solarrobor
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African Quail-Finch and Temminck's Courser on 4 May 2014 during a short day and half visit to Etosha National Park in the north of Namibia
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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (5 Viewers)
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chris butterworth
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Spent all day in Miller's Canyon, mainly at the top end, and added White-eared Hummingbird, Mexican Chickadee and Brown-throated Wren.
Mayo Corncrake
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bluethroat, penduline tit, Greg headed woodpecker and thrush nightingale.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Thanks Morgan. After checking vids on t'web for an hour or so - the bird I saw was a totally different grey, dirtier looking and not so 'cold', had a smaller bib and a proportionally heavier bill so was probably a Mountain. Don't know how I missed the supercillium. Off to the Chiricahua's later so, with a bit of luck, I'll get a 'real' one. :t:
Eddie the 'ed
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Quite a few today in the following order: Tree Pipit, Wood Sandpiper, common Sandpiper, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Whinchat and Wheater. 
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
After the scrubbing of Mexican Chickadee from my list yesterdays addition of both LeConte's Thrasher andBotteri's Sparrow at Salome Hwy., Tombstone cheered me up no end. :t:
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
My last 3 days in Arizona netted me Elegant Trogon, at Madera Canyon and California Condor and Juniper Titmouse at the Grand Canyon. I knew Arizona was special, but I don't think any other state could have provided so many 'lifers' as I've had here.
lazza
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This doesn't happen very often.... but four lifers added to my list last week! Had a trip to Norway and Finland for some client meetings.
In Norway, I managed an hour at Fetsund, just east of Oslo, on the way back to the airport, and added:
438. Lesser spotted woodpecker
Than, the next day, I was in Finland and got up early and headed to Viikki Nature Reserve, north-east of Helsinki, and was amazed to add three lifers:
439. Garganey (an embarassing omission to far!)
440. Lesser whitethroat (ditto!)
441. Caspian tern
In Norway, I managed an hour at Fetsund, just east of Oslo, on the way back to the airport, and added:
438. Lesser spotted woodpecker
Than, the next day, I was in Finland and got up early and headed to Viikki Nature Reserve, north-east of Helsinki, and was amazed to add three lifers:
439. Garganey (an embarassing omission to far!)
440. Lesser whitethroat (ditto!)
441. Caspian tern
Mayo Corncrake
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willow tit this morning in biebrza national park. Hoping for great snipe this evening.
Mayo Corncrake
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Saw four lekking great snipe:smoke:
Hobby
Mayo Corncrake
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Lesser spotted eagle.
Mysticete
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Two lifers on the Magee Marsh boardwalk this past Tuesday. A very out of place Henslow's Sparrow (one of my major targets this summer that I wasn't expecting to pick up here!) and a somewhat more expected Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, completing my ABA Empidonax list. Was hoping for a Connecticut Warbler, but none made an appearance near Magee Marsh during the few days I was there.
Fozzybear
Ich bin ein Vogelbeobachter
I haven't really been out looking much but during a holiday in North Norfolk last week I saw two Temminck's Stints at Cley Marshes, though very distant and if it hadn't been for the people with scopes who pointed them out I'd not have had a clue what they were (many of the waders just look the same to me!). I think they're supposed to be fairly rare as quite a bit of talk about them so it was kinda nice to see them but they were very distant so it was hard to work up much enthusiasm - I was far more taken with watching the antics of the Little Ringed Plovers, which were a delight, and the Avocets.
Had a similar experience when was on holiday there a few years ago and someone pointed out a Pectoral Sandpiper - it was just a heat-hazy little backlit blob! Admittedly amazing that people can ID birds like that in those conditions and great that they share their findings with other people (interesting to know such birds are there), but given the choice I'd rather have a decent view of a common bird showing some nice behaviour, like the Redshanks which were causing a ruckus on Friday at Cley.
Had a similar experience when was on holiday there a few years ago and someone pointed out a Pectoral Sandpiper - it was just a heat-hazy little backlit blob! Admittedly amazing that people can ID birds like that in those conditions and great that they share their findings with other people (interesting to know such birds are there), but given the choice I'd rather have a decent view of a common bird showing some nice behaviour, like the Redshanks which were causing a ruckus on Friday at Cley.
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Calonectris
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Eurasian Pygmy Owl, one singing male in the eastern part of Belgium.
idaho john
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and...
it's been a while...
But I put up a bird feeder and was inundated by Pine Siskins. I am ashamed to say that I have gone through both the National Geographic and Sibley's guides and never noticed this specie, but was always distracted by high profile goldfinch featured so close by.
So a common bird that was unknown to me.
John
it's been a while...
But I put up a bird feeder and was inundated by Pine Siskins. I am ashamed to say that I have gone through both the National Geographic and Sibley's guides and never noticed this specie, but was always distracted by high profile goldfinch featured so close by.
So a common bird that was unknown to me.
John
Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) at local wetland here South-East Finland.
Icterine Warbler (538), near Paderborn, Germany this morning
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