How is your 2011 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

I finally got off of the 100 mark for the year!

101. Brewer's Blackbird, Lake Contrary area, Saint Joseph, Missouri
102. Lesser Yellowlegs, Horseshoe Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri
103. Rough-legged Hawk (dark morph), Lake Contrary area, Saint Joseph, Missouri

* This morning I observed seventeen (17) species of geese/ducks, but still no Red-breasted Merganser!
** I also had a pretty fair number of raptors: Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, (the above mentioned) Rough-legged Hawk and American Kestrel.

 

[JeffMoh]

** I also had a pretty fair number of raptors: Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, (the above mentioned) Rough-legged Hawk and American Kestrel.

It's very raptory around here, too. In the past couple of days I've seen A Kestrel, N Harrier plus Cooper's, Sharp-shinned, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed. You've just gotta love this time of year!

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

3 March: Vianen and Middelwaard

57. Great Crested Grebe
58. Redpoll
59. Meadow Pipit
60. Little Grebe
61. Gadwall
62. Curlew
63. Goldeneye
64. Peregrine

David

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

4 March: Vianen and Middelwaard

65. Reed Bunting
66. Stock Dove
67. White-fronted Goose
68. Grey Partridge
69. Fieldfare
70. Tree Sparrow

David

 

[Northern123]

117) Great Northern diver - Staines Reservoir
118) Black-necked grebe - Staines Reservoir
119) Lesser redpoll - Richmond Park

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

5 March: Middelwaard Lake

71. Barnacle Goose
72. Shoveler

David

 

[JeffMoh]

141. Monk Parakeets.

Jeff

 

[JeffMoh]

Three hours at Anahuac NWR produced 46 species including:

142. Gray Catbird
143. White-tailed Kite
144. Seaside Sparrow
145. Short-billed Dowitcher
146. Barn Swallow
147. Purple Martin
148. Ferruginous Hawk (a good bird for our area)

Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Enji]

A trip to the nuclear power plant by the coast yielded some new year ticks...

76. Little Grebe
77. Smew
78. Cormorant
79. Great Crested Grebe
80. Red-breasted Merganser

 

[Larry Lade]

There were over one million SNOW GEESE at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Mound City, Missouri) today. I had gone up to see what waterfowl might be around. I especially wanted to see a Red-breasted Merganser to add to my 2011 Missouri Bird List. I did not see the merganser, but I did see 23 species of water fowl. And the "Snow Goose Show" was awesome!

I did add one new bird to my list though!

104. Double-crested Cormorant

 

[JeffMoh]

There were over one million SNOW GEESE at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Mound City, Missouri) today. I had gone up to see what waterfowl might be around. I especially wanted to see a Red-breasted Merganser to add to my 2011 Missouri Bird List. I did not see the merganser, but I did see 23 species of water fowl. And the "Snow Goose Show" was awesome!
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I saw a lot of Snow Geese yesterday but nothing like a million! Perhaps a couple of thousand.

Jeff

 

[Larry Lade]

When the Snow Geese migrate, flocks of 200,000 - 300,000 are pretty much expected, but over one million! That is rather "mind boggling"! * I had never seen that many in one place before!

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

6 March: Middelwaard (Vianen)

73. White Wagtail

7 March: River Lek (Vianen)

74. Black-tailed Godwit

 

[Nightjar61]

Two spring migrants today, so I'm up to 113 for the year.

112. Tree Swallow
113. Pine Warbler

Dave

 

[AlexC]

106. Eurasian Wigeon (Local rarity: Cockeysville, MD)
107. Wood Duck

 

[TwoDipsfromAmsterdam]

8 March: Vianen

75. Stonechat
76. Redshank

David

 

[JeffMoh]

Literally 15 minutes at a local park today turned up:
149. Brewer's Blackbird
150. Pectoral Sandpiper
151. Long-billed Dowitcher
152. American Golden Plover
153. Northern Pintail

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[NicoleB]

39. Blue Rock Thrush (Kuwait)

40. Stonechat (Kuwait male & female)

41. Rock Thrush (Rufous-tailed) (Kuwait)

42. Common Chiffchaff (Kuwait)

43. Pied Wheatear (Kuwait)

44. Black-eared Wheatear (Kuwait)

45. Eurasian Hoopoe (Kuwait)

46. Squacco Heron (Kuwait)

47. Lesser Kestrel (Kuwait)

48. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Kuwait)

49. Northern Wheatear (Kuwait)

50. Spotted Flycatcher (Kuwait)

51 Yellow Wagtail (Black-headed) (Kuwait)

 

[JeffMoh]

Forgot one more from yesterday:
154. Least Sandpiper

As I didn't reach this number of species last year until mid-April, I feel I'm doing well. Then I remember that a good birder can see this many species in a day!

Heading up to the hill country this weekend. Hoping for a lifer: Green Kingfisher. Even if we miss this, we should see some different birds from those we see around Houston.

Jeff
www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com

 

[Larry Lade]

Jeff, as you know, the number of birds a person can see in a day depends on so many variables that actual "one person to one person" comparisons are very difficult.

Feel good about yourself, and "Good Birding"!