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So how is your 2007 list going? (2 Viewers)

Managed 69 in Northamptonshire today - about par for the course. Some useful ones to get before I head back to Scotland on Wednesday: Little Egret, Nuthatch, Brambling, Green Woodpecker, Smew, Chiffchaff, Ring-necked Parakeet. Also only my second ever Shag in Northants and 2 Caspian Gulls.
 
56 for me today at Annesley Pit Top, Kingsmill Res & Garden - started a bit later than i had planned. Highlights: both partridges, Stonechat, Kingfisher, Grey Wag. A bit dissapointed that the Shoveler, Snipe & Jack Snipe that i saw at Kingsmill yesterday were not there today. Still to get Feral Pigeon & Long-tailed Tit which i thought would have been dead certs.

Mike
 
dbradnum said:
91 today in N Norfolk - rather disappointed we didn't make three figures, but the wind made passerine birding hard work, and we missed the usual random selection of common birds (Grey Heron the most notable!). Having said that, can't complain too much about a day with 2 Black Brant, Snow Goose, Goosander, 11 Grey Partridge, etc...

Happy New Year!
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Makes my 69 in N Norfolk today look pitiful. But I was birding with the kids which slowed me down somewhat and I also wasted an hour at the end of the day dipping on the Black Eared Kite (and only adding Marsh Harrier during that hour).

Didn't get any of the 4 you mention (picked up a Grey Heron on the way home, tho) but was very pleased with my Firecrest which was a UK first for me.

Did you enjoy the bracing early morning wind or were you sensible enough to start inland?

Helen

Edit - oops, it was 70. Forgot my Mute Swan on the way out of Titchwell till I read Firecrest's post today.
 
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Managed a respectable 9am start to the day and decided to stay local to Northampton. First bird seen was a Chaffinch in the garden. Managed a total of 60 species for the day with the highlight being a beautiful female Kingfisher perched for 5 mins only 20 feet away. Other good birds for me included great views of both male and female Bramblings, a party of 7 Siskins and a pair of Stonechats.
 
70 today in Lancs and North Merseyside


Garden:
01 Blackbird
02 Pinkfoot Geese
03 Herring Gull
04 Feral Pigeon
05 Starling
06 Robin
07 Magpie

En route to Marshside:
08 Woodpigeon
09 Carrion Crow

Marshside:
10 BHG
11 Mallard
12 Kestrel
13 Curlew
14 Linnet
15 Shelduck
16 Redshank
17 GBB
18 Cormorant
19 Turnstone
20 LBB
21 Oystercatcher
22 Knot
23 Grey Plover
24 Dunlin
25 Meadow Pipit
26 Little Egret
27 Wren
28 Lapwing
29 Bar tail Godwit
30 Pochard
31 Little Grebe
32 Wigeon
33 Greylag Goose
34 Teal
35 Black Tailed Godwit
36 Coot
37 Pintail
38 Golden Plover
39 Mute Swan
40 Snipe
41 Canada Goose
42 Shoveller
43 Moorhen
44 Jackdaw
45 Barnacle Goose

Southport Marine Lake:
46 Grey Heron
47 Goldeneye

Sands Lake:
48 Tufted Duck
49 Goldfinch
50 Common Gull
51 Chaffinch

Plex and Downholland Mosses:
52 Rook
53 Common Pheasant
54 Red Legged Partridge
55 Mistle Thrush
56 Whooper Swan x5
57 Collared Dove

Altcar Withins:
58 Common Buzzard

Southport/Garden:
59 Pied Wagtail
60 Great Tits

Mere Sands Wood:
61 Reed Bunting
62 Great Crested Grebe
63 Goosander
64 Jay
65 Great Spotted Woodpecker
66 Gadwall
67 Long Tailed Tit
68 Blue Tit !
69 Song Thrush

Marsh Moss Lane:
70 Barn Owl
 
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I had 58 species this morning around Lake Erie and my yard:

1. Canada Goose
2. Mallard
3. Mute Swan
4. Northern Cardinal
5. American Tree Sparrow
6. Mourning Dove
7. Ring-billed Gull
8. Swamp Sparrow
9. Song Sparrow
10. American Crow
11. Dark-eyed Junco
12. European Starling
13. Winter Wren
14. Common Grackle
15. Red-winged Blackbird
16. Rusty Blackbird
17. American Goldfinch
18. Belted Kingfisher
19. Red-tailed Hawk
20. Great-blue Heron
21. House Sparrow
22. Herring Gull
23. House Finch
24. Great Black-backed Gull
25. Blue Jay
26. Lesser Black-backed Gull
27. Rock Pigeon
28. Hooded Merganser
29. Common Goldeneye
30. Bufflehead
31. Tundra Swan
32. Lesser Scaup
33. Common Merganser
34. Northern Harrier
35. Cooper's Hawk
36. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
37. Black-capped Chickadee
38. Downy Woodpecker
39. Carolina Wren
40. Ruddy Duck
41. Canvasback
42. Gadwall
43. American Wigeon
44. American Coot
45. Pied-billed Grebe
46. Fox Sparrow
47. White-throated Sparrow
48. Brown Creeper
49. Golden-crowned Kinglet
50. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
51. Bonaparte's Gull
52. Bald Eagle
53. American Robin
54. Long-eared Owl

