How is your 2008 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Selsey Birder]

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

Ooops sorry about that, will remember to look up locations next time. What about the Osprey that is there?

Ian

 

[Selsey Birder]

How is my list going?

Better than any previous year, but it will slow down when the rarities arrive as i do not twitch (it took me 6 weeks to see the white crowned sparrow). Currently on 159 and appearing on all the listing top tens for the year, now where is my agent?

 

[JeffMoh]

Two more

I added 133. Cooper's Hawk the other day; it was hassling a Bald Eagle that was flying over our street.

Yesterday afternoon at Spring Creek Park (Tomball) I spotted:
134. Northern Flicker.

Jeff

 

[Reader]

A trip down to Foxcourt Reservoir, near Buckingham for the Ring-necked Duck was worth it in the end, although it took over two hours to locate it, as it had been hiding in the dense waterside vegetation.

161. R N Duck

John

 

[Nightjar61]

I birded for a short period today, under snowy conditions. I did manage to see a new bird for the year, which puts me at an even 100.

100. Pine Siskin

Dave

 

[devilbirder]

Although I have not kept a year list so keenly until this year, I think it is going better than any previous year (though, in comparison to others' lists, it is going very badly!). I am on 95 so far this year, latest two being Peregrine and a couple of out-of-place Grey Wagtails. I have mostly been restricted to local sites so far eg Nonsuch Park and Beddington SF. I have got to catch up soon and I have a huge list of sites that I need to visit to catch up on winter birds before they go.

 

[cnybirder]

Added these to my year list in the last few days
39. Snow Bunting (flock of about 40 just down the road from us)
40. Turkey Vulture (2 or more in Syracuse, NY)

 

[Hotspur]

139) Glaucous Gull
140) Iceland Gull

 

[Larry Lade]

At various sites around Saint Joseph, Missouri, I was able to add five (5) species to this year's Missouri List.

77. Belted Kingfisher (at Lake Contrary) - x1
78. Killdeer (Mud Lake Road near Lewis & Clark State Park) - x2
79. Northern Shoveler (Sugar Lake, Lewis & Clark State Park) - x4
80. Canvasback (Sugar Lake, Lewis & Clark State Park) - x2
81. Green-winged Teal (Sugar Lake, Lewis & Clark State Park) - x8

 

[Larry Lade]

cnybirder, had your Snow Buntings moulted into their alternate plumage yet?

 

[cnybirder]

cnybirder, had your Snow Buntings moulted into their alternate plumage yet?

They were all in non-breeding plumage. I wonder if I will get to see some in alternate plumage before they go north again?

 

[JRE]

A couple of days at Slimbridge added a few more.

124. Blackcap
125. Reed Bunting
126. Bewick's Swan
127. Tundra Bean Goose
128. Little Stint

 

[jtibbetts]

One more today, an early visitor at Upton Warren!:

329: Avocet

(155 UK)

 

[Larry Lade]

Pretty slow going! Two more for my Missouri Year List today though.

82. Hooded Merganser (one pair), Sugar Lake, Lewis & Clark State Park, near Atchison.
83. Bufflehead (one male), Sugar Lake, Lewis & Clark State Park, near Atchison.

 

[Birdbrainjwc]

I am doing a county Big Year in Montana, US
I am located in the NW corner.

So far I am at 76 for the county. My goal is a little bit over 200.

I know right? "76!! wow that isn't a lot at all!"

Well up here we don't get may species. Maybe, on a good day in late May, you could get 10 warblers, maybe. That is what it is like. On the upside. You can easily get all the NA falcons. All I need are Kestrel and Peregrine.

 

[Larry Lade]

Finally, the temps have warmed some and all of the snow and ice is beginning to disappear. I birded this morning around Lewis & Clark State Park which is about 20 minutes drive south of Saint Joseph, Missouri. I added three birds to my 2008 Missouri List.

84. Wood Duck
85. American Robin (would you believe it, I had not seen one in Missouri this year until today!)
86. Franklin's Gull

 

[Dave B Smith]

I've arrived in Trinidad early this year, so this will be the basis for my "local" year list:
A Black-crested Antshrike was number 107.

 

[Selsey Birder]

A trip to Dorset this morning:

160. Firecrest
161. Pallas Warbler
162. Spoonbill
163. Mandarin Duck

 

[Reader]

A virtually fruitless day chasing birds that were disappearing before I got there although I did manage Red Kite.

162. Red Kite

John

 

[Black Wheatear]

Sorry can't resist this:

582. Short-toed Eagle (Ronda)


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