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How is your 2013 List Going? (1 Viewer)
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lazza
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Oh yes! Must be getting better....! With 4 ruff sailing down into Cresswell pond at the weekend, I reached 200 species for the year, 3 whole months earlier than last year!
So far:
UK: 155
Norway: 18 (1*)
Netherlands: 22 (0*)
Spain: 91 (40*)
Switzerland: 34 (2*)
France: 27 (2*)
Denmark: 26 (0*)
Ireland: 29 (0*)
Total: 200
* means unique species to that country's list not seen earlier elsewhere (so, for example, all 29 of the species seen in Ireland this year had already been seen elsewhere, 28 in the UK and 1 in Spain).
So far:
UK: 155
Norway: 18 (1*)
Netherlands: 22 (0*)
Spain: 91 (40*)
Switzerland: 34 (2*)
France: 27 (2*)
Denmark: 26 (0*)
Ireland: 29 (0*)
Total: 200
* means unique species to that country's list not seen earlier elsewhere (so, for example, all 29 of the species seen in Ireland this year had already been seen elsewhere, 28 in the UK and 1 in Spain).
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Today I added Nashville Warbler in my West Virginia year list (number 184), a species I had added to my ABA Area year list in Arizona this spring.
Dave
Dave
Was hoping for flycatchers yesterday but got instead:
287. White-breasted Nuthatch.
Jeff
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287. White-breasted Nuthatch.
Jeff
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The pager announced the arrival of a Great Snipe late on Saturday so we left Coventry at 4am.
We parked up by the Bluebell Pub, Kilnsea, East Yorkshire at 06:35am. Walked 50 yards up Beacon Lane and at 06:37 was watching the bird. It was a rediculously confiding bird allowing prolonged views for everyone. We stayed for quite a while watching the bird and finally the light became better but the bird had stopped feeding by then and had gone to sleep deep in some grass and with its head tucked into its shoulders.
Finally it woke up then eventually came into a clearer area giving me a chance of a clear shot, which I took.
Below are three of my efforts.
307. Great Snipe
John
We parked up by the Bluebell Pub, Kilnsea, East Yorkshire at 06:35am. Walked 50 yards up Beacon Lane and at 06:37 was watching the bird. It was a rediculously confiding bird allowing prolonged views for everyone. We stayed for quite a while watching the bird and finally the light became better but the bird had stopped feeding by then and had gone to sleep deep in some grass and with its head tucked into its shoulders.
Finally it woke up then eventually came into a clearer area giving me a chance of a clear shot, which I took.
Below are three of my efforts.
307. Great Snipe
John
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Robin Edwards
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Stunning images John
Nightjar61
David Daniels
On August 22 I made the 13-hour round-trip drive to Assateague, Virginia to chase a Bar-tailed Godwit that had shown up there. I dipped on that trip.
The bird has been seen regularly since then, so yesterday I made the grueling trip again, but this time I lucked out and saw the godwit. (I tried again, because this would be an ABA Area lifer, and I might not get another chance to see the species in North America). In addition, I saw two other species, putting my Year List up to 327.
325. Brown-headed Nuthatch
326. Bar-tailed Godwit
327. White Ibis
Unbelievably, this was the exact site where I saw Black-tailed Godwit in March. When I first read the report of Bar-tailed Godwit, I ignored it for a couple of weeks because I thought it was the Black-tailed Godwit being erroneously reported as a Bar-tailed Godwit. The odds against the two European species of godwit appearing in the exact same place along the Atlantic coast several months apart must be staggering.
Dave
The bird has been seen regularly since then, so yesterday I made the grueling trip again, but this time I lucked out and saw the godwit. (I tried again, because this would be an ABA Area lifer, and I might not get another chance to see the species in North America). In addition, I saw two other species, putting my Year List up to 327.
325. Brown-headed Nuthatch
326. Bar-tailed Godwit
327. White Ibis
Unbelievably, this was the exact site where I saw Black-tailed Godwit in March. When I first read the report of Bar-tailed Godwit, I ignored it for a couple of weeks because I thought it was the Black-tailed Godwit being erroneously reported as a Bar-tailed Godwit. The odds against the two European species of godwit appearing in the exact same place along the Atlantic coast several months apart must be staggering.
Dave
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Cheshire Birder
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Three more yearticks today including some nice views of Leach's Petrels
CB
CB
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A mammoth long drive today saw us getting two of the four birds we went after. We missed the Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Wilsons Phalarope but we did see the Lesser Grey Shrike at Leiston, Suffolk and the Brown Shrike at Hook-with-Warsash, near Southampton.
308. Lesser Grey Shrike
309. Brown Shrike.
John
308. Lesser Grey Shrike
309. Brown Shrike.
John
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This morning I got into a nice wave of migrants and added Swainson's Thrush to my West Virginia year list (number 185).
Dave
Dave
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Two new birds for the year, so I'm now up to 329.
328. Palm Warbler
329. Connecticut Warbler
The Connecticut Warbler is a very rare bird around here (and in many other places as well), so it was a West Virginia state lifer (number 211).
Dave
328. Palm Warbler
329. Connecticut Warbler
The Connecticut Warbler is a very rare bird around here (and in many other places as well), so it was a West Virginia state lifer (number 211).
Dave
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This morning I added Greater Yellowlegs to my West Virginia year list (number 188).
Dave
Dave
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We drove up to Runswick Bay, North Yorks after the Olive backed Pipit but as soon as we arrived we knew there was little hope of seeing it. The place was a maze of small paths flanked by high trees and bushes. The only description we had was that it had been seen by a carved seat but none of the locals had heard of one. We walked the whole of the village plus another path on the Cleveland Way before calling it a day. How can a birder give such useless directions?
Anyway we drove from there to Hartlepool Headland and were treated to watching at least 6 Yellow-browed Warblers (1st of year) plus my second Red-breasted Flycatcher of the year. This bird managed to stay still long enough deep in a tree for this heavily cropped image (shown below).
Just then the pager announced that the American Golden Plover had been seen again at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay, which was about 40 miles away so of we went, arriving about 45 minutes later. Thankfully we found some birders that told us where it was and thankfully the bird showed distantly amongst over a 1000 Golden Plover.
310. Yellow-browed Warbler.
311. American Golden Plover
John
Anyway we drove from there to Hartlepool Headland and were treated to watching at least 6 Yellow-browed Warblers (1st of year) plus my second Red-breasted Flycatcher of the year. This bird managed to stay still long enough deep in a tree for this heavily cropped image (shown below).
Just then the pager announced that the American Golden Plover had been seen again at St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay, which was about 40 miles away so of we went, arriving about 45 minutes later. Thankfully we found some birders that told us where it was and thankfully the bird showed distantly amongst over a 1000 Golden Plover.
310. Yellow-browed Warbler.
311. American Golden Plover
John
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
This morning I added Lincoln's Sparrow to my West Virginia year list (number 189).
Dave
Dave
Nightjar61
David Daniels
This morning I led a birding outing for the local Audubon Society. Only two of us showed up, so it was more like two guys birding than an outing. We had a great day, seeing over 50 species, which included a good selection of resident species and migrants. Of those, two were new for the year, and both happened to be state lifers as well (something that doesn't happen too often since my state list has reached the 200 mark).
331. Marsh Wren
332. Philadelphia Vireo
Dave
331. Marsh Wren
332. Philadelphia Vireo
Dave
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A long distance twitch today to Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire, via Spurn yesterday for the failed attempt for the Olive-backed Pipit, although I stopped at my mates in Llanelli last night to break the journey.
Below are a few record shots taken at first light, 7.45am
313. Isabelline Wheatear.
John
Below are a few record shots taken at first light, 7.45am
313. Isabelline Wheatear.
John
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