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How is your 2013 List Going? (1 Viewer)
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Larry Lade
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201. Sandhill Crane, August 2nd at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri, USA.
Cheshire Birder
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It was a county tick for most birders and a lifer for many NW England birders. Was the first seen in Cheshire since 1994.
CB
Cheshire Birder
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Hobby now added!!
CB
CB
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I drove from Coventry to Horsey, Norfolk in the hope of seeing the Roller that had been there for a few days.
Upon arrival, about 08:30am, the heavens opened up and for over an hour I stood in it steadily getting soaked. Obviously no birds were flying or even showing apart from a Rook under a bush about 400 yards away, continually preening whilst the rain was falling.
There were five birders there before me and all had seen the Roller a few times already so it was worth waiting for the weather to abate, which it did around 09:40am.
Just then two Cranes flew over (and two more were seen later on) and then I spotted a Juv Cuckoo fly into the bush where the Rook was.
A couple of minutes later the Roller appeared, perched for a couple of minutes then took off with the Cuckoo seemingly attacking it. Then the Rook joined in and went for the Cuckoo then the Roller turned and went into what looked like an attack on the Cuckoo.
The Rook soon lost interest but after that it started to look more like an interaction between the Cuckoo and the Roller as they would chase each other then perch up close to each other on the same bush. This was repeated a few times before I had to leave.
That was a most enjoyable hour spent with them and thankfully by then I had all but dried out as well.
289. Roller
John
Upon arrival, about 08:30am, the heavens opened up and for over an hour I stood in it steadily getting soaked. Obviously no birds were flying or even showing apart from a Rook under a bush about 400 yards away, continually preening whilst the rain was falling.
There were five birders there before me and all had seen the Roller a few times already so it was worth waiting for the weather to abate, which it did around 09:40am.
Just then two Cranes flew over (and two more were seen later on) and then I spotted a Juv Cuckoo fly into the bush where the Rook was.
A couple of minutes later the Roller appeared, perched for a couple of minutes then took off with the Cuckoo seemingly attacking it. Then the Rook joined in and went for the Cuckoo then the Roller turned and went into what looked like an attack on the Cuckoo.
The Rook soon lost interest but after that it started to look more like an interaction between the Cuckoo and the Roller as they would chase each other then perch up close to each other on the same bush. This was repeated a few times before I had to leave.
That was a most enjoyable hour spent with them and thankfully by then I had all but dried out as well.
289. Roller
John
Cheshire Birder
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Temmick's Stint added yesterday
CB
CB
Nightjar61
David Daniels
It's been very slow around here bird-wise for the last month or so. So for a little excitement and the possibility of seeing something new, I chased a Vesper Sparrow reported a few days ago from a grassy plain in a high mountain valley. This area is also supposedly a known breeding area, which I didn't know about until I talked to another birder about the report yesterday.
In any event, I saw my target after about an hour of searching. It wasn't a true year tick, since I saw a Vesper Sparrow in Arizona in May, but it was a year tick for my West Virginia list (number 176), as well as a state lifer (number 210).
Dave
In any event, I saw my target after about an hour of searching. It wasn't a true year tick, since I saw a Vesper Sparrow in Arizona in May, but it was a year tick for my West Virginia list (number 176), as well as a state lifer (number 210).
Dave
Larry Lade
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202. Yellow-breasted Chat, Missouri Western State University, Saint Joseph, Missouri
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Just added GBB Gull to my local patch, but being so far from the open sea, it was rather surprising, it was a nice patch tick 
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Yesterday I drove 13 hours round-trip to chase a Bar-tailed Godwit which was discovered along the Virginia coast about a week or so ago. It would be an ABA Area lifer. Unfortunately, despite checking every large shorebird for a couple of hours, I dipped, making the return trip especially long and discouraging.
Despite missing the godwit, I did add 16 birds to my Year List, bringing me up to 319 for the year.
