How's Your 2024 List Going? (3 Viewers)

[qwerty5]

Got a county lifer this morning, a beautiful male showing well just a few feet away:

198. Golden-winged Warbler

 

[lgonz1008]

(Productive day in Broward)
373. Alder Flycatcher
374. Veery
375. Prothonotary Warbler
376. Blackburnian Warbler
377. Summer Tanager

 

[WalterRayle]

Got up to 146 this week, with Cattle Egret all self-found and seen on foot around my local patch and/or from the house and garden, not too shabby I'd say.

 

[Nightjar61]

This morning I saw a scarce fall migrant.

511. Philadelphia Vireo

Dave

 

[Jacana]

I'm in France for several weeks for work. At the weekend I managed to pick up a common summer migrant that I completely missed this year due to not being in their habitat very much! A bit embarrassing to only get it at this stage of the year!

239. Sedge Warbler

 

[qwerty5]

Had a low-volume but high quality morning. In addition to my three year birds, I also got great views of a Connecticut Warbler, which I had as a heard-only lifer this spring.

199. Merlin
200. Wilson's Warbler
201. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

 

[qwerty5]

Today, got another migrant I should have had this spring:

202. Blue-headed Vireo

 

[Jacana]

240. Black-winged Kite

Today, outside Tarbes, France.

 

[Jacana]

241. Red-billed Leiothrix

An invasive lifer today, also outside Tarbes, France.

 

[Nightjar61]

Found a fairly rare fall migrant this morning, a bird easily missed in any given year.

512. Gray-cheeked Thrush

Dave

 

[qwerty5]

The remnants of Hurricane Helene are passing through my area. Nothing spectacular has shown up yet, but I did get a new year bird this morning in the rain:

203. Common Tern

 

[lgonz1008]

(Florida Keys)
378. Scarlet Tanager

 

[Nightjar61]

Another scarce (at least according to eBird) fall migrant this morning. Probably more common than generally thought. Most birders (at least in my area) don’t usually go into mucky cattail swamps to look for the bird. Not too hard to find with a little bit of effort at this time of the year.

513. Marsh Wren

Dave

 

[Scott98]

Last week I saw a Sora for the first time at Plum Island. I don't keep a life list but I'm sure I've never seen this guy before. Probably won't be seeing one again soon as it involves staring in the reeds waiting for one to emerge for hours....unless you're lucky enough to have another birder show you where he is

 

[qwerty5]

During a quick stop this afternoon, I got two nice year birds, the second being the first eBird record for my county:

204. Lincoln's Sparrow
205. Sedge Wren

 

[Nightjar61]

After work I stopped by a nearby pond where a regionally rare bird was found yesterday afternoon.

514. Red-necked Phalarope

A county lifer (number 254).

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Not as exciting as yesterday’s county lifer, this afternoon I added a common fall migrant to my Year List.

515. Lincoln’s Sparrow

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Another new bird for the year this morning.

516. American Pipit

A bird I should have seen last March or April.

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Casual birding in Miami and Plantation)
379. Chestnut-sided Warbler
380. Tennessee Warbler
381. Canada Warbler

 

[qwerty5]

Today I was pleasantly surprised by a late migrant that had basically gone off my radar:

206. Mourning Warbler