How is your 2008 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Nightjar61]

A beautiful spring-like day with a couple of early migrants. I was only able to bird for a couple of hours, but I added two birds to my Year List, which is now up to 102.

101. Wood Duck
102. Eastern Phoebe

This is the earliest I've ever seen a phoebe, and as far as I can tell, it's the first reported in Indiana this year.

Dave

 

[JRE]

An enjoyable day trip to Norfolk yesterday with Conorbirda2, Thenorthernmonkey, Tav94 and Henerz added:

129. Dartford Warbler
130. Lapland Bunting
131. Shorelark
132. Ross's Goose
133. Bearded Tit
134. Grey Partridge
135. Brambling
136. Red-legged Partridge

103 species recorded in all, although considering this was a White-crowned Sparrow twitch and not a bird race, and with gaps including birds such as Nuthatch and Red-throated Diver, it could have been quite a few more.

 

[Jacana]

An enjoyable day trip to Norfolk yesterday with Conorbirda2, Thenorthernmonkey, Tav94 and Henerz added:

129. Dartford Warbler
130. Lapland Bunting
131. Shorelark
132. Ross's Goose
133. Bearded Tit
134. Grey Partridge
135. Brambling
136. Red-legged Partridge

103 species recorded in all, although considering this was a White-crowned Sparrow twitch and not a bird race, and with gaps including birds such as Nuthatch and Red-throated Diver, it could have been quite a few more.

Did you not see the sparrow then? I'm going Thursday for the first time, but i just know that a bloody sparrowhawk or cat is going to kill it the day before :C

 

[JRE]

Did you not see the sparrow then? I'm going Thursday for the first time, but i just know that a bloody sparrowhawk or cat is going to kill it the day before :C

We did indeed see the Sparrow, stunning views at about 7.30am when it first showed (we had been on site since 5am). I had omitted to mention it, as it was not a yeartick for me, I saw it in January.

 

[Larry Lade]

I birded this morning for awhile around the oxbow lakes south of Saint Joseph. I did not get any new Missouri birds for the year, but did see a lot of species of waterfowl.

Returning home a little before lunch time I did see a new bird for the year in our yard (Saint Joseph, Missouri).
87. Sharp-shinned Hawk, both perched and flying.

 

[Nightjar61]

A few minutes ago, just at twilight, I walked into the field behind my house to look for woodcocks. I could hear several "peenting" and performing their aerial displays. I did manage to sneak up to one on the ground and actually had it in my spotlight. This was the first time I've had one on the ground like that. I usually get a quick glimpse as they're flushing or high up while doing aerial displays. Now up to 103.

103. American Woodcock

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

I added one more bird to my Missouri 2008 Year List this morning.

88. Fox Sparrow, Missouri Western State University Campus, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

It has been rather slow going this year. And with the temperatures bouncing all over the place I don't think it is going to get very much better for awhile! Temperature forcast for tonight is 5 degrees F., brrrrr! Perhaps our returning American Robins are having second thoughts about returning to Missouri a little too early!

 

[Black Wheatear]

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

162. Red Kite

John

Hi John,

Monti Harrier and Nightingale brings me up to 593, so with Morocco next week it looks like a good annual total is well on the way!!

:t:

 

[Reader]

I can't compete with that Peter.

I had a bad day today. I did manage to find an Iceland Gull and a wintering Chiffchaff but then I went to Cardiff for the Spot Sand and R B Gull but never found them. I got absolutely soaked for my pains plus I spent so long looking for all the birds today that I ran out of time to go to Hereford for the Y B Warbler & L T Duck.

163. Chiffchaff
164. Iceland Gull

With Wallcreeper, Kittiwake & Rock Pipit from France that puts me onto 167.

John

Hi John,

Monti Harrier and Nightingale brings me up to 593, so with Morocco next week it looks like a good annual total is well on the way!!

:t:

 

[Penny Clarke]

126. Ruddy Duck

 

[Larry Lade]

Three more birds today.

89. Ruddy Duck, Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri
90. Savannah Sparrow, Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri
91. Field Sparrow, Bean Lake area, Platte County

 

[cnybirder]

Seen the following this week just down the road from our house:
41. Fish Crow
42. Red-winged Blackbird

 

[TorchBCT]

After a nearly year long hiatus from birding, due to college, moving and various other outside forces, the bug has bitten again this year. After an incredibly slow start in January and most of February, due to weather, with winds averaging around 25 knots. I finally made it to 55 species on the year with a morning trip to Hornsby Bend.

Highlights:

American Pipit
Grasshopper Sparrow
Eared Grebe
Inca Dove
White-eyed Vireo

 

[Reader]

A day out in Cleveland added a few more to the year list. Plus a tawny Owl flew in front of me not far from where I live.

165. Eider
166. Common Scoter
167. Red-throated Diver
168. Long-tailed Duck
169. Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler (Lifer)
170. Red Grouse
171. Tawny Owl

John

 

[Jacana]

picked up a brace of nice birds over the past few days, both in Shropshire

92. willow tit
93. red-legged partridge

Going to Norfolk on Thursday so I should break 120!

 

[devilbirder]

Im up to 109, and I am pretty sure 110 after a probable self found Caspian Gull at the London Wetlands Centre yesterday. The week before I added 12 year birds, including Little Egret, Red-legged Partridge, Red-breasted Merganser and Hen Harrier.

 

[TorchBCT]

Two hours at Union Grove WMA, Stillhouse Hollow Lake netted 4 more for the year:

56. American White Pelican
57. Pied-billed Grebe
58. Blue-winged Teal
59. American Goldfinch

 

[Larry Lade]

Birding with a friend over in the Chillicothe, Missouri area, I added to several more birds to this year's Missouri list on Monday and Tuesday.

March 10
92. Long-eared Owl, Chillicothe Golf Course.
93. Loggerhead Shrike, Poosey Conservation Area, near Chillicothe
94. Redhead, Thompson River Wetland Area, near Chillicothe
95. Short-eared Owl, Conservation Reserve Program area north of Chillicothe
96. American Woodcock, Thompson River Wetland Area, near Chillicothe

March 11
97. Pied-billed Grebe, Fountain Grove Conservation Area
98. Rusty Blackbird, Fountain Grove Conservation Area

 

[Larry Lade]

Finally, I reached the century mark for this year in Missouri!

99. Blue-winged Teal, at Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri
100. American Pipit, about 30 of them in a harvested soy bean field just south of St.Joseph, Missouri
101. Great-tailed Grackle, about 200 of them around Mud Lake, south of St.Joseph, Missouri

 

[Jacana]

28 year ticks now i've finally managed to get to the coast (North Norfolk) dipped the sparrow, left the day before

94. eurasian oystercatcher
95. common redshank
96. eurasian curlew
97. brent goose
98. barn owl
99. ringed plover
100. black legged kittiwake
101. ruddy duck
102. pied avocet
103. little egret
104. ruff
105. dunlin
106. grey plover
107. ruddy turnstone
108. sanderling
109. red knot
110. bar tailed godwit
111. red breasted merganser
112. black tailed godwit
113. eurasian marsh harrier
114. bearded tit
115. egyptian goose
116. shore lark
117. snow bunting
118. grey partridge
119. pink footed goose
120. white fronted goose
121. corn bunting

also saw the Ross' goose at Holkham, not BOU so not on the list!!