How is your 2008 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Selsey Birder]

Okay i have got dragged into this by reading all the updates. I am currently on 134 species, but have a week in Norfolk from Saturday (hope that the sparrow holds on) so should be well over 150 by the end of that. I will update you when i return.

No year ticks yet (Please stay there Sparrow), but with 320 (BOU) they dont come that easily these days.

Am i ahead of you Penny? By the way thanks for the traffic tip on the Norfolk local page, i shall be avoiding the A149 by driving via Docking on Saturday, might even stop at Flitcham to see if there are any Tree Sparrows about.

Sue, thank you for the Lesser Spot advice at Holkham, i shall be checking it out (dont see the little devils every year)

Ian

 

[cnybirder]

Was able to find these while walking down our road this weekend:
36. Rough-legged Hawk
37. American Robin (very scarce here in the winter)

 

[Penny Clarke]

Okay i have got dragged into this by reading all the updates. I am currently on 134 species, but have a week in Norfolk from Saturday (hope that the sparrow holds on) so should be well over 150 by the end of that. I will update you when i return.

No year ticks yet (Please stay there Sparrow), but with 320 (BOU) they dont come that easily these days.

Am i ahead of you Penny? By the way thanks for the traffic tip on the Norfolk local page, i shall be avoiding the A149 by driving via Docking on Saturday, might even stop at Flitcham to see if there are any Tree Sparrows about.

Sue, thank you for the Lesser Spot advice at Holkham, i shall be checking it out (dont see the little devils every year)

Ian

Way ahead Ian, I have been on a go slow the last few weekends, with my birthday and several family birthdays etc etc, I am on 124 at the moment and loads of birds I thought I would have seen by now but havn't. like bullfinch etc.

Have a good week in Norfolk.

Best Wishes Penny:girl:

 

[JRE]

The other day at Slapton Ley...

123. Cetti's Warbler

 

[Selsey Birder]

Way ahead Ian, I have been on a go slow the last few weekends, with my birthday and several family birthdays etc etc, I am on 124 at the moment and loads of birds I thought I would have seen by now but havn't. like bullfinch etc.

Have a good week in Norfolk.

Best Wishes Penny:girl:

Hmmmmm Bullfinch - i need that too - lol

Ian:eek!:

 

[Selsey Birder]

Now having decided to do this i noticed the BUBO listing, so have put my year list on there. I have to say it is very good and as mentioned on this thread before you can see what birds you really should have seen by now. This is done by the software comparing your year list to all others.

Anyway i am woffling on here, my point is that during that comparison i discovered that one person has seen a Whinchat this year already and another a short-toed treecreeper!!!!

Ah well i think my bins need cleaning, not seeing any of those here - lol

Ian:-O

 

[Reader]

A day out in Norfolk added three more.

150. Little Owl
151. Greenshank
152. Rough-legged Buzzard.

John

 

[Penny Clarke]

124. Rock Pipit
125. Rough Legged Buzzard

 

[cnybirder]

Had a flock of 30 Cedar Waxwings today:
38. Cedar Waxwings

 

[Jacana]

from a little jaunt into our blue remembered hills... for an all red bird day

89. Red Grouse
90. Common Crossbill (roughly 8 birds, half of which where glorious males in the sunlight!)
91. Red Kite

very happy with my total, which although it is quite low, i've yet to visit the coast.

 

[Reader]

An excellent day today calling into Upton Warren Moors first then onto the Forest of Dean before calling into Grimley New Workings on the way back.

153. Cetti's Warbler
154. Mealy Redpoll
155. Mandarin Duck
156. Goshawk
157. Raven
158. Crossbill
159. Black Redstart

I called into Upton on the way home but the car park was rammed full and cars also spilt out onto the main A38 so I decided to pack in early and come home. Shame, as I was hoping to find a Jack Snipe.

John

 

[Hotspur]

Brilliant day on the yorks forum meet, year ticked YLgull, Goshawk, Crossbill, Black and Red Grouse, Grey Wagtail and Hume's Warbler. Up to 138 for the year.

 

[Larry Lade]

I saw a few "year birds" while my wife and I were visiting up near Chicago, Illinois. However, I can not count them on my "Missouri Year List" since they were seen in another state.

American Black Duck, Herring Gull, Fox Sparrow, Great Blue Heron and Rough-legged Hawk.

 

[Jacana]

Now having decided to do this i noticed the BUBO listing, so have put my year list on there. I have to say it is very good and as mentioned on this thread before you can see what birds you really should have seen by now. This is done by the software comparing your year list to all others.

Anyway i am woffling on here, my point is that during that comparison i discovered that one person has seen a Whinchat this year already and another a short-toed treecreeper!!!!

Ah well i think my bins need cleaning, not seeing any of those here - lol

Ian:-O

BUBO is great, BTW i noticed the ST Treecreeper too, but the guy is from Jersey where they only have the Short toed

 

[JeffMoh]

132

The GBBC weekend didn't produce anything new but I moved to 132 yesterday, when two Eurasian Collared Doves visited our yard. It's amazing that it has taken until now to see them, given that they are resident in our housing subdivision.

Jeff

 

[Nightjar61]

Got a new bird for the year on my way to work this morning. Now up to 99.

99. Cedar Waxwing

A small flock was feeding on berries in a small tree at the side of the road.

