How is your 2008 List Going? (2 Viewers)

[jtibbetts]

Another few migrants from the last week:

348: Redstart
349: Common Sandpiper
350: Reed Warbler
351: Tree Pipit

Also added Osprey to my UK year list- 183

 

[Selsey Birder]

Migrants starting to trickle back now:-

174. Bonxie
175. Swallow

 

[Reader]

I stayed relatively local today. At Grimley New Workings I had over 100 Sand Martins plus about a dozen House Martin. Upton Warren produced about 50 Sand Martin plus about 6 House Martin and one lone Swallow, and at last I managed to catch up with one of the Upton Warren Jack Snipe.

Surprise of the day was an early female Pied Flycatcher at the Wyre Forest.

190. Willow Warbler
191. Pied Flycatcher
192. House Martin
193. Swallow
194. Jack Snipe

197 with Wallcreeper, Kittiwake & Rock Pipit in France.

John

 

[Penny Clarke]

144. Sandwich Tern
145. Cattle Egret

 

[JeffMoh]

One more

Last year I missed a big fallout of warblers at High Island because I had to finish my tax return. This year I finished the return early - but the fallout (of 24 warbler species) came on Friday, when I had to work! I went to Edith Moore sanctuary in Houston yesterday but the site was very quiet. The only new bird was:
152. Blue Grosbeak.

Jeff

 

[cnybirder]

In the last week I have added:
75. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

At various places along roads in Connecticut:
76. Mute Swan
77. Double-crested Cormorant
78. Osprey

At Sherwood Island State Park, Connecticut:
79. Brant
80. Savannah Sparrow
81. Northern Mockingbird
82. Horned Grebe

At Waveny Park, New Canaan, Connecticut:
83. Merlin
84. Tree Swallow
85. White-throated Sparrow
86. Chipping Sparrow

Here at Home, Camden, NY:
87. Fox Sparrow
88. Hermit Thrush
89. Winter Wren

 

[Nightjar61]

Not a great morning for birding, with almost constant spitting rain. However, I was able to add two new birds to my Year List, bringing it up to 349.

348. Vesper Sparrow
349. American Golden Plover

I also saw a Snowy Egret, which was a year tick for my ABA Area and Indiana year lists (number 126).

Dave

 

[Penny Clarke]

146. Yellow Wagtail
147. Ring Ouzel
148. House martin
149. Sand martin
150. Whimbrel

 

[Jacana]

for yesterday

148. redstart
149. ring ouzel

 

[JeffMoh]

Three More

Yesterday, Bear Creek Park in Houston yielded:
153. White-eyed Vireo
154. Broad-winged Hawk.

A freeway flyover added:
155. Cliff Swallow.

This morning at CyFair college:
156. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

Jeff

 

[jtibbetts]

3 more at Upton Warren today:

352: Little Gull
353: Yellow Wagtail
354: Sedge Warbler

UK year list 186.

 

[Selsey Birder]

Update for last sunday - been too busy to post anything since with work - 5 of us off to Scotland for a long weekend tomorrow night - hope to get the year list over 200.

176. Wheatear (i know it took me ages, i just kept missing them!)
177. Velvet Scoter (flock of 29)
178. Sedge Warbler
179. Whimbrel

I will try to post a trip report for Scotland - it will be nowhere near as good as Penny's regular Norfolk reports.

 

[Selsey Birder]

A quick trip to the local sewage farm before we leave for Scotland this evening.

180. Garganey
181. Little Gull

 

[TorchBCT]

Picked up two more yesterday, including the Whip-poor-will on the steps leading up to my apartment!

103. Whip-poor-will
104. Loggerhead Shrike

 

[Gill Osborne]

A quick hour at Stag Rocks at Bamburgh, Northumberland today produced a few missing species for my Year List :t:

92: Common Scoter
93: Long-tailed Duck
94: Sandwich Tern

 

[Nightjar61]

Got a year tick this morning while arriving at work. Now up to 350.

350. Chimney Swift

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

I went out birding this morning even though there was a light rain all the while I was out. I was able to add ten new year birds to my Missouri Year List.

131. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
132. Spotted Sandpiper
133. Great Egret
134. Chipping Sparrow
135. Brown Thrasher
136. Lark Sparrow
137. Yellow-rumped Warbler
138. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
139. Grasshopper Sparrow
140. House Wren

 

[sandtiger]

Though my list is slim by comparison to some of yours this has been a good year for me thus far. Its the first year I have deliberately gone birding in a long time. I have added...

Northern Pintail
Canvasback
Yellow-Bellied Sap Sucker
Common Goldeneye

Those were all within the last month and I have been able to see a lot of other birds who were already on my list but rare for me to see.

 

[Nightjar61]

Left work a little early today and went birding for about an hour. Picked up a new bird for the year, bringing my Year List up to 351.

351. Cliff Swallow

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

Ten (10) FOY Missouri Birds yesterday and eight (8) more today! Today's birds were found this morning in the oxbow lakes region just south of Saint Joseph, Missouri.

141. Green Heron
142. Forster's Tern
143. Yellow-headed Blackbird
144. White-faced Ibis
145. GLOSSY IBIS, a real "goodie"! I have only seen this species in Missouri twice before.
146. Hudsonian Godwit
147. Semipalmated Plover
148. Cattle Egret

As we sat down to supper I noticed a little bird below our feeders, in our side yard . It was...
149. Ovenbird