How is your 2018 List Going? (2 Viewers)

On my way home from work I stopped by a nearby pond and picked up a new bird for the year.

221. Bonaparte’s Gull

Then later, when I was eating supper I spotted a very early migrant sitting on the deck railing.

222. Yellow-throated Warbler

Usually Yellow-throated Warblers are high up in sycamores, so it was very unusual to see one at eye level just outside the window.

Dave

7 April Kleinenberg, nr Paderborn, Germany:

113 Osprey
114 Ring Ouzel

Also seen was a Common x Black Redstart hybrid. As I've seen both types this year it doesn't get on my list, but interesting all the same.

A couple more for the year list.

3 April

Thompson Boat Center, Washington, DC, USA
204. Osprey

4 April

Three Sisters Islands, Washington, DC, USA
205. Cedar Waxwing

Latest Lifer: 709 : Melodious Blackbird (Iberostar Cancún, Cancún, Mexico; March 2018)

Was away for a couple of amazing weeks in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in NE India. Got lots of good ticks!

129. Eastern Cattle Egret
130. Jungle Myna
131. Rose-ringed Parakeet
132. Spotted Dove
133. Chestnut-tailed Starling
134. Pied Myna
135. Indian Roller
136. Asian Openbill
137. Crested Treeswift
138. Asian Palm Swift
139. Oriental Darter
140. Eastern Jungle Crow
141. White-breasted Kingfisher
142. Great Egret
143. Indian Pond Heron
144. Lesser Adjutant
145. Red-wattled Lapwing
146. Black Drongo
147. Great Myna
148. Rufous Treepie
149. Indian Cormorant
150. Purple Heron
151. Bar-headed Goose
152. Woolly-necked Stork
153. Grey-headed Fish Eagle
154. Black-headed Ibis
155. Indian Spot-billed Duck
156. Bronze-winged Jacana
157. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
158. Red-whiskered Bulbul
159. Oriental White-eye
160. Black-hooded Oriole
161. Cinereous Tit
162. Blue-throated Barbet
163. Oriental Magpie-Robin
164. Large Cuckooshrike
165. Changeable Hawk-Eagle
166. Striated Grassbird
167. Common Tailorbird
168. Eurasian Hoopoe
169. Grey-backed Shrike
170. Pied Kingfisher
171. Little Cormorant
172. Spot-billed Pelican
173. Common Sandpiper
174. Taiga Flycatcher
175. Siberian Stonechat
176. Red-breasted Parakeet
177. Oriental Turtle Dove
178. Long-tailed Shrike
179. Striated Babbler
180. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
181. Ruddy Shelduck
182. Himalayan Vulture
183. Tickell's Leaf Warbler
184 Western Osprey
185. White-breasted Waterhen
186. Lineated Barbet
187. Chestnut-capped Babbler
188. Finn's Weaver
189. Black-necked Stork
190. Swamp Francolin
191. Barn Swallow
192. Little Ringed Plover
193. Temminck's Stint
194. Western Yellow Wagtail
195. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
196. Rosy Pipit
197. Black Redstart
198. Green Bee-eater
199. Red Junglefowl
200. Greater Flameback
201. Great Hornbill
202. Blue Whistling Thrush
203. Pied Harrier
204. Paddyfield Pipit
205. Bengal Bush Lark
206. Zitting Cisticola
207. Golden-headed Cisticola
208. Blossom-headed Parakeet
209. Crested Serpent Eagle
210. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
211. Golden Babbler
212. Black-crested Bulbul
213. Red-rumped Swallow
214. Scarlet Minivet
215. Ashy Woodswallow
216. Two-barred Warbler
217. Blyth's Leaf Warbler
218. Cotton Pygmy Goose
219. Ferruginous Duck
220. Greater Adjutant
221. Pheasant-tailed Jacana
222. Garganey
223. Stork-billed Kingfisher
224. Sand Martin
225. Green Imperial Pigeon
226. Alexandrine Parakeet
227. Oriental Pied Hornbill
228. Brown Shrike
229. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
230. Greater Coucal
231. Asian Barred Owlet
232. Blue-bearded Bee-eater
233. Intermediate Egret
234. Spotted Owlet
235. Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
236. Black-winged Kite
237. House Swift
238. Shikra
239. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
240. Asian Koel
241. Sand Lark
242. Barred Cuckoo-Dove
243. Golden-fronted Leafbird
244. Common Iora
245. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
246. Orange-bellied Leafbird
247. River Tern
248. Black Stork
249. River Lapwing
250. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
251. Striated Heron
252. Plumbeous Water Redstart
253. Verditer Flycatcher
254. Sultan Tit
255. Large Woodshrike
256. Maroon Oriole
257. Grey-winged Blackbird
258. White-throated Bulbul
259. Ashy-headed Green Pigeon
260. Vernal Hanging Parrot
261. Common Emerald Dove
262. Wreathed Hornbill
263. Himalayan Buzzard
264. Black Bulbul
265. Greater Yellownape
266. Black-naped Monarch
267. White-rumped Shama
268. Daurian Redstart
269. Scaly Thrush
270. Black-breasted Thrush
271. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
272. Asian Fairy-bluebird
273. Rosy Minivet
274. White-capped Redstart
275. Blue Rock Thrush
276. Common Hill Myna
277. Pallas's Fish Eagle
278. Hen Harrier
279. Small Pratincole
280. Brown Hawk-Owl
281. Thick-billed Green Pigeon
