How's Your 2023 List Going? (1 Viewer)

[Penny Clarke]

Happy Birding to everyone in 2023!




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[KC Foggin]

BACK AT YOU PENNY!

 

[Jacana]

A roaring start today around Shropshire, including a self-found county lifer (Kittiwake)! Still a few easy gaps to try and fill in over the next couple of days before I return for a brief trip to Hungary before my permanent move to new pastures.

1. Eurasian Blue Tit
2. Common Pheasant
3. European Robin
4. Common Blackbird
5. Common Wood Pigeon
6. Common Chaffinch
7. Dunnock
8. Mallard
9. Great Tit
10. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
11. Mute Swan
12. Fieldfare
13. Western Jackdaw
14. Eurasian Collared Dove
15. House Sparrow
16. Common Starling
17. Eurasian Magpie
18. Rook
19. Eurasian Jay
20. Carrion Crow
21. Song Thrush
22. Black-headed Gull
23. Eurasian Coot
24. Long-tailed Tit
25. Tufted Duck
26. Canada Goose
27. Rock Dove
28. Great Crested Grebe
29. Common Goldeneye
30. Common Gull
31. Great Cormorant
32. Common Moorhen
33. Greylag Goose
34. European Goldfinch
35. Little Grebe
36. Eurasian Wigeon
37. Common Buzzard
38. European Greenfinch
39. Eurasian Siskin
40. Northern Lapwing
41. Coal Tit
42. Common Merganser
43. Redwing
44. Lesser Black-backed Gull
45. European Herring Gull
46. Eurasian Teal
47. Cetti's Warbler
48. Northern Pintail
49. Northern Shoveler
50. Grey Heron
51. Stock Dove
52. Eurasian Wren
53. Meadow Pipit
54. Common Kestrel
55. Lesser Redpoll
56. Marsh Tit
57. European Stonechat
58. Mistle Thrush
59. White Wagtail
60. Gadwall
61. Black-legged Kittiwake
62. Great Black-backed Gull
63. Yellow-legged Gull
64. Common Linnet
65. Corn Bunting
66. Northern Raven
67. Yellowhammer
68. Merlin
69. Common Shelduck
70. Common Reed Bunting
71. Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

[Richard D]

First time in over 20 years I've started a list - only 42 this morning but with lots of regular species strangely absent! Did get two of the 'Summer' visitors - Blackcap and Chiffchaff,

 

[Nightjar61]

A beautiful sunny day today, with temperatures around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius). Most of the lakes are still mostly frozen thanks to last week's Arctic blast, but I surprisingly found a few ducks on what open water there is. The first 15 were seen at the feeder in my yard (but the geese were fly-overs.)

'01. Northern Cardinal
'02. Tufted Titmouse
'03. Cooper's Hawk
'04. Black-capped Chickadee
'05. Downy Woodpecker
'06. American Goldfinch
'07. House Finch
'08. Dark-eyed Junco
'09. European Starling
10. White-breasted Nuthatch
11. White-throated Sparrow
12. Mourning Dove
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker
14. Canada Goose
15. Northern Flicker
16. Northern Mockingbird
17. Swamp Sparrow
18. Mallard
19. Winter Wren
20. Blue Jay
21. Carolina Wren
22. Common Raven
23. Song Sparrow
24. Eastern Bluebird
25. American Tree Sparrow
26. American Crow
27. Belted Kingfisher
28. Red-tailed Hawk
29. Rock Pigeon
30. House Sparrow
31. Hooded Merganser
32. Ruddy Duck
33. Redhead
34. Greater White-fronted Goose
35. American Kestrel
36. Gadwall
37. Ring-necked Duck
38. Turkey Vulture
39. Wild Turkey
40. Hairy Woodpecker
41. Eastern Screech Owl

The last two were also seen in my yard after getting back from birding all day. The owl is in a nesting box that I hung in the woods behind my house.

