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How Is Your 2014 List Going? (1 Viewer)
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chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
200 Steller's Sea Eagle
Cracking bird for my 200th of the year. :t:
Cracking bird for my 200th of the year. :t:
Boro Birder
Well-known member
Mines stalled due to a broken wrist, last bird GBB Gull (59).
Damian
Damian
I hope it heals soon. I've been hobbling because of a badly sprained ankle but at least it wasn't broken.
Jeff
I see you're getting very close to the 500 ABA mark, Alex. It'll be interesting to see which species takes you there.
Jeff
Nightjar61
David Daniels
A totally unexpected new year bird this afternoon puts me up to 98. It was also a state lifer (number 220).
98. Orange-crowned Warbler
Orange-crowned Warblers are fairly rare in West Virginia even during spring and fall migration, so to have one show up here in February is amazing. It has been coming to a fellow birder's suet feeder for the last few days and he was gracious enough to allow birders into his yard to see the bird.
Dave
98. Orange-crowned Warbler
Orange-crowned Warblers are fairly rare in West Virginia even during spring and fall migration, so to have one show up here in February is amazing. It has been coming to a fellow birder's suet feeder for the last few days and he was gracious enough to allow birders into his yard to see the bird.
Dave
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Taking my first ever Pacific pelagic on Sunday, Jeff! So it should be somethin' good!
Nightjar61
David Daniels
One new bird today, so I'm at 99.
99. Red-headed Woodpecker
Dave
99. Red-headed Woodpecker
Dave
Added three species yesterday: teal, wigeon and great crested grebe. Others saw scoter and gadwall at the same patch but I didn't. Or I did but did not recognize them as those species. Many ducks linger too far away from the bank to be identified without a scope. I just see duck-shaped specks on water.
(Still missing the Little Grebe for some reason. However, I had a rather good birding day today ticking the common birds such as wagtails, robins, wrens, long-tailed tits and white-tailed eagles for my February list.)
(Still missing the Little Grebe for some reason. However, I had a rather good birding day today ticking the common birds such as wagtails, robins, wrens, long-tailed tits and white-tailed eagles for my February list.)
149. Inca Dove
150. Hepatic Tanager
These two were L.A. rarities I chased early today - both in South Central (Compton-ish). I have to say birding there (albeit briefly), made me wonder how many birds must be missed in areas that are under-birded for one reason or another. LA is one of the most heavily birded counties in the U.S., yet class issues really stand out when you talk about birding in South Central.
151. Long-billed Dowitcher
152. Greater Yellowlegs
153. Eurasian Wigeon
154. Blue-winged Teal
155. Yellow Warbler
156. Band-tailed Pigeon
157. Mountain Chickadee
158. White-breasted Nuthatch
150. Hepatic Tanager
These two were L.A. rarities I chased early today - both in South Central (Compton-ish). I have to say birding there (albeit briefly), made me wonder how many birds must be missed in areas that are under-birded for one reason or another. LA is one of the most heavily birded counties in the U.S., yet class issues really stand out when you talk about birding in South Central.
151. Long-billed Dowitcher
152. Greater Yellowlegs
153. Eurasian Wigeon
154. Blue-winged Teal
155. Yellow Warbler
156. Band-tailed Pigeon
157. Mountain Chickadee
158. White-breasted Nuthatch
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
09-02-14, east side of Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido
201 Japanese ( Red-crowned ) Crane
202 Solitary Snipe
203 Ural Owl
204 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
205 Japanese Crow
206 Varied Tit
207 Dusky Thrush
208 Brown-eared Bulbul
209 Japanese Wagtail
210 Blakistons Fish Owl
211 Crested Kingfisher
( Eur Jay - brantii )
212 Japanese Tit
213 Willow Tit
214 Pallas' Rosefinch
( Eur Bullfinch - griseiventris )
201 Japanese ( Red-crowned ) Crane
202 Solitary Snipe
203 Ural Owl
204 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
205 Japanese Crow
206 Varied Tit
207 Dusky Thrush
208 Brown-eared Bulbul
209 Japanese Wagtail
210 Blakistons Fish Owl
211 Crested Kingfisher
( Eur Jay - brantii )
212 Japanese Tit
213 Willow Tit
214 Pallas' Rosefinch
( Eur Bullfinch - griseiventris )
Nightjar61
David Daniels
I got to the 100 mark this morning during a walk through the snowy pine grove behind my house.
100. Barred Owl
The chickadees were scolding something high in a pine tree, so I knew an owl must be around. I saw the owl staring at me, then he flew off into the thicker pines where I couldn't re-find him.
Dave
100. Barred Owl
The chickadees were scolding something high in a pine tree, so I knew an owl must be around. I saw the owl staring at me, then he flew off into the thicker pines where I couldn't re-find him.
Dave
I hope you see some great birds.
I took a pelagic from Monterey once and saw some good birds. However, a trip from SF to the Farallones was much better for sea life.
Jeff
Two hours birding yesterday turned up just one new bird:
131. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
Saw something interesting, though. An Osprey flew by carrying a large fish. An adult Bald Eagle chased the Osprey and made it drop the fish. Then a Crested Caracara swooped on both birds. In the end, nobody got the fish.
Jeff
131. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
Saw something interesting, though. An Osprey flew by carrying a large fish. An adult Bald Eagle chased the Osprey and made it drop the fish. Then a Crested Caracara swooped on both birds. In the end, nobody got the fish.
Jeff
Wow! What an awesome set of raptors!
From 9 Feb 2014, Pelagic results:
159. Pacific Loon - somehow, a lifer still. friggin' blockers...
160. Common Murre
161. Rhinoceros Auklet - lifer! solid photos
162. Northern Fulmar - lifer! INCREDIBLE photos
Some nearby birding with friends afterwards:
163. White-tailed Kite
164. Marsh Wren
165. Peregrine Falcon
166. Barn Swallow
167. Nutmeg Mannikin - lifer (ABA 499...)
168. American Redstart
A probable Merlin flyover... but not enough for a definitive ID. I'll get him soon...
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Visited two official eBird hotspots in our city yesterday. Still no Little Grebe (?).
One is far from a hotspot; it is a nice residential neighborhood, I would love to live there (something like "good vibes"). It seems someone recorded two species of owls and a migrating quail several years ago so they awarded the place a hotspot status. The rook nests seem empty, I hope they will be occupied soon.
Another is a riverbank walking area just like several others I have already visited in our city, with the same species composition (mallards, coots, black-headed gulls, pigeons, hooded crows, pygmy cormorants, GS woodpeckers and great tits in trees). Saw three Buzzards circling together, also some domestic geese on the other bank.
Also added Mute Swans to my February list; I saw them from the bus while we were crossing the Ada Bridge.
One is far from a hotspot; it is a nice residential neighborhood, I would love to live there (something like "good vibes"). It seems someone recorded two species of owls and a migrating quail several years ago so they awarded the place a hotspot status. The rook nests seem empty, I hope they will be occupied soon.
Another is a riverbank walking area just like several others I have already visited in our city, with the same species composition (mallards, coots, black-headed gulls, pigeons, hooded crows, pygmy cormorants, GS woodpeckers and great tits in trees). Saw three Buzzards circling together, also some domestic geese on the other bank.
Also added Mute Swans to my February list; I saw them from the bus while we were crossing the Ada Bridge.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
Had a few hours birding in Meiji-jingu, in the centre of Tokyo, on 10th and almost a full day at some more sites today, including a detour into the Kanto ( plain ) to the north. My current total is now 264.
