How's Your 2025 List Going? (2 Viewers)

[la_ravachol]

A successful weekend.

218. Calandra Lark
219. Montagu's Harrier
220. Little Bustard
221. Common Quail
222. Whinchat

 

[Nightjar61]

Despite a week that has been rainy and much colder than average, a sunny day today has prompted some of the early warblers to start trickling in.

435. Yellow-throated Warbler
436. Palm Warbler
437. Northern Harrier

Dave

 

[qwerty5]

A couple more from Saturday afternoon and yesterday:

102. Barn Swallow
103. Broad-winged Hawk

 

[la_ravachol]

Another successful day. I took the train down into La Mancha (Villacañas) as they have much better variety of wetland species than we have in Madrid. Got most of my targets and even some I wasn't expecting.

223. Greater Flamingo
224. Kentish Plover
225. Little Stint
226. Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (only the second time I've ever seen this - still waiting for a decent view though!)
227. Collared Pratincole
228. Gull-billed Tern
229. Glossy Ibis
230. Spectacled Warbler

 

[Nightjar61]

A warm day and a short walk after work produced an early spring migrant.

438. Yellow-throated Vireo

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

One new bird seen while driving home from work.

439. Cooper’s Hawk

Although relatively scarce, this is a bird I should have seen in January and every month since. Can’t believe it took me this long to see one.

Dave

 

[la_ravachol]

Another train into La Mancha (Alcázar de San Juan this time) for a lifer twitch.

231. White-headed Duck
232. Lesser Flamingo
233. Whiskered Tern
234. Savi's Warbler
235. Bearded Tit

 

[hookem2010]

Spring migration is still taking some time to pick up around me, but I did add
#141 Summer tanager
on patch, before heading to my previous resident county to dip on the county-first and one-hit-wonder Grace's warbler. This trip allowe me to add
#142 Snow goose (bittersweet county lifer as it's a long-staying injured bird)
#143 Black-necked stilt
#144 Long-billed dowitcher
#145 Lesser yellowlegs
#146 Baird's sandpiper
#147 Least sandpiper
#148 Pectoral sandpiper
#149 Cliff swallow
And this morning, while in the yard I had a flock of
#150 Franklin's gull

 

[Nightjar61]

I had Good Friday off, so of course I went birding this morning. A day of shorebirds and warblers.

440. Solitary Sandpiper
441. Greater Yellowlegs
442. Black-throated Green Warbler
443. Black-and-white Warbler
444. Prairie Warbler

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

A nice selection of spring migrants today.

445. Ovenbird
446. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
447. Broad-winged Hawk
448. White-eyed Vireo
449. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Eight new birds added to the Year List this morning.

450. Northern House Wren
451. Common Yellowthroat
452. Yellow Warbler
453. Chimney Swift
454. Spotted Sandpiper
455. Lesser Yellowlegs
456. Orchard Oriole
457. Northern Parula

Dave

 

[la_ravachol]

236. Sedge Warbler
237. Melodious Warbler

 

[WalterRayle]

138 now regular readers will 'know the rest'.

 

[Jacana]

Miserable weather this weekend. But I did manage to squeeze out one new one yesterday:

175. Western Yellow Wagtail

 

[Nightjar61]

Three new birds this morning.

458. American Redstart
459. Wood Thrush
460. Green Heron

Dave

 

[qwerty5]

Able to get out for a couple hours yesterday evening and added a nice number of early migrants.

104. Warbling Vireo
105. Yellow Warbler
106. Louisiana Waterthrush
107. Prothonotary Warbler
108. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
109. Palm Warbler
110. Northern Parula
111. Yellow-throated Warbler
112. Wood Thrush
113. Pied-billed Grebe

 

[AlexC]

Mostly picking up migrants passing through LA:
178. Downy Woodpecker
179. Yellow Warbler
180. Vaux’s Swift

And a family holiday weekend in Joshua Tree:
181. Black-chinned Hummingbird
182. White-winged Dove
183. Black-headed Grosbeak
184. Gambel’s Quail
185. Verdin
186. Dusky Flycatcher
187. Wilson’s Warbler
188. Lucy’s Warbler
189. Brewer’s Sparrow

 

[hookem2010]

A couple new year birds at a local soil conservation site last week, with
#151 Wilson's snipe
#152 Red-eyed vireo
Then a yard flyover of
#153 Mississippi kite
Family walk along the creek produced
#154 Yellow-billed cuckoo
And our flashiest parking lot bird
#155 Western kingbird

 

[Nightjar61]

A short walk after work produced one new bird for the year.

461. Baltimore Oriole

Then after I got home, I saw two more in my yard.

462. Warbling Vireo
463. Gray Catbird

Dave

 

[TicoTyler]

Almost a month without any FOTYs working before a trip. Short outing today yielded two plus a lifer! Also, my 1,000th complete checklist.

433. Eastern Kingbird
434. American Redstart
435. Mississippi Kite (lifer!)