SueO
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Your new place is looking pretty good, H.MERLIN !!
one just streaked past the house at about 100mph! Low down and looking fabulous!
A nice replacement for the departed Hobbies.
Your new place is looking pretty good, H.MERLIN !!
one just streaked past the house at about 100mph! Low down and looking fabulous!
A nice replacement for the departed Hobbies.
Don't have a new garden bird, but I had to post this update. The grandchild camping trip was mostly containing and entertaining the kids. Didn't have a chance to bird except casually. Last week I packed my new camping gear and took off for the Sequoias. Got my American Dipper!!My daughter and I are going on a road trip with my four youngest grandchildren. We are going up to Northern Cal to the Redwoods. I have a chance to add a few good birds to my 2017 list and possibly a lifer if I can get my target bird: American Dipper. I ordered two sets of cheapo binoculars so the kids can help grandma find birds. I took the new bins out to see if they were even halfway decent and hear and see a small flock of Barn Swallows fly over my head. Also forgot to add Eurasian Collared Dove from quite some time ago. Maybe if I went out more often, my list would be bigger. New bins are surprisingly good.
32. Eurasian Collared Dove
33. Barn Swallow
Another Merlin north-south this morning!
First Brambling of the autumn in the garden this afternoon, time to dig out my gloves and wooly hat.
I can't believe I've only just found this thread, can I play?
We are in an apartment on the Quebradas river in the Pérez Zeledón canton of Costa Rica for September to January. The apt has a lovely view of the property along with the Quebradas river running along the bottom of the garden. We've also set up a banana feeder on the edge of the balcony which is starting to bring in the birds.
Unfortunately the landlord, like a lot of avid gardeners in Central America has planted mostly exotic ornamental shrubs and trees. The result is there is little incentive for birds to stop in the property. Few local gardeners seem to want native fruiting trees.
Now that the local birds have discovered the feeder though I'm starting to see more of them moving through.
As a thrilling side note the Speckled Tanagers have started visiting the feeder. Always a big deal as we are just at the very low end of their altitude range.
So far, 48 species seen in the yard (including flyovers) asterisk shows species that have actually visited the feeder. Mostly we are seeing the usual suspects but it's all fun nonetheless.
Hope to add more as we go on.
Cheers
Bryan
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Welcome aboard Bryan, that is 48 species I have yet to see!
Welcome, Bryan.
Takes me back to my Costa Rica visit nearly ten years since - I must return.
One or two that I need for sure in that list - definitely the rail.