Lynn Barber is up to 301 for her Alaska State Big Year with the addition of House Finch seen in Ketchikan.
https://lynnbarberblog.com/
Jan in MT
https://lynnbarberblog.com/
Jan in MT
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ABA Big Year 2016 (1 Viewer)
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So it would appear at least three (and maybe four?) of Olaf's birds are easily gettable by John, with maybe one (the Dove) fairly easily gettable by Olaf. Tough hill for Olaf to climb at this stage in the year...
JW but not OD:
Smew
Hawaiian Petrel
WT Tropicbird
Common Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Ruddy Ground Dove
Rustic Bunting
Brambling
Kelp Gull
Yellow-legged Gull (?)
Red-flanked Bluetail
Pin-tailed Snipe
Cuban Vireo
OD but not JW:
Harris's Sparrow
Smith's Longspur
McKay's Bunting
Trinidade Petrel
Least Storm Petrel
Great Skua
Siberian Rubythroat
Great Knot
Hawfinch
Marsh Sandpiper
dantheman
Bah humbug
100 coded birds for the year ...
Mysticete
Well-known member
I'd argue that Brambling is maybe gettable...there have been a pretty good streak of them showing up on the mainland in winter in the last few years.
But yeah with Alaska migration largely done and pelagic season nearly over it would take a miracle for Olaf to seize the lead and become the new record holder. The last solid potential destination I think left is to try for Adak in November/Early December and hope for some overwintering rare finches and ducks. Otherwise it's just hanging around and hoping novel rarities pop up (and of course cleaning up the few things John is still missing as far as regular birds go).
But yeah with Alaska migration largely done and pelagic season nearly over it would take a miracle for Olaf to seize the lead and become the new record holder. The last solid potential destination I think left is to try for Adak in November/Early December and hope for some overwintering rare finches and ducks. Otherwise it's just hanging around and hoping novel rarities pop up (and of course cleaning up the few things John is still missing as far as regular birds go).
Paul Chapman
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I simply flag up that even if Olaf has a good run to get in the race, I would almost expect a retrospective identification from John to pull away again....
http://www.birdingfordevils.com/
'Those two were blown away by the number and diversity of Storm-petrels, and we’re all still looking at our photos to resolve ID for a couple of birds encountered. There were a couple of odd Storm-petrels the day before as well.'
All the best
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'Those two were blown away by the number and diversity of Storm-petrels, and we’re all still looking at our photos to resolve ID for a couple of birds encountered. There were a couple of odd Storm-petrels the day before as well.'
All the best
jogresh
Bimble and patch
Thanks for clearing that up.
r_bruce
Active member
If anything came of those Storm-petrel photos, I am sure they would be posted in John's blog and we would all know about them, and how any identification was determined.
dantheman
Bah humbug
It wouldn't be down to John anyway - Debi Shearwater et al.
Blog post from Olaf ... http://olafsbigyear.blogspot.co.uk/
anothergecko
Active member
Nothing at all wrong with retrospectively adding a species once an ID has been resolved. It's much better than retrospectively adding a species following a suppressed sighting...
Cheers,
Nigel
pandrew1664
New member
Yep, and better to be out there than trolling from an armchair.
Paul Chapman
Well-known member
Indeed and hopefully you'll get through that stage.
Absolutely. Rapid and full dissemination of information at the heart of twitching and yearlisting.
My comment was solely what I have seen done in the past. It is based on experience which was not gained from an armchair.
All the best
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dantheman
Bah humbug
Lynn Barber is up to 302 for her Alaska Big Year with the addition of Tropical Kingbird that showed up several days ago in Sitka.
https://lynnbarberblog.com/
Jan in MT
https://lynnbarberblog.com/
Jan in MT
Paul Chapman
Well-known member
Joe
It is remarkable that if it were not for John's and Olaf's efforts this year, that there would have currently been a significant amount of focus on when Laura would beat Neil Hayward's record.
With so many gettable Code 1 and 2 species available to her (c15?), do you have a feel for how determined she is to set the highest total she can (notwithstanding the fact that she seems destined for third)?
All the best
My guess, if I had to bet a bob (as if I know what the heck a bob is...), is that Laura will end up with 758 and Christian at 755.
They're both in serious clean-up mode. I'll be interested to see how many of the four make a trip to Hawaii. Those species won't count toward this year's "ABA Continental" total, but if they put in the new list category they'll have numbers to submit for that, too. Might as well, if it fits into their schedules, as they'll never have a 730+ base again. I wonder if anyone will ever go for 700 twice; Sandy Komito is wonderfully certifiable.
Joe
They're both in serious clean-up mode. I'll be interested to see how many of the four make a trip to Hawaii. Those species won't count toward this year's "ABA Continental" total, but if they put in the new list category they'll have numbers to submit for that, too. Might as well, if it fits into their schedules, as they'll never have a 730+ base again. I wonder if anyone will ever go for 700 twice; Sandy Komito is wonderfully certifiable.
Joe
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