282. Hairy-crested Drongo
283. Great Stone-curlew
284. Rufous-bellied Niltava
285. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
286. Indian Stone-curlew
287. Eyebrowed Thrush
288. Dusky Warbler
289. Ashy Drongo
290. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
291. Oriental Dollarbird
292. Plain Flowerpecker
293. Crested Honey-buzzard
294. Ibisbill
295. Collared Scops Owl
296. Little Forktail
297. Black-throated Sunbird
298. Rufous-winged Fulvetta
299. Yellow-cheeked Tit
300. Black-faced Warbler
301. Stripe-throated Yuhina
302. Chestnut-crowned Warbler
303. Black-eared Shrike-babbler
304. Yellow-bellied Fantail
305. White-throated Fantail
306. Grey-cheeked Warbler
307. Grey Bush Chat
308. Blue-fronted Redstart
309. Black-tailed Crake
310. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
311. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
312. Little Pied Flycatcher
313. Green-tailed Sunbird
314. Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch
315. Rufous-vented Tit
316. White-winged Grosbeak
317. Plain Mountain Finch
318. Hodgson's Treecreeper
319. Large-billed Crow
320. Red-billed Chough
321. Peregrine Falcon
322. Beautiful Sibia
323. Olive-backed Pipit
324. Black-throated Bushtit
325. Striated Prinia
326. Brown Dipper
327. Hodgson's Redstart
328. Russet Sparrow
329. Long-billed Plover
330. Nepal House Martin
331. Blyth's Swift
332. Green-backed Tit
333. Grey-hooded Warbler
334. Wallcreeper
335. Lemon-rumped Warbler
336. Scarlet Finch
337. Striated Bulbul
338. Golden-naped Finch
339. Rufous-capped Babbler
340. Slaty-blue Flycatcher
341. Great Barbet
342. Yellow-browed Warbler
343. Rusty-fronted Barwing
344. White-breasted Parrotbill
345. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
346. Striated Laughingthrush
347. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
348. Black-chinned Yuhina
349. Brown-flanked Bush Warbler
350. Rufous-throated Wren-Babbler
351. Ashy-throated Warbler
352. Buff-barred Warbler
353. Grey-headed Bullfinch
354. Rusty-flanked Treecreeper
355. Grey Nightjar
356. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
357. Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
358. Himalayan Cutia
359. Red-headed Bullfinch
360. Pygmy Flycatcher
361. Himalayan Bluetail
362. Fire-tailed Sunbird
363. Whiskered Yuhina
364. Spotted Elachura
365. Rufous-breasted Accentor
366. Short-billed Minivet
367. Bronzed Drongo
368. Long-billed Wren-Babbler
369. Maroon-backed Accentor
370. Bay Woodpecker
371. Blyth's Shrike-babbler
372. Black Eagle
373. Bhutan Laughingthrush
374. Yellow-browed Tit
375. Long-tailed Minivet
376. Black-winged Cuckooshrike
377. Kalij Pheasant
378. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
379. Crimson-browed Finch
380. Rufous-vented Yuhina
381. Streak-throated Barwing
382. White-tailed Nuthatch
383. Brown-throated Fulvetta
384. Spotted Nutcracker
385. Fire-tailed Myzornis
386. Bar-throated Minla
387. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
388. Sikkim Treecreeper
389. Snowy-browed Flycatcher
390. Golden-breasted Fulvetta
391. Whistler's Warbler
392. Himalayan Swiftlet
393. Red-tailed Minla
394. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
395. White-throated Laughingthrush
396. Darjeeling Woodpecker
397. Long-tailed Broadbill
398. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
399. Long-tailed Sibia
400. Streaked Spiderhunter
401. White-naped Yuhina
402. Large Hawk-Cuckoo
403. Rufous-necked Hornbill
404. Grey-chinned Minivet
405. Nepal Fulvetta
406. Yellow-throated Fulvetta
407. Rufous-throated Partridge
408. Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler
409. Chestnut-headed Tesia
410. Mountain Hawk-Eagle
411. Spotted Laughingthrush
412. Red Turtle Dove
413. White-rumped Munia
414. Jungle Babbler
415. Black-rumped Flameback
416. Indian Peafowl
417. Pin-tailed Green Pigeon
418. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
419. Puff-throated Babbler
420. Grey-throated Martin
421. Marsh Sandpiper
422. Baya Weaver
423. Streak-throated Woodpecker
424. Blyth's Reed Warbler
425. Common Woodshrike
426. Rufous-necked Laughingthrush
427. Black-faced Bunting
428. Ashy Prinia
429. Yellow-eyed Babbler
430. Yellow-legged Buttonquail
431. Bengal Florican
432. Bluethroat
433. Lesser Coucal
434. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
435. Citrine Wagtail
436. Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher
437. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
438. Lesser Yellownape
439. Blue-eared Barbet
440. Grey-headed Woodpecker
441. Plaintive Cuckoo
442. Large-tailed Nightjar
443. Savanna Nightjar
444. Purple Sunbird
445. Indian Cuckoo
446. Lesser Whistling Duck
447. Grey-headed Swamphen
448. Black-winged Stilt
449. Wood Sandpiper
450. Glossy Ibis
451. Grey-headed Lapwing
452. Fulvous Whistling Duck
453. Spotted Redshank


