How is your 2010 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Stranger]

A trip to Oxford along the A40 gave us good views of a Red Kite today.
90 Red Kite

 

[JeffMoh]

This morning on the campus where I work:
141. Song Sparrow

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Birdbrain]

135. Red-breasted Merganser (titchwell)
136. Spotted Redshank "
137. Corn Bunting (chorley drying barns)

 

[Joseph N]

121. Jay
122. Great Spotted Woodpecker
123. Great Grey Shrike
124. Common Crossbill
125. Common Redpoll
126. Black Grouse
127. Red Grouse

All of these were seen yesterday. I think this total stands me in good stead for Portland, where I will be staying from the 6th-12th April. Prior to heading to Dorset I will be staying in Somerset with family, where I hope to do a little bit of birding at Chew Valley Lake and around Ham Wall. I would be very happy if I came back from the trip having seen 150 species for the year.

 

[Stranger]

121. Jay
122. Great Spotted Woodpecker
123. Great Grey Shrike
124. Common Crossbill
125. Common Redpoll
126. Black Grouse
127. Red Grouse

All of these were seen yesterday. I think this total stands me in good stead for Portland, where I will be staying from the 6th-12th April. Prior to heading to Dorset I will be staying in Somerset with family, where I hope to do a little bit of birding at Chew Valley Lake and around Ham Wall. I would be very happy if I came back from the trip having seen 150 species for the year.

Hi
You will need a pass to get full access to Chew Valley (available from Woodford Lodge) Also valid for Blagdon Lakes and Barrow Tanks.
Two other places worth a visit are Catcott Lows and Greylake

 

[JeffMoh]

Two more:
142. Cliff Swallow
143. Short-billed Dowitcher.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Joseph N]

Hi
You will need a pass to get full access to Chew Valley (available from Woodford Lodge) Also valid for Blagdon Lakes and Barrow Tanks.
Two other places worth a visit are Catcott Lows and Greylake

I was aware of this, although I believe you can view part of the Lake from Stratford Bay and the like too. I'll most likely get a pass. Thanks for reccommending Catcott Lows, I wasn't aware of this place. However I am aware of two Spoonbills recently having been at Greylake, and will probably go down to Greylake regardless if they are there or not.

 

[Peter C.]

Last Sunday was a bit chilly (compared to what we've been having recently), but managed to get out to the local reservoir to look for some swans that I'd heard about on the local "bird-board". Some good new arrivals out there now...

29. Killdeer
30. Ring-billed Gull
31. Eastern Phoebe
32. Tundra Swan
33. Ring-necked Duck
34. American Wigeon
35. Turkey Vulture
36. Horned Lark
37. Song Sparrow
38. Blue Jay

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

A quick 24-hour dash up to the Channel coast and back perked up the list a bit. Sadly the weather was a bit rough, especially at Cap Gris Nez where the wind was off the land.

25-26 March

47. Rook
48. Curlew
49. Redshank
50. Shelduck
51. Meadow Pipit
52. Great Black-backed Gull
53. Sanderling
54. Rock Pipit
55. Jackdaw
56. Barn Swallow
57. Skylark
58. Yellowhammer
59. Linnet
60. Shag
61. Gannet

I'll ignore the 3 Egyptian Geese that were in off!

 

[JeffMoh]

Three more at Edith Moore Sanctuary, Houston, today:
144. White-eyed Vireo
145.Northern Parula
146. Hooded Warbler

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

27 March: Bois de Boulogne

62. Blackcap

 

[Jacana]

today in Cornwall

119. Willow Warbler
120. Sand Martin
121. Swallow

finally some migrants!

 

[Joseph N]

I'm up to 131 with my first Chiffchaff of the year, Kittiwake, Bewick's Swan and Egyptian Goose. I will be leaving for England on Tuesday and will be staying in Portland Bird Obs the following Wednesday.

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

28 March: Bois de Boulogne

63. Canada Goose

 

[Stranger]

Belstone,Dartmoor 28th Mar
91 Nuthatch

 

[JeffMoh]

Yesterday on my drive home:
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

What a bird!

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Stranger]

Missed one from the weekend,Whitchurch Common,Dartmoor
92 Wheatear male and female

 

[Nightjar61]

This morning there was a new bird for the year in the front yard, so I'm now up to 114.

114. Chipping Sparrow

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

Slowly but surely....

106. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, flitting around in our backyard, Saint Joseph, Missouri

 

[Larry Lade]

I thought I would go down to Bluff Woods Conservation Area, Halls, Missouri, before the rains came! When I arrived at about 9 AM it began to get darker and darker, then a couple rumblings of thunder. I headed back for my vehicle in the parking lot. Barely had I made it back to the parking lot when it began to sprinkle. I drove back home in a deluge of "liquid sunshine"!

My time at Bluff Woods CA was about 20 minutes. I was able to pick up a First Of Year (FOY) bird:

107. Louisiana Waterthrush and a few other regulars, but that was about it.

Maybe tomorrow (if the rain abates) I can get out and pick up a few more FOY birds for Missouri.