How is your 2008 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Nightjar61]

Last evening I went out and picked up a new year tick, which brings my Year List up to 409.

409. Chuck-will's-widow

Dave

 

[cnybirder]

Here are the last few I have gotten lately:

Near Williamstown, NY:
182. American Bittern

Rome, NY:
183. Canada Warbler

Three Mile Bay WMA, West Monroe, NY:
184. Spotted Sandpiper
185. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (rare but resident)
186. SEDGE WREN (rare, not annual in our region)

Camden, NY Forest Park (this one I forgot about from a month ago):
187. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

 

[Selsey Birder]

A trip down to Rye:

277. White-winged Black Tern

 

[Dave B Smith]

A good morning at the mudflats this morning added:
221. Gull-billed Tern

 

[durham giant]

200- Salthomes terek sandpiper
201- montagu's harrier
202- hobby
204 green sandpiper
205- little ringed plover

 

[durham giant]

Uk life list- Montagu's harrier
European continent- Short toed treecreeper
North america- white pelican
world life list-(Exept britain) short toed treecreeper

 

[JRE]

177. Kingfisher
178. Green Sandpiper

 

[Jacana]

from the 14th in Norfolk

181. Red backed Shrike
182. Sandwich Tern
183. Arctic Skua
184. Spotted Redshank
185. Spoonbill
186. Yellow legged Gull
187. Honey Buzzard
188. Montagu's Harrier
189. Bittern
190. Eider
191. Gannet
192. Sooty Shearwater

 

[Dave B Smith]

A morning in the Caroni Rice Fields yielded:
222. Glossy Ibis
223. Pectoral Sandpiper
224. Stilt Sandpiper
225. White-cheeked Pintail
226. Masked Yellowthroat

A thoroughly enjoyable outing.

 

[Nightjar61]

Shorebirds are starting to slowly trickle in, thus ending the "summer doldrums." Today I added three birds to my Year List, bringing it up to 412.

410. Black-crowned Night Heron
411. Pectoral Sandpiper
412. Least Sandpiper

In addition to the birds listed above, I added Common Moorhen to my ABA Area and Indiana year lists, both of which are now at 221. (I had seen the species in Honduras last March).

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

I have not seen either of the night-herons in Missouri this year. I am hoping for one or both tomorrow up at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

 

[Dave B Smith]

Trinidad 2008 year list climbed to:
227. Short-tailed Hawk (light morph)

 

[JeffMoh]

Denver Area

Early July added:
194. N. Bobwhite (Attwater Refuge nr. Houston)

A day around Denver was disappointing overall but added the following:

Rocky Mountain Arsenal
195. Canada Goose
196. Eared Grebe
197. Swainson's Hawk
198. Lark Sparrow
199. Western Meadowlark

Chatfield State Park
200. Western Wood-Pewee
201. Lesser Goldfinch
202. Yellow Warbler
203. Black-capped Chickadee
204. California Gull

Roxborough State Park
205. Western Scrub Jay
206. Spotted Towhee
207.Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

Nice countryside around Denver but not great for birding this time of year, at least compared with southeast Texas. Seven hours of intensive birding produced only 37 species and perhaps 150 individuals. I was surprised by the scarcity of hawks, the total absence of vultures and the small range/numbers of wading and water birds; for example, I saw only two egrets (both Snowy) and one heron (Great Blue).

Jeff

 

[Jacana]

today at Belvide reservoir just inside Staffs

193. Black Tern

18 of them at least, fantastic!

 

[JRE]

179. Storm Petrel
180. Puffin
181. Balearic Shearwater

 

[Steve Lister]

A few days back 'home' in Yorkshire....

230 Arctic Skua
Spurn 28/07
231 Pied Flycatcher
Spurn 28/07
232 Pomarine Skua
Spurn 31/07
233 Goshawk
Wykeham Forest 01/08 - 5 juvs playing around

Steve

 

[Nightjar61]

Tough birding today. I slogged through waist-high, thick grasses and sedge in a wet, muddy, swampy area in rubber chest-high waders in 90-degree heat. However, it was worth it in that I got a year tick, bringing my Year List up to 413.

413. American Bittern

In addition to the bittern, I added Little Blue Heron to my ABA Area and Indiana year lists, both of which are now up to 223. (I had seen Little Blue Heron in Honduras in March).

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Shorebird migration is slowly continuing. A new sandpiper for the year brought my Year List up to 414.

414. Stilt Sandpiper

Dave

 

[jtibbetts]

Got back from a fortnight in Arizona at the weekend; my year list is now at 557, and my ABA life list at 412!

 

[Jacana]

added last week

194. Green Sandpiper