304. Laughing Gull
305. Common Tern
306. Ruddy Turnstone
307. Tricolored Heron
308. Royal Tern
309. Black Skimmer
310. Short-billed Dowitcher
311. Sanderling
312. Piping Plover
313. Little Blue Heron
314. Semipalmated Sandpiper
315. Least Tern
316. Sandwich Tern
317. Caspian Tern
318. Black Tern
319. Brown Pelican
Dave
Despite missing the godwit, I did add 16 birds to my Year List, bringing me up to 319 for the year.
304. Laughing Gull
305. Common Tern
306. Ruddy Turnstone
307. Tricolored Heron
308. Royal Tern
309. Black Skimmer
310. Short-billed Dowitcher
311. Sanderling
312. Piping Plover
313. Little Blue Heron
314. Semipalmated Sandpiper
315. Least Tern
316. Sandwich Tern
317. Caspian Tern
318. Black Tern
319. Brown Pelican
Dave
Larry Lade
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203. Olive-sided Flycatcher, Lake Contrary, Saint Joseph, Missouri (Aug 22th)
204. Loggerhead Shrike, Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri (Aug 19th, I missed recording it the other day)
204. Loggerhead Shrike, Muskrat Lake, Saint Joseph, Missouri (Aug 19th, I missed recording it the other day)
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I did three Scilly Isle pelagics over the weekend, plus a bit of seawatching at Pendeen, Cornwall but only managed four new birds of the year having missed a few more. They were:
290. Sooty Shearwater
291. Balearic Shearwater
292. Great Shearwater
293. Cory's Shearwater
John
290. Sooty Shearwater
291. Balearic Shearwater
292. Great Shearwater
293. Cory's Shearwater
John
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Fall migrating warblers are starting to trickle through in small numbers, especially at the higher elevations. There are a handful that I missed this spring that I hope to pick up as they head south. I saw one of them today, so I'm now up to 320 for the year.
320. Pine Warbler
Dave
320. Pine Warbler
Dave
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A long, long day today started at Happisburgh for the Western Bonelli's Warbler which didn't show and ending with a tortuous drive back through Bank Holiday Traffic to get home just after 8pm.
From Happisburgh we drove to Burnham Overy, via a breakfast in the cafe in East Runton, for a Booted Warbler(which would be a Lifer if seen.
After parking the car we started the long walk to the western end of Wells Wood. Along the way we met a few birders and all remarked how elusive the bird was. We arrived at around 11am and it took until 12.35 before I saw a bird I wasn't sure about but I managed to get a few birders onto it and thankfully they confirmed it was the Booted Warbler.
Unfortunately my mate and most of the other birders, didn't get onto it so we waited for it to show again, which it did but not until 2.05pm. Thankfully it showed a few times after that so all the birders managed to get onto it.
From here we went to Titchwell and thankfully my target bird was seen straight away when we saw 4 Little Stints on the Freshmarsh.
296. Booted Warbler (Lifer)
297. Little Stint
John
From Happisburgh we drove to Burnham Overy, via a breakfast in the cafe in East Runton, for a Booted Warbler(which would be a Lifer if seen.
After parking the car we started the long walk to the western end of Wells Wood. Along the way we met a few birders and all remarked how elusive the bird was. We arrived at around 11am and it took until 12.35 before I saw a bird I wasn't sure about but I managed to get a few birders onto it and thankfully they confirmed it was the Booted Warbler.
Unfortunately my mate and most of the other birders, didn't get onto it so we waited for it to show again, which it did but not until 2.05pm. Thankfully it showed a few times after that so all the birders managed to get onto it.
From here we went to Titchwell and thankfully my target bird was seen straight away when we saw 4 Little Stints on the Freshmarsh.
296. Booted Warbler (Lifer)
297. Little Stint
John
Larry Lade
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Congrats on the "lifer" John! B
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This evening while sitting on my deck with company, nine migrating nighthawks flew over. As they do not breed anywhere around here, I have to get lucky and see them as they migrate through.
321. Common Nighthawk
Dave
321. Common Nighthawk
Dave
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Thanks Larry
Three more for the magic UK 300, something I have never acheived before and still over four months to reach it.
John
Three more for the magic UK 300, something I have never acheived before and still over four months to reach it.
John
Congrats on the "lifer" John! B