And finally, back in Uppsala:

454. Common Crane

Two new birds today, so I’m up to 224 for the year.

223. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
224. Long-tailed Duck

Dave

8 April Steinhorster Becken in Germany:

115 Yellowhammer
116 Blackcap
117 Green Sandpiper

Went or a walk with my Dog to Bubbenhall Woods. Quite a few Chiffchaff and Blackcaps singing but I only managed to see one of the Blackcaps.

137. Blackcap

This afternoon after work I stopped by a farm pond and found a mega rarity for this county.

225. Dunlin

Dave

Was teaching this morning at Hjälstaviken, not far from Uppsala. Added a few new birds to the year list including the first sub-Saharan migrant of the year (Wheatear)

455. Meadow Pipit
456. Taiga Bean Goose
457. Barnacle Goose
458. Northern Pintail
459. Greater White-fronted Goose
460. Common Ringed Plover
461. Northern Wheatear

107. Wilson’s snipe
108. Purple martin
109. American avocet
110. Black-crowned night-heron
Thu:
111 field sparrow

A new shorebird this afternoon brings me up to 226.

226. Solitary Sandpiper

Dave

Some afternoon birding produced two new birds for the year.

227. Purple Martin
228. Broad-winged Hawk

Dave

This morning I led a field trip to one of my local patches for the local Audubon chapter. We found 45 species, one of which was new for the year.

229. Palm Warbler

It was of the eastern yellow race, which is rare but annual in this part of the state.

Dave

A few hours hiking in Seneca Creek State Park. The warblers are back!

8 April

Seneca Creek SP, Maryland, USA
206. Tree Swallow
207. Pine Warbler
208. Eastern Towhee

Latest Lifer: 710 : Pine Warbler (Seneca Creek SP, Maryland, USA; April 2018)

Had a great time birding in NYC's Central Park on Saturday morning. I saw 42 species including the Barn Owl, which was a welcome lifer.

14 April

Central Park, New York, NY, USA
209. Green Heron
210. Barn Owl
211. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
212. Golden-crowned Kinglet
213. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
214. Hermit Thrush
215. Louisiana Waterthrush
216. Field Sparrow
217. Red-winged Blackbird
218. American Goldfinch

Latest Lifer: 713 : Louisiana Waterthrush (Central Park, New York, NY, USA; April 2018)

Two new birds today, so I’m now up to 231 for the year.

230. House Wren
231. Blue-headed Vireo

Dave

112. Eastern towhee
113. Bonaparte’s gull
114. Forster’s tern
115. Cattle egret
116. Hudsonian godwit
117. Pectoral sandpiper
118. Hermit thrush
119. Vesper sparrow
120. Chipping sparrow
121. Ruby-crowned kinglet



The gull
https://download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/94685651/1200

16 April:
Paderborn, Marienloh

118 Great Grey Shrike

Saw my first Sand Martins of the year today.

138. Sand Martin

Last Saturday at sunset went up to the parrot roosts in Pasadena:
219. Lilac-crowned Parrot
220. Yellow-headed Parrot

I know they’re not ABA or CBRC (California Bird Records Committee) approved, but that’s why I keep 3 different list numbers! Total, area approved (e.g. ABA or CBRC), non-introduced. Makes for hitting the same milestone multiple times that much sweeter. I would also note that I have seen 1st year Yellow-headed Parrots consistently over multiple years, and the Lilac-crowneds are not startlingly unusual amongst the massive Red-crowned flocks. Counts accepted freely by eBird. These birds are breeding, and they are a small but sustaining population. Maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but I'm holding out that eventually all the parrot flocks of LA will join the bizarre ranks of grandfathered invasives like Rose-ringed Parakeet or Spotted Dove (both harder to see now in LA than in recent memory). The differences at this point are more political than geographical.