How is your 2010 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[U Q]

126 in my green list at the moment. Crossing 150 in my area is pretty hard. Almost 1 species per 2 km covered! Fairly good ratio i guess.

http://www.ecobirderestonia.blogspot.com/

Uq

 

[JeffMoh]

Two more today:
204. Northern Bobwhite
205. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Larry Lade]

195. Black-headed Grosbeak, in a couple's backyard, Saint Joseph.

 

[Peter C.]

Wednesday, May 12

Waterloo, Ontario, this evening.

76. Warbling Vireo
77. Grey Catbird

 

[StarainBoy]

Up to 170 with Long-eared Owl, Upton Warren.

 

[JeffMoh]

Oops! Forgot to add:
206. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers.

First seen March 30; seen many since then.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Nightjar61]

Two more birds today, so I'm up to 195.

194. Blue Grosbeak
195. Dunlin

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

196. Sora, Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph.

 

[JeffMoh]

Waterloo, Ontario, this evening.
75. Warbling Vireo
76. Grey Catbird

Your count so far this year seems low. Is this because there are fewer birds around up there? Or worse weather? Or just you haven't been birding as much?

Jeff

 

[Peter C.]

At home this a.m.

77. Baltimore Oriole

 

[Peter C.]

Your count so far this year seems low. Is this because there are fewer birds around up there? Or worse weather? Or just you haven't been birding as much?
Jeff

Well, Jeff, you're quite right - and all three are true, to greater or lesser extent. Migration has been a bit behind, and the weather's been somewhat unco-operative - clear days that allow the migrants to zip by unobserved, alternating with rainy intervals with no chance of seeing anything at all.

But these are the minor reasons - the major reason is that I'm "changing the game", for interest's sake, doing a "green" list (muscle-powered transport only), based out of my house. Ergo, all the time I spend commuting to work, at work, or driving anywhere else (such as Pelee Is., where I spent the past weekend) is lost to the list. When you take all that away, yes, I've been spending very little time birding this year!

It's interesting what you can discover when you do something like this - such as, what you can (and cannot) find in city parks, and what an appallingly large portion of my life is spent behind the wheel of an automobile (nice beast though it is...).

I did mention something about this, but it was way back on Jan. 01, so not surprised ...

Cheers,
Peter

 

[StarainBoy]

the major reason is that I'm "changing the game", for interest's sake, doing a "green" list (muscle-powered transport only), based out of my house.

It's interesting what you can discover when you do something like this - such as, what you can (and cannot) find in city parks, and what an appallingly large portion of my life is spent behind the wheel of an automobile (nice beast though it is...).

Good on yer, mate! I'm doing a similar thing but keeping a car list too. So, on foot I got to 103 and in total 172 with yesterday's Barn Owl, Portbury Wharf.

 

[Nightjar61]

I got to the 200 mark today with five new additions to the Year List.

196. Sedge Wren
197. Wilson's Warbler
198. Golden-winged Warbler
199. Summer Tanager
200. Henslow's Sparrow

Dave

 

[Larry Lade]

Today I birded up at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri and some of the places along the way.

197. Blue Grosbeak, Forbes, Missouri.
198. Nelson's Sparrow, Bob Brown Conservation Area, Forest City, Missouri.
199. Snowy Egret, Bob Brown Conservation Area, Forest City, Missouri.
200. Bewick's Wren, Squaw Creek NWR, Mound City, Missouri.
201. Easterrn Wood-Pewee, Squaw Creek NWR, Mound City, Missouri.
202. Great Horned Owl, Squaw Creek NWR, Mound City, Missouri.

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

15 May: Bois de Boulogne

69. Nightingale
70. Whitethroat

 

[Hotspur]

177) osprey 1 over rothiemurcus estate, strathspey and 2 near nethy bridge

 

[JeffMoh]

- the major reason is that I'm "changing the game", for interest's sake, doing a "green" list (muscle-powered transport only), based out of my house.
Peter

Sorry, Peter, I forgot about your green year.
Wouldn't work here, I'm afraid.Cycling isn't feasible in the Houston area. No bike lanes. (Not even many sidewalks.) I think the life expectancy of a cyclist here would be about 20 minutes.
Pity really because it's totally flat for 50 miles around. Mind you, the weather would make it tough in the summer: 90+F, usually with very high humidity, from mid-May to mid-September.

Jeff

 

[Jacana]

167. Sandwich Tern

a few fishing in Falmouth Bay this afternoon

 

[Stranger]

A flying visit to Shapwick and Ham Wall
106 Garden Warbler
107 Hobby

 

[Nightjar61]

Just one new bird today, so I'm up to 201.

201. Caspian Tern

Dave