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Home and surrounding area)
1. Egyptian Goose
2. Muscovy Duck
3. Rock Pigeon
4. White-crowned Pigeon
5. Eurasian Collared-Dove
6. Mourning Dove
7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8. Common Gallinule
9. Ring-billed Gull
10. Great Egret
11. Cattle Egret
12. White Ibis
13. Turkey Vulture
14. Red-bellied Woodpecker
15. American Kestrel
16. Loggerhead Shrike
17. Blue Jay
18. Fish Crow
19. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
20. European Starling
21. Common Myna
22. Gray Catbird
23. Northern Mockingbird
24. House Sparrow
25. Common Grackle
26. Boat-tailed Grackle
27. Palm Warbler
28. Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

[la_ravachol]

A few sites in Dorset and Wiltshire, taking the scenic route back home to Madrid over a few days.

1. Common Scoter
2. Red-breasted Merganser
3. Great Crested Grebe
4. Black-necked Grebe
5. Common Woodpigeon
6. Razorbill
7. Black-legged Kittiwake
8. Black-headed Gull
9. Herring Gull
10. Great Black-backed Gull
11. Great Northern Diver
12. Northern Gannet
13. Great Cormorant
14. European Shag
15. Common Raven
16. Great Tit
17. Eurasian Wren
18. European Robin
19. Dunnock
20. Eurasian Jackdaw
21. European Goldfinch
22. Brent Goose
23. Dunlin
24. Mediterranean Gull
25. Common Starling
26. Feral Pigeon
27. Eurasian Oystercatcher
28. Grey Heron
29. Common Kingfisher
30. Carrion Crow
31. Pied Wagtail
32. Collared Dove
33. Rook
34. Common Buzzard
35. Common Kestrel
36. Eurasian Blackcap
37. Goldcrest
38. Eurasian Blackbird
39. House Sparrow
40. Egyptian Goose
41. Common Pheasant
42. Redwing
43. Fieldfare
44. Meadow Pipit
45. Common Magpie
46. Red-legged Partridge
47. Northern Lapwing
48. Common Gull
49. Lesser Black-backed Gull
50. Red Kite
51. Eurasian Jay
52. Eurasian Blue Tit
53. Eurasian Skylark
54. Common Chiffchaff
55. Long-tailed Tit
56. European Stonechat
57. Common Chaffinch
58. Common Linnet
59. Mallard

 

[YuShan]

Today was my first birding day of the year.
Weird day: Expected to see a certain bird in a certain area but then see something rarer instead.

• No Kestrels seen, but I've seen a Merlin
• No Stonechats seen, but I've seen a Dartford Warbler
• No Goldcrests seen, but I've seen a Firecrest

 

[Nightjar61]

Eight new birds this morning.

42. American Robin
43. Myrtle Warbler
44. Carolina Chickadee
45. Red-shouldered Hawk
46. Golden-crowned Kinglet
47. Pileated Woodpecker
48. Hermit Thrush
49. White-crowned Sparrow

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Everglades National Park and neighborhood park)
29. Barn Owl
30. Eastern Screech-Owl
31. Barred Owl
32. Great Horned Owl
33. Great Blue Heron
34. Northern Harrier
35. Red-shouldered Hawk
36. White-eyed Vireo
37. American Crow
38. House Wren
39. Sedge Wren
40. Grasshopper Sparrow
41. Savannah Sparrow
42. Eastern Meadowlark
43. Red-winged Blackbird
44. Common Yellowthroat
45. Northern Cardinal
46. Wilson's Snipe
47. Eastern Phoebe
48. Great Crested Flycatcher
49. Swamp Sparrow
50. Lincoln's Sparrow
51. Prairie Warbler
52. Painted Bunting
53. Greater Yellowlegs
54. Snowy Egret
55. Little Blue Heron
56. Tricolored Heron
57. Green Heron
58. Bald Eagle
59. Killdeer
60. Least Sandpiper
61. Bonaparte's Gull
62. Anhinga
63. Double-crested Cormorant
64. Glossy Ibis
65. Osprey
66. Belted Kingfisher
67. Pileated Woodpecker
68. Peregrine Falcon
69. Northern Shoveler
70. American Wigeon
71. Lesser Yellowlegs
72. Long-billed Dowitcher
73. American Coot
74. King Rail
75. Downy Woodpecker
76. Northern Flicker
77. Brown-headed Nuthatch
78. Eastern Towhee
79. Pine Warbler
80. Yellow-throated Warbler
81. Mallard
82. Pied-billed Grebe
83. Black Vulture
84. Cooper's Hawk

 

[Steve Lister]

After 59 species locally on NYD including 52 for my Patchwork Challenge two mates tempted me to accompany them to north Norfolk yesterday. Nice at Stiffkey and North Point Pools but everywhere west of there was rammed with cars and we ended up missing out most sites and all the scarcer birds due to struggling down narrow roads and there being nowhere to park if you did get anywhere.
Anyway, ended up with 30 new for the year and a year total now on 89.

 

[Jacana]

72. Red Kite

 

[Jacana]

73. Pink-footed Goose

Near Chester on my way to the airport.

 

[Green Sandpiper]

31 for the year, all within a 15 or so mile round trip of home, Been suffering with a snottery nose/ chest infection/ man flu so haven't had my traditional January days out either to Lothian or to WWT Caerlaverock. Wallowing in self- pity, apparently, isn't a cure for the common cold.

 

[BenjiS]

Mine so far, all from Hertfordshire, England:

1	Robin
2	Wood-Pigeon
3	Starling
4	Crow
5	Jackdaw
6	Red Kite
7	Long-Tailed Tit
8	Ring-Necked Parakeet
9	House Sparrow
10	Magpie
11	Black-Headed Gull
12	Blue Tit
13	Mallard
14	Great Tit
15	Stock Dove
16	Nuthatch
17	Great Spotted Woodpecker
18	Coal Tit
19	Song Thrush
20	Moorhen
21	Wren
22	Blackbird
23	Chaffinch
24	Cormorant
25	Canada Goose
26	Mute Swan
27	Great Crested Grebe
28	Dunnock
29	Chiffchaff
30	Cetti's Warbler
31	Gray Heron
32	Tufted Duck
33	Shoveler
34	Gadwall
35	Lapwing
36	Treecreeper
37	Egyptian Geese
38	Redwing
39	Coot

 

[Jacana]

From a few hours on the steppes in Hortobagy National Park in Hungary

74. Hooded Crow
75. Greater White-fronted Goose
76. Caspian Gull
77. Hen Harrier
78. Rough-legged Buzzard
79. Little Owl
80. White Stork
81. Great Egret
82. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
83. White-tailed Eagle
84. Red-breasted Goose
85. Western Marsh Harrier
86. Eastern Imperial Eagle
87. Great Bustard

 

[lgonz1008]

(Lucky Hammock and surrounding area) Traded a flat tire for an amazing morning of birding
85. Common Ground Dove
86. Sandhill Crane
87. Wood Stork
88. White-tailed Kite
89. Short-tailed Hawk
90. Swainson's Hawk
91. Ash-throated Flycatcher
92. Western Kingbird
93. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
94. Tree Swallow
95. Chipping Sparrow
96. Brown-headed Cowbird
97. Orange-crowned Warbler
98. American Redstart
99. Northern Parula
100. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
101. Vermillion Flycatcher

 

[Nightjar61]

Added five new birds to the Year List this morning.

50. Northern Harrier
51. Bald Eagle
52. Common Merganser
53. American Black Duck
54. Red-breasted Nuthatch

Dave

 

[la_ravachol]

Last spot in England before journey home was a wet and short visit to Langford Lakes. Few birds, but did have a fantastic view of an otter!

60. Mute Swan
61. Tufted Duck
62. Eurasian Coot

Back in Madrid. Haven't got going properly yet but have seen some things around home in the city.

63. Ring-necked Parakeet
64. Monk Parakeet
65. Sardinian Warbler
66. Short-toed Treecreeper
67. Spotless Starling
68. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
69. Common Crossbill
70. European Serin
71. Common Moorhen
72. Common Snipe
73. Little Egret
74. Black-crowned Night-Heron
75. Coal Tit
76. Cetti's Warbler
77. White Stork

 

[lgonz1008]

(Miami Executive Airport)
102. Ring-necked Duck
103. Burrowing Owl
104. Monk Parakeet