January 1st joint Birdforum list (2022 edition) (2 Viewers)

[Swindon Addick]

No worries. I'm getting tired so missed it. I'll call it a day with...

328) Bushtit.

Now, someone else can keep the score, if so inclined.

Thanks for doing the running totals. We've not tried it before, as I've always ducked the challenge of reconciling all the different naming conventions.

A nice easy update:
329) Black Francolin
330) Long-legged Buzzard

Reminder to anyone only looking at the thread now - you can still post additional species for several days after the big day, but you do need to have seen or heard the species on 1 Jan - no sneaking in an owl that you heard at dawn on the second!

 

[Swindon Addick]

Black Francolin, Sardinian Warbler and Long-legged Buzzard.

These three species are seen (or mainly heard in regard to the Francolin) almost daily from the garden here.

Assuming this was from Europe but not the UK, that takes Team Europe to 191 (UK 139, rest of Europe 143).

Meanwhile here's a first go at Team USA, 77 species with lots of people saying bad weather prevented them looking seriously:

American Black Duck
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American Wigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Barrow's Goldeneye
Belted Kingisher
Black Vulture
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Bufflehead
Bushtit
California Scrub Jay
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Raven
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Towhee
Eurasian Wigeon
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Gadwall
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Kildeer
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Surf Scoter
Swamp Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Varied Thrush
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 

[Swindon Addick]

Team Australia on 63 species from 2 contributors, South America on 16 from 1.

 

[dantheman]

Headed down to the coast on a c20 mile walk.

Full list in order seen (or heard) -

(Home)
1 Herring Gull
2 Jackdaw
3 Carrion Crow
(en route and College Reservoir)
4 Starling
5 Blue Tit
6 Pied Wagtail
7 Blackbird
8 Chaffinch
9 Magpie
10 Robin
11 Little Egret
12 Great Crested Grebe
13 Black-headed Gull
14 Redwing
15 Chiffchaff
16 Firecrest
17 Long-tailed Tit
18 Wren
19 Grey Heron
20 Moorhen
21 Mallard
22 Wigeon
23 Coot
24 Comorant
25 Gadwall mf
26 Shoveler
27 Great Black-backed Gull
28 Mediterranean Gull
29 Woodpigeon
30 Nuthatch
31 Rook
32 Buzzard
(to town and Penryn River)
33 Goldfinch
34 House Sparrow
35 Redshank
36 Curlew
37 Little Grebe
38 Grey Wagtail
(Falmouth - Pendennis Point to Pennance Point)
39 Jay
40 Great