In my yard, PM:

55. White-breasted Nuthatch
56. Red-breasted Nuthatch
57. Hairy Woodpecker
58. Red-bellied Woodpecker

Good start to the year. Waterfowl was extremely hard to find, since there is no ice and the lakeshore was SWARMING with hunters...

--Neil G.
 
My House
1) American Robin
2) European Starling
3) Red-winged Blackbird
4) Dark-eyed Junco

Highbanks Metro Park: Feeders
5) Blue Jay
6) House Sparrow
7) Red-bellied Woodpecker
8) American Goldfinch
9) White-breasted Nuthatch
10) Carolina Chickadee
11) Downy Woodpecker
12) Hairy Woodpecker
13) Tufted Titmouse
14) Northern Cardinal
15) Mourning Dove
16) Turkey Vulture
17) House Finch
18) American Tree Sparrow

Highbanks Metro Park: River
19) Eastern Bluebird
20) White-throated Sparrow
21) Red-tailed Hawk
22) Mallard
23) Carolina Wren
24) Brown Creeper

I-71 and 161
25) Rock Dove
 
37 today on the island. Thought I might have beaten last year's New Year's Day 45 when I nailed Twite, Red Grouse and Merlin early on, but the lack of freshwater wildfowl did for me - no Tufted Duck, Wigeon, or Scaup - plus poor seabirding too - no Great Northern Diver, no auks apart from Black Guillemot, and no Fulmar.

But...

... I did get my rarity account off to an early start, as I found a beautiful drake King Eider with the regular Eider flock off the pier. A new bird on my self-found list, so am happy enough with the day's work. ;)

Happy new year everyone. Hope you all see everything you go for.

ce
 
Not a bad start to the year, with 46 year birds:

01. Mourning Dove
02. Dark-eyed Junco
03. American Crow
04. White-crowned Sparrow
05. European Starling
06. House Finch
07. Song Sparrow
08. Northern Harrier
09. Eastern Bluebird
10. Canada Goose
11. American Kestrel
12. Rock Pigeon
13. Northern Cardinal
14. House Sparrow
15. Eurasian Collared-Dove
16. Greater White-fronted Goose
17. Blue Jay
18. Common Grackle
19. Northern Mockingbird
20. Bald Eagle
21. Red-headed Woodpecker
22. American Tree Sparrow
23. Downy Woodpecker
24. Red-winged Blackbird
25. Eastern Meadowlark
26. Mallard
27. Great Blue Heron
28. Swamp Sparrow
29. Short-eared Owl
30. Savannah Sparrow
31. American Goldfinch
32. Red-tailed Hawk
33. Brown-headed Cowbird
34. Carolina Chickadee
35. Brown Creeper
36. Tufted Titmouse
37. Carolina Wren
38. Golden-crowned Kinglet
39. Gadwall
40. Lesser Scaup
41. Northern Flicker
42. Rough-legged Hawk
43. American Black Duck
44. Hairy Woodpecker
45. Red-bellied Woodpecker
46. Belted Kingfisher

The highlight of the day was watching two Bald Eagles building a nest. They were weaving large sticks into the nest and seemed to be helping each other. The odd thing is that the nest is in a grove of trees right behind a farmhouse with a couple of barking dogs. I also saw another Bald Eagle lift a large dead thing from the middle of the road and carry it out into a field where it could eat away from traffic.

Dave
 
Had 92 species in North West Norfolk today, by myself. Would have got more if I hadn't stopped at Dersingham Bog which is where I started and apart from long tailed tits and robin it was a complete waste of time (see my post in norfolk thread (local patch):

