Bogey Birds (1 Viewer)

Paul Longland

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2017

• #1

Do you have one or more "Bogey " birds? You know the ones. No matter how many times you go for it they always seem to elude you? And whats worse it is usually the old "you should have been here Last week/yesterday/10 minutes ago" storey. They don't even have to be particularly rare but just the ones that got away.

I have several, some life time bogeys, others simply that I haven't seen for some time or regularly. but one of the most glaring has, until last weekend, been Snow Bunting. A lifer bogey that no many how trips to the East coast in Winter, and even twice trekking up Cairngorm in summer, both times having the mist descend to thwart me before I could connect, these delightful little birds have always eluded me.

Finally laid to rest, time to move on to the next one now. Lesser Spotted woody anyone??

 

J

Julian61

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2017

• #2

Mine's the hawfinch. Snow buntings eluded me until a couple of years ago when I saw a solitary bird and, yes, they're a lovely species. Good luck with the lesser spot. Haven't seen one of those for a long time.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Feb 10, 2017

• #3

For your enjoyment . . . :t:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=332861

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=323062

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=333182

And there's probably more

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Feb 10, 2017

• #4

Yep, another:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=299403

 

J

Jonathan Mitchell

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2017

• #5

Mine is Kingfisher. Despite living in an area where there are plenty of them, I just can't see one, no matter what I do. On no fewer than three occasions I have whirled round to cries of "Kingfisher!" only to find that I was too late and the bird has already zipped away out of sight.

 

Hamasmith

Harold

• Feb 11, 2017

• #6

Julian61 said:

Mine's the hawfinch. Snow buntings eluded me until a couple of years ago when I saw a solitary bird and, yes, they're a lovely species. Good luck with the lesser spot. Haven't seen one of those for a long time.

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If you fancy a trip to the Forest of Dean you'll find plenty of Hawfinches. Check out 'The Gloster Birder' website.

Harold.

 

IAN JAMES THOMPSON

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2017

• #7

For more than 55 years the Kingfisher had eluded me until last September when I attended an RSPB Members evening at Saltholme reserve and a member of the staff spotted a Kingfisher in her telescope and it was standing clearly on a post of which it did so for approx 10 minutes. That certainly made my day.
Ian

 

A

Alcina

Melkorendil

• Feb 11, 2017

• #8

Leach's petrel and arctic redpoll stand out as the glaring non-rare omissions on my UK life list.

 

Paul Longland

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2017

• #9

Nutcracker said:

For your enjoyment . . . :t:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=332861

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=323062

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=333182

And there's probably more

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At least I am not the only one who has serial dips and bogeys. It certainly makes interesting reading and just goes to show that sometimes even the most common birds be elusive. I hate to admit this but I once went three whole years without clock a single redpoll. Typically having broken my duck at Middleton lakes in staffs lo and behold the very next day three turned up on the feeders in my garden! Don't you just love birding.