Garden List 2011 (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Feb 13, 2011

• #101

February 12, 2011

20. American Kestrel, high in sycamore tree above our bird feeders.



February 13, 2011

21. Carolina Wren, eating suet at the feeder. This winter has been rough on these wrens, so I was rather surprised to see one in our yard!

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 17, 2011

• #102

53) Green Woodpecker
54) Mistle Thrush

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 19, 2011

• #103

Probably just a co-incidence...that during this topical 'Dove' period that we're enjoying...I should get my first ever Stock Dove in the garden today..(my 60th in the garden..perched bird!) and my 27th for the year plus a further 21 flyovers..totalling 48 since Jan.1.

 

Jonny721

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2011

• #104

49) Mute Swan - 2 south yesterday
50) Long Tailed Tit - 6 in garden today
51) Little Egret - 1 in fields today

 

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birding maniac

Michael M

• Feb 21, 2011

• #105

No new birds recently but some brilliant flocks of Brambling!

 

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Nature__lover

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2011

• #106

you got 30 in a day !? I'm only just up to 30.

 

halftwo

Wird Batcher

• Feb 24, 2011

• #107

Nature__lover said:

you got 30 in a day !? I'm only just up to 30.

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Sorry, N_L: I had thirty before breakfast this morning! And these included a

58 : Curlew

Lots of mating type activity going on now and suddenly all the Black-headed gulls are sporting summer plumage.

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2011

• #108

55) Stock Dove

Welcome back H...........you go away for a few weeks and I think I'll catch up but no, still trailing.

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Feb 24, 2011

• #109

Flyovers:

22. Snow Goose
23. Ross's Goose

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2011

• #110

Larry Lade said:

Flyovers:

22. Snow Goose
23. Ross's Goose

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Those would be nice!!...............but it's not going to happen.

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Feb 24, 2011

• #111

Well, Joanne, I'm not going to be getting a Black-faced Spoonbill any day soon either!

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2011

• #112

Larry Lade said:

Well, Joanne, I'm not going to be getting a Black-faced Spoonbill any day soon either!

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LOL333 It wasn't in my garden......................but it wasn't too far away either.

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Feb 24, 2011

• #113

Had what probably amounts to my earliest Brimstone in the garden today!...along with a good smattering of buzzy bees, and distantly singing Song Thrush, Blackbird and Mistle Thrush....Is something in the air?

cheers

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Feb 24, 2011

• #114

joannec said:

LOL333 It wasn't in my garden......................but it wasn't too far away either.

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East Asia is quite a distance from where you live! (You must have seen your avatar bird in a zoo, I guess.)

 

halftwo

Wird Batcher

• Feb 25, 2011

• #115

KenM said:

Had what probably amounts to my earliest Brimstone in the garden today!...along with a good smattering of buzzy bees, and distantly singing Song Thrush, Blackbird and Mistle Thrush....Is something in the air?
cheers

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Most definately, Ken.

Loads of mating/courting/singing today, with Starlings, Blue tits and House sparrows squabbling over holes in trees, and a Long-tailed tit gathering nesting material. 10c too.

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 25, 2011

• #116

Larry Lade said:

East Asia is quite a distance from where you live! (You must have seen your avatar bird in a zoo, I guess.)

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No, it's a European Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, a scarce visitor to Sussex, usually see one or two per year.

 

halftwo

Wird Batcher

• Feb 25, 2011

• #117

The mild weather brought another songster out this morning - and, after two harsh winters, I was glad that the ('summer' resident)

59 : Goldcrest

has survived to claim next door's young conifer patch as his territory.

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Feb 25, 2011

• #118

joannec said:

No, it's a European Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, a scarce visitor to Sussex, usually see one or two per year.

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My mistake, Joanne, (I must have had one of those "senior moments")!

I had Black-faced Spoonbill on my mind, as our oldest son is currently in Hong Kong and emailed me that he had taken a birding trip up to Mai Po Wetland Centre and seen several of the Black-faced variety!

* Not a garden (yard) bird, but yesterday I saw 50+ American White Pelicans at a lake near Saint Joseph. They seem to be "jumping the gun" a little bit, as we got seven (7) inches of snow yesterday! That should put Spring "on hold" for a bit!

 

joannec

Well-known member

• Feb 25, 2011

• #119

Larry Lade said:

My mistake, Joanne, (I must have had one of those "senior moments")!

I had Black-faced Spoonbill on my mind, as our oldest son is currently in Hong Kong and emailed me that he had taken a birding trip up to Mai Po Wetland Centre and seen several of the Black-faced variety!

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It's OK, Larry. I thought Black-faced might just have been the American name for our Spoonbill...................having only yesterday had a conversation with a friend about how so many of the common American and British names for species differ so the only really reliable ones are the Latin names.

 

halftwo

Wird Batcher

• Mar 3, 2011

• #120

This morning's early watch produced a much-overdue

60 : Grey heron

which, nowadays seems very scarce - maybe the winters have pushed them away.