1. little grebe
2. fulmar
3. cormorant
4. little egret
5. mute swan
6. pink footed goose
7. greylag goose
8. canada goose
9. brent goose
10. egyptian goose
11. shelduck
12. wigeon
13. gadwall
14. teal
15. mallard
16. pintail
17. shoveler
18. tufted duck
19. common scoter
20. goldeneye
21. smew (drake)
22. red breasted merganser
23. sparrowhawk
24. kestrel
25. red legged partridge
26. pheasant
27. moorhen
28. coot
29. oystercatcher
30. avocet
31. ringed plover
32. golden plover
33. grey plover
34. lapwing
35. knot
36. sanderling
37. dunlin
38. ruff
39. black tailed godwit
40. bar tailed godwit
41. curlew
42. spotted redshank
43. redshank
44. greenshank
45. turnstone
46. arctic skua
47. little gull
48. black headed gull
49. common gull
50. herring gull
51. great black-backed gull
52. kittiwake
53. woodpigeon
54. collared dove (down the chimney at 12.20am 1st bird of the day!)
55. barn owl
56. short eared owl
57. tawny owl
58. kingfisher
59. green woodpecker
60. skylark
61. shorelark
62. meadow pipit
63. wren
64. dunnock
65. robin
66. stonechat
67. blackbird
68. fieldfare
69. mistle thrush
70. cetti's warbler
71. goldcrest
72. bearded tit
73. long-tailed tit
74. marsh tit
75. coal tit
76. blue tit
77. great tit
78. nuthatch
79. treecreeper
80. jay
81. magpie
82. jackdaw
83. rook
84. carrion crow
85. starling
86. house sparrow
87. chaffinch
88. brambling
89. greenfinch
90. goldfinch
91. linnet
92. snow bunting
 
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Not sure how I am going to record mine. Most likely just hand written notes. I think I will keep track only of the first 100. On sun and mon got 48, but only 12 fell on monday. Bird 1 of 2007 Cardinal.
 
Didn't get out till about 2.30 due to having to have drinks with the neighbours, and following this i had to decide whether to do Knole Park or Bough Beech. Picked the former, and later regretted it, with the report of a Ring Necked Duck at Bough Beech, a lifer (nice way to start a year), all i managed were a few Ring Necked Parakeets and a measly start of year list of around 20. |:(|. Ah well, i'll just have to try Bough Beech tomorrow, instead of preparing my Russian GCSE oral. Plenty more time left in this holiday for work... :bounce:
 
Managed 70 today in Devon, including Grey Phalarope, Black-Necked Grebe and Cirl Bunting...... then realised this evening that I didn't get House Sparrow!
 
How's the list going?
It's not!
My dad was rushed to hospital with a heart attack and so I have only managed
1. Dunnock
2. Greenfinch
3. Herring Gull
4. Collared Dove
5. Woodpigeon (and countless feral pigeons!)

Sue
 
Went to beacon hill Park, victoria harbour, downtown, and my local area
1)Pacific loon
2)Horned Grebe
3)Brown Pelican
4)Double crested cormorant
5)Canada Goose
6)Mallard
7)American wigeon
8) Eurasian Wigeon
9)Ring necked duck
10)Harlequin Duck
11) Bufflehead
12)Hooded Merganser
13)Black turnstone
14)Mew Gull
15)Glaucous winged Gull
16)Rock Dove
17)Anna's Hummingbird
18)belted Kingfisher
19) Northern Flicker
20)Downy Woodpecker
21)Steller's Jay
22)North West Crow
23)Chestnut backed Chickadee
24)Bushtit
25)Berwick's Wren
26)Winter Wren
27)Golden crowned Kinglet
28) Ruby crowned Kinglet
29)Hermit Thrush
30) EuropeanStarling
31)Spotted Towhee
32) Dark eyed Junco
33) White crowned Sparrow
34)Fox Sparrow
35) Song Sparrow
36) Brewers Blackbird
37) House Sparrow
 
dbradnum said:
missed the usual random selection of common birds (Grey Heron the most notable!)
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I was going on about how I couldn't believe I didn't get Grey Heron today either - where were they???!!!!!! Or pied wagtail, or marsh harrier at Titchwell!!!!!
 
SueBryan said:
How's the list going?
It's not!
My dad was rushed to hospital with a heart attack and so I have only managed
1. Dunnock
2. Greenfinch
3. Herring Gull
4. Collared Dove
5. Woodpigeon (and countless feral pigeons!)

Sue
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Sue - Oh my goodness, how dreadful - sent you a PM :-C
 
This evening just as it was getting dark, I noticed a rather large bird running on the ground from the bushes to the feeder. I had no idea what it was, given its size and the fact that it was running. It turned out to be a totally unexpected year bird.

47. Northern Bobwhite

I hadn't seen a quail in the garden since last July; they usually don't move from the fields to the yard until sometime in May.

Dave
 
Wind and lack of preparation meant that we didn't achieve our previous highs, but we still managed a respectable 113 in Kent. Some glaring ommissions but finding a Slav Grebe at Dunge and a Shag at Dover were highlights.
 
32 Starling
33 BH Gull
34 GC Grebe
35 Gannet
36 Shag
37 Kittiwake
38 Grey Heron
39 Rock Pipit
40 Great Northern Diver
41 Razorbill
42 GBB Gull
43 RB Merganser
44 Chiffchaff (possible Siberian)
45 Song Thrush
 
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