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

76. Merlin, at Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

 

[Reader]

A couple of hours at Draycote rewarded me with a couple of Juv Glaucous Gulls but no Iceland Gull.

160. Glaucous Gull

John

 

[jtibbetts]

Just back from a fortnight in Florida, plenty of ticks and an ABA rarity!


154: Great Blue Heron
155: Snowy Egret
156: WHITE IBIS
157: Turkey Vulture
158: Sharp-shinned Hawk
159: American Kestrel
160: Ring-billed Gull
161: Laughing Gull
162: Mourning Dove
163: Northern Mockingbird
164: COMMON MYNA
165: Red-winged Blackbird
166: Boat-tailed Grackle
167: Double-crested Cormorant
168: Pied-billed Grebe
169: ANHINGA
170: American White Pelican
171: BROWN PELICAN
172: REDDISH EGRET
173: Little Blue Heron
174: Tricoloured Heron
175: Great White Egret
176: Green Heron
177: Black-crowned Night Heron
178: WOOD STORK
179: ROSEATE SPOONBILL
180: Blue-winged Teal
181: American Black Vulture
182: Osprey
183: RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
184: Bald Eagle
185: AMERICAN COOT
186: BLACK-NECKED STILT
187: Grey Plover
188: Killdeer
189: Greater Yellowlegs
190: Lesser Yellowlegs
191: Willet
192: Least Sandpiper
193: Caspian Tern
194: Royal Tern
195: Black Skimmer
196: BARRED OWL
197: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
198: Belted Kingfisher
199: Red-bellied Woodpecker
200: Northern Flicker
201: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
202: GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER
203: Carolina Wren
204: Grey Catbird
205: Brown Thrasher
206: American Robin
207: Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
208: LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE
209: Blue Jay
210: American Crow
211: White-eyed Vireo
212: Northern Parula
213: Cape May Warbler
214: Yellow-rumped Warbler
215: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
216: Prairie Warbler
217: Pine Warbler
218: Palm Warbler
219: Black-and-white Warbler
220: Common Yellowthroat
221: Savannah Sparrow
222: Common Grackle
224: PAINTED BUNTING
225: EASTERN MEADOWLARK
226: SHORT-TAILED HAWK
227: Northern Harrier
228: Red-tailed Hawk
229: Merlin
230: Semipalmated Sandpiper
231: Yellow-crowned Night-heron
232: American Herring Gull
233: Monk Parakeet
234: MITRED PARAKEET
235: Muscovy Duck
236: WHITE-WINGED PARAKEET
237: EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
238: Tree Swallow
239: CAVE SWALLOW
240: PURPLE MARTIN
241: Fish Crow
242: Black-throated Green Warbler
243: Northern Cardinal
244: MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
245: WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON
246: Semipalmated Plover
247: American Redstart
248: Ovenbird
249: Yellow Warbler
250: MASKED BOOBY
251: BROWN BOOBY
252: SOOTY TERN
253: BROWN NODDY
254: HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL
255: Arctic Skua
256: Pomarine Skua
257: Sandwich Tern
258: Forsters Tern
259: WESTERN KINGBIRD
260: SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
261: Glossy Ibis
262: Coopers Hawk
263: WHITE-WINGED DOVE
264: SNAIL KITE
265: LIMPKIN
266: Clapper Rail
267: Wood Duck
268: MOTTLED DUCK
269: Tufted Titmouse
270: Blue-headed Vireo
271: Western Sandpiper
272: Knot
273: WILSONS PLOVER
274: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
275: Piping Plover
276: ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
277: SANDHILL CRANE
278: Sand Martin
279: Lesser Scaup
280: Greater Scaup
281: Hooded Merganser
282: Brown-headed Cowbird
283: Marbled Godwit
284: BURROWING OWL
285: GREAT HORNED OWL
286: COMMON GROUND-DOVE
287: AMERICAN BITTERN
288: RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER
289: Downy Woodpecker
290: Hairy Woodpecker
291: Eastern Bluebird
292: Eastern Towhee
293: KING RAIL
294: SWAMP SPARROW
295: BACHMANS SPARROW
296: BROWN HEADED NUTHATCH
297: House Wren
298: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
299: American Goldfinch
300: SWALLOW-TAILED KITE
301: FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY
302: AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE
303: Sora
304: PILEATED WOODPECKER
305: Northern Waterthrush
306: NORTHERN CARACARA
307: WILD TURKEY
308: YELLOW RAIL (!!!!!!)
309: Bonapartes Gull
310: Ring-necked Duck
311: Marsh Wren
312: Wilsons Snipe
313: Snowy Plover
314: Gull-billed Tern
315: American Wigeon
316: American Avocet
317: FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK
318: RED-CROWNED PARROT
319: RED-MASKED PARAKEET
320: SUMMER TANAGER
321: Stilt Sandpiper
322: Northern Rough-winged Swallow

And the ABA mega:

323: Bananaquit (found in a Miami suburban garden!)

Plus 50 species of butterflies, 19 dragonflies, Alligators, Manatees, Dolphins and loads of other mammals and reptiles!

 

[jtibbetts]

Have realised that i missed a couple of species off the last thread:

324: Common Tern
325: Green-winged Teal
326: Eastern Phoebe
327: Short-billed Dowitcher
328: Spotted Sandpiper