Birdingcraft
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I am starting this thread a bit late but now that the guiding season has slowed down, I will regularly update it. I am at 515 so far and (like every year) hope to break 600. I have some good/tough ones for 2011 so far such as Agami Heron, Merlin, Sunbittern, Sharpbill, Black-crowned Antpitta, Silvery-throated Jay, Black and white Becard, and Rough-legged Tyrannulet, but am still missing quite a lot.
It doesnt help that I missed out on catching Spring migration at Caribbean slope hotspots but maybe if I make plans now to catch fall migration, I can get enough shorebirds and warblers to push numbers over the 600 mark.
On a side note, I also need to get some lifers this year! The problem is that everything I need requires a fair amount of time and effort- commodities made rare by the powerful combination of work and an almost three year old daughter.
So, I will start this out with number 515- a Striped Owl heard calling from the house the past few nights. I have no idea what the next new 2011 birds will be but hopefully this upcoming weekend will turn up a few new birds.
It doesnt help that I missed out on catching Spring migration at Caribbean slope hotspots but maybe if I make plans now to catch fall migration, I can get enough shorebirds and warblers to push numbers over the 600 mark.
On a side note, I also need to get some lifers this year! The problem is that everything I need requires a fair amount of time and effort- commodities made rare by the powerful combination of work and an almost three year old daughter.
So, I will start this out with number 515- a Striped Owl heard calling from the house the past few nights. I have no idea what the next new 2011 birds will be but hopefully this upcoming weekend will turn up a few new birds.