How's your 2004 year list going? (1 Viewer)

[Bluetail]

(2)271 - Little crake! (L)

Excellent, Andrew! Glad you made it.

 

[TorchBCT]

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 154 ABA area, 114 Texas 2 Nov.

 

[Andrew]

Excellent, Andrew! Glad you made it.

I suppose the (L) was unecessary as that is pretty obvioous for me! What surprised me was the smoothness of the opration! Never had a better planned twitch.

 

[Karl J]

I made up a life list last night and i got 141 only 80 away from my dad and still only 13

Good on yer mate ... :t:


163. Snow Bunting ... on the beach at Cley.

cheated and got the train today

 

[gthang]

My dear Charley, Sorry I'm late with my October Totals...

only October bird (and lifer) was Pied-Billed Grebe

Figures:
October: 1 bird
Year: 84 birds
Life: 100 birds...

 

[erizzo]

Just got back from the swamp

119: wren like Rushbird (L)

 

[cfagyal]

512 - Northern Hawk-Owl (L)

So thats: 512 (World), 303 (ABA), 1 (November)

 

[columbidae]

166 Pine siskin

 

[lassa8]

218 - Winter Wren
219 - Ruddy Duck

Only saw 14 birds in 3 hrs today, but these two were lifers! Made it all worth it.

 

[Karl J]

164. Long Eared Owl :king:

One of the best cycling-ticks of the year (so far)

 

[cfagyal]

Day 1 of my Minnesota Birding Weekend with Kim Eckert adds the following to the year list (Best birds actually weren't year birds..saw a Great Grey Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, 5 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 White-winged Scoters and 1 Surf Scoter):

513 - Red Breasted Merganser
514 - Rusty Blackbird
515 - White-winged Crossbill
516 - Pine Siskin

So thats: 516 (World), 307 (ABA), 5 (November)

 

[StevieEvans]

282 Squacco Heron

Great day out in North'd yestday others seen included :-

Bittern
Merlins x2
Green winged Teal
Bearded Tits (pair)
Smew imm male
Snow Bunting x61
Jack Snipe x7
Water Rail
Stonechat x7
Short eared Owl x5
Whooper Swan family of 5

SE.

 

[tom mckinney]

Nice one Stevie. Dipped on that 2 weeks ago! It's going to be a close finish this year mate...

 

[Andrew]

Tom and Stevie,

I wonder who will crack first near the end of the year and start chasing the plastics in Regent's Park!

 

[StevieEvans]

Number-crunching

Tom, Plenty of time yet to see that Squacco, looks like its going to try to winter there. (view from south side of south pool-contact me if you plan to try again)

Had a target of 275 for the year, so have had a great year, need some more county birds though....
Never seen more than 210 in Dham/Yr.
At the start of 2004 i had a Uk list of just over 300, so i think that puts my 282 in perspective!
Wont be playing this game too much longer as we have a new arrival due mid-May, next year will be going for quickest County 200....should be able to do that by 7th May...???

Andrew, got a "secret weapon" for 31/12......a silhouetted Spotted Sand, which i havnt yet counted.......But, i might not stoop that low.....

Hopefully i will be treated to a xmas present of a Snowy Owl to cap off a great year! Enjoy.

SE.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

197. A Masked Shrike at Kilrenny in Fife. Oh - you heard about that already.

 

[jtibbetts]

288: Purple Sandpiper( the one at Leigh Meadows in Glos- Showing to about 6ft!)

 

[cfagyal]

Day 2 of the Minnesota Birding weekends adds the following:

517 - Lark Sparrow (Rare up north in MN, really rare this far north this late in the year..)
518 - Lapland Longspur
519 - Black Scoter
520 - Bohemian Waxwing

520 (World), 311 (ABA), 9 (November)

 

[gthang]

Hey fifebirder, I see you changed a bit. I thought I recognized that avatar...

Anyway, November is not going to good right now... Looking forward to finding a Red-breasted Nuthatch before the winter's over, maybe even an Evening Grosbeak if I try hard enough...

 

[pduxon]

Wont be playing this game too much longer as we have a new arrival due mid-May,

congratulations.