Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
Ditto :t:
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Water Rail on Friday.
Calonectris
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Daurian Redstart, on Nov 27th near my hotel in Tokyo on the way back from Australia.
punkskaphil
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I got Golden Eagle, Ptarmigan and Iceland Gull in Scotland last week.
Farnboro John
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Ural Owl, Steller's Eider, Grey-headed Woodpecker and Hazel Grouse, all world birds. Woo hoo!!
John
John
Long-eared owl today (the fairly well-advertised one at an RSPB reserve in Cheshire). One of a few UK species that I'd resigned myself to never seeing, due to the understandable reluctance to publicise sites, so this was a massive bonus on the end of a weekend that was targetted at willow tit (also successfully ticked).
Oregonian
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Rustic Bunting in San Francisco February 15th
Patricia had an errand in San Francisco, California, so I tagged along and ticked the Rustic Bunting that has been hanging out in Golden Gate Park. I thought I would be able to tick the Common Scoter that has been in Crescent City for some weeks on the way to San Francisco, but it left the day before. Actually, we got into town after dark, and I ran into a friend at the restaurant who had seen it that day, 13th of February. We were at the appropriate dock at first light on the 14th, but alas, it was not seen again.
I'll have to go to Scotland for that one, I guess.
Patricia had an errand in San Francisco, California, so I tagged along and ticked the Rustic Bunting that has been hanging out in Golden Gate Park. I thought I would be able to tick the Common Scoter that has been in Crescent City for some weeks on the way to San Francisco, but it left the day before. Actually, we got into town after dark, and I ran into a friend at the restaurant who had seen it that day, 13th of February. We were at the appropriate dock at first light on the 14th, but alas, it was not seen again.
I'll have to go to Scotland for that one, I guess.
Snap! Finally got to see it yesterday.
I am hoping for Rough Legged Buzzard and Black Grouse in the next 2 months as well.
I am hoping for Rough Legged Buzzard and Black Grouse in the next 2 months as well.
bryan641
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I've only been making a concerted effort at identifying birds I see for a short time, but what motivated me to start a list this year was spotting an American Kestrel on my way home on Jan. 1, 2015. I've been wanting to spot one for a long time and never seemed to see any, though I know they're around. Most recent "lifer" is another fairly common one -- a Cooper's Hawk just last week. I'm sure I've seen them previously and not known which hawk they were, but this one posed nicely on my deck for me to be sure of its identity. Unfortunately, he didn't stick around long enough for a photo.
--Bryan
--Bryan
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David - Brown-cheeked Hornbill (Sarah missed this as she was unwilling to view from swinging platform at Kakum).
Sarah - Kemps Longbill.
Telephoto Paul
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Goosander and a great grey shrike.
punkskaphil
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At last, after years of failures, near-misses and fleeting glimpses, today I finally got Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (#415 on the global lifelist).
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