 35. Eurasian Nuthatch
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Saw the New Year in in Hamburg, Germany. Happy New Year to all. Today was the return journey, mainly Autobahn, but saw a few birds in Hamburg before we set off.
1 Redwing 2 Common Blackbird 3 Song Thrush 4 House Sparrow 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker 6 Black headed Gull 7 Carrion Crow 8 Common Magpie 9 European Herring Gull 10 Feral Pigeon 11 Fieldfare 12 Mallard 13 Tufted Duck 14 Common Goldeneye 15 Grey Heron 16 Common Buzzard 17 Common Starling 18 Northern Goshawk 19 Greylag Goose
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From Venus Pool this afternoon:
36. Common Pheasant 37. Black-headed Gull 38. Canada Goose 39. Eurasian Wigeon 40. Mute Swan 41. Common Shelduck 42. Northern Lapwing 43. Northern Shoveler 44. Eurasian Teal 45. Common Moorhen 46. Great Cormorant 47. Northern Pintail 48. Gadwall 49. Eurasian Coot 50. Common Snipe 51. Common Linnet 52. Lesser Black-backed Gull 53. Common Kestrel 54. Tufted Duck 55. Common Pochard 56. Great Crested Grebe 57. Greylag Goose 58. Little Grebe 59. Song Thrush
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The fields and woods were a little quiet today. Despite mild weather and birding all day, I only managed to see 35 species. I usually see something around 40 species on the first day of the year.
The first nine were seen at my feeder or around the yard. ‘01. Northern Cardinal ‘02. American Crow ‘03. Tufted Titmouse ‘04. American Goldfinch ‘05. Black-capped Chickadee ‘06. White-breasted Nuthatch ‘07. Northern Mockingbird ‘08. Downy Woodpecker ‘09. House Sparrow 10. Red-breasted Nuthatch 11. Dark-eyed Junco 12. European Starling 13. American Kestrel 14. White-throated Sparrow 15. Song Sparrow 16. American Robin 17. Canada Goose 18. Ring-necked Duck 19. Hooded Merganser 20. Rock Pigeon 21. Belted Kingfisher 22. Turkey Vulture 23. Eastern Bluebird 24. Myrtle Warbler 25. Common Raven 26. Northern Flicker 27. Mallard 28. Hermit Thrush 29. Red-tailed Hawk 30. Swamp Sparrow 31. Carolina Wren 32. House Finch 33. Gadwall 34. Mourning Dove 35. Wild Turkey Dave
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A couple of extras today in the UK. I'll be in Spain for the next few days before I head back to Sweden.
60. House Sparrow 61. Mistle Thrush 62. Eurasian Jay
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One new bird in the yard this afternoon.
36. Red-bellied Woodpecker This is a bird that is almost impossible not to see when out birding, but I missed it yesterday. It was nice to finally get it in the bag today. Dave
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Looked for pheasant in 3 regular spots. Nothing yet. Turkeys will be easier.
1 Cackling Goose Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 2 Canada Goose Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 3 Mallard Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 4 Mourning Dove Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 5 Northern Harrier Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 6 Bald Eagle Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 7 Red-tailed Hawk Frank Shoemaker Marsh US-NE 02 Jan 2019 8 Belted Kingfisher Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 9 Red-bellied Woodpecker Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 10 Downy Woodpecker Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 11 American Kestrel Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 12 Blue Jay Frank Shoemaker Marsh US-NE 02 Jan 2019 13 American Crow Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 14 Black-capped Chickadee Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 15 Red-breasted Nuthatch Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 16 White-breasted Nuthatch Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 17 European Starling Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 18 House Finch Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 19 Pine Siskin Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 20 American Goldfinch Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019 21 American Tree Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 22 White-crowned Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 23 Song Sparrow Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 24 Western Meadowlark Marsh Wren Community Wetlands US-NE 02 Jan 2019 25 Northern Cardinal Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 2019
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3 Jan 19
20 Greater White-fronted Goose
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A few nice extras during a 5 hour layover in Majorca in my way to Asturias.
63. White Wagtail 64. Yellow-legged Gull 65. Black Redstart 66. Sandwich Tern 67. Sardinian Warbler 68. Eurasian Stone-curlew 69. Audouin's Gull 70. European Shag
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Made a few quick stops on my way home from work and picked up a couple of new birds for the year.
37. Cedar Waxwing 38. Sharp-shinned Hawk Dave
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4 Jan
21 Common Kestrel 22 Eurasian Jackdaw 23 Rook 24 Blue Tit 25 Great Tit
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71. Little Egret
Today in Gijón
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I stopped by a local lake this afternoon and added three birds to my Year List.
39. Bufflehead 40. Ruddy Duck 41. Pied-billed Grebe Dave
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72. Mediterranean Gull
73. Ruddy Turnstone 74. Common Kingfisher 75. Purple Sandpiper Again in Gijón, Spain
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Happy New Year to everyone. Was very happy to see 358 birds last year, a personal record but also due to heavy work travel, which should (hopefully) be considerably less this year.
And off we go... 1-4 January Chevy Chase, MD and Washington, DC, USA 1. Mourning Dove 2. Black Vulture 3. Red-tailed Hawk 4. Red-bellied Woodpecker 5. Blue Jay 6. Northern Mockingbird 7. Northern Cardinal 8. House Sparrow 9. Canada Goose 10. Mallard 11. Rock Pigeon 12. Ring-billed Gull 13. Herring Gull 14. Great Black-backed Gull 15. Double-crested Cormorant 16. American Crow 17. European Starling 18. Pied-billed Grebe Latest Lifer: 785 : Muscovy Duck (Hotel Los Lagos, Arenal (Costa Rica, August 2018) |
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Nine new birds today bring me up to 50 for the year.
42. Bald Eagle 43. Red-shouldered Hawk 44. Evening Grosbeak 45. Hairy Woodpecker 46. Long-tailed Duck 47. Common Merganser 48. Eastern Phoebe 49. Blue Jay 50. Pileated Woodpecker Dave
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25 Dark-eyed Junco Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan
26. Northern Cardinal Pioneers Park US-NE 02 Jan 27. Common Goldeneye Holmes Lake US-NE 03 Jan 28. Northern Flicker Holmes Lake US-NE 03 Jan 2019 29. Hairy Woodpecker Wilderness Park--S. 14th St. west US-NE 04 Jan 30. Carolina Wren Wilderness Park--S. 14th St. west US-NE 04 Jan 31. Brown Creeper Wilderness Park US-NE 04 Jan 32. Rock Pigeon Zoo Sunken Gardens US-NE 04 Jan 33. Eurasian Collared-Dove Mendoza Park and Billy Wolf trail US-NE 06 Jan 34. House Sparrow Mendoza Park and Billy Wolf trail US-NE 06 Jan 35. Eastern Bluebird Pine Lake Rd East from here US-NE 06 Jan
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76. Common Gull
Gijón
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Only two new birds today.
51. American Black Duck 52. American Treecreeper Dave
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7 more today in Gijón, Spain
77. Common Chiffchaff 78. Grey Heron 79. Eurasian Blackcap 80. Common Firecrest 81. Spotless Starling 82. Western Cattle Egret 83. European Stonechat Flying to Barcelona tomorrow for a week and then back to Uppsala
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36. American robin
37. Ring-billed gull 38. Rough-legged hawk 39. Herring Gull 40. Northern shrike
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A little birding after work produced a new bird for the year.
53. Golden-crowned Kinglet Dave
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84. Rose-ringed Parakeet
In Barcelona today
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