How's Your 2025 List Going? (3 Viewers)

[la_ravachol]

By now Grasshopper Warbler had become somewhat of a nemesis bird, so imagine my delight to unexpectedly have one pop up right in front of me today!

244. Common Grasshopper Warbler
245. Curlew Sandpiper
246. Great Reed Warbler

 

[Nightjar61]

One addition to the Year List this afternoon.

473. Indigo Bunting

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Two new birds today.

474. Eastern Kingbird
475. Red-headed Woodpecker

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Five new birds this morning.

476. Cliff Swallow
477. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
478. Worm-eating Warbler
479. Tennessee Warbler
480. Grasshopper Sparrow

Dave

 

[WalterRayle]

147 now, still all on foot and around the local patch and well ahead of this time last year.

 

[Nightjar61]

This morning I went up into the hills on the eastern side of my county for birds more commonly seen at higher elevations. Only three out of potentially many more.

481. Veery
482. Black-throated Blue Warbler
483. Chestnut-sided Warbler

Dave

 

[la_ravachol]

This weekend's additions.

246. Squacco Heron
247. European Turtle Dove

 

[lgonz1008]

(Guiding around South Florida)
290. Thick-billed Vireo

 

[OrnithologyDevotee]

Good birding day today. I got up at 6:00 AM to drive down to Ballona Freshwater Marsh. I did a little photography (it was a bit cloudy for decent photos) and enjoyed my new Nikon Monarch M7 bins. I was alerted by another birder that there were a few Wilson's Phalaropes in a pond. They are somewhat rare in the area usually being found around Mono Lake.

69. Black-necked Stilt
70. Long-billed Dowitcher
71. Wilson's Phalarope
72. Ring-billed gull
73. Black-crowned Night Heron (I saw both males and females)
74. Snowy Egret
75. Tree Swallow
76. Cliff Swallow
77. Brown-headed Cowbird (I saw one carrying nesting material)


A little later in the day I rented a boat and did a short hour long ride around Venture Harbor and saw a lot of birds. I saw hundred of gulls and some other common stuff. I did see a bunch of lifer Clark's Grebes (I've only seen western before), and another Phalarope species! Two Phalaropes in one day!

78. Red-necked Phalarope
79. Clark's Grebe

 

[qwerty5]

A decent number of new birds today, but almost no migrant warblers besides a large, nearly homogeneous Yellow-rumped flock with a few Palms mixed in.

145. Forster's Tern
146. Great Egret
147. Common Tern
148. Bank Swallow
149. Northern Waterthrush
150. Acadian Flycatcher
151. Summer Tanager
152. Swainson's Thrush
153. Lesser Yellowlegs

 

[qwerty5]

Stopped by some hay fields this evening and picked up a new species:

154. Bobolink

 

[TicoTyler]

Bird in Costa Rica earlier this week.

436 Long-billed Hermit
437 Tropical Royal Flycatcher (spent five hours trying to get a photo of its crest lifted and with both batteries for my camera at 0% it did it...right as my battery died on the shot when it would have looked at me.)
438 Plain-colored Tanager

Birds on a layover at Orlando Airport
439 Brown Thrasher
440 Common Gallinule
441 Red-shouldered Hawk
442 Fish Crow
443 Northern Parula (lifer!)
444 Mottled Duck (lifer!)

 

[qwerty5]

Got out for a short walk early this morning and picked up a few new birds.

155. Yellow-breasted Chat
156. Tennessee Warbler
157. Prairie Warbler
158. Blackpoll Warbler
159. Willow Flycatcher

 

[Nightjar61]

One new bird during a short walk after work.

484. Blackpoll Warbler

Dave

 

[qwerty5]

The Kirtland's Warbler I mentioned last week has continued and I managed to find it on my third attempt this evening:

160. Kirtland's Warbler

 

[qwerty5]

One new migrant early this morning:

161. American Redstart

 

[TicoTyler]

So far two days in the southwest UK (Brighton, Bath and vicinities). Lifers in bold. A few of these I saw already for the year but eBird moved them up the list as they are non-native where I've seen them before. Put those in italics.

442 Mute Swan
443 Common Wood-Pigeon
444 Ruddy Turnstone
445 European Herring Gull
446 Great Black-backed Gull
447 Lesser Black-backed Gull
448 Eurasian Jackdaw
449 Carrion Crow
450 Eurasian Blue Tit
451 Greater Whitethroat
452 European Starling
453 European Robin
454 Dunnock
455 House Sparrow
456 Rock Pipit
457 Common Shelduck
458 Common Swift
459 Eurasian Oystercatcher
460 Common Ringed Plover
461 Black-headed Gull
462 Mediterranean Gull
463 Great Cormorant
464 Little Egret
465 Gray Heron
466 Eurasian Kestrel
467 Eurasian Magpie
468 Rook
469 Great Tit
470 Eurasian Skylark
471 Eurasian Wren
472 Eurasian Blackbird
473 White Wagtail
474 Meadow Pipit
475 Common Buzzard
476 Egyptian Goose
477 European Greenfinch
478 European Goldfinch
479 Common Chiffchaff
480 Eurasian Blackcap
481 Eurasian Treecreeper
482 Song Thrush
483 Ring-necked Pheasant

 

[WalterRayle]

151 now, as always, on foot and around the local patch only, with still a few summer migrants missing which will probably have to wait until the autumn, only nine short of last years overall total.

 

[Tero]

Just over 100. Missed local rarity curlew, because they kept it a secret for 2 days. But added lifer American Barn Owl.

 

[Jacana]

I'm back in Shropshire for a week and I had one new one today in the garden:

180. Common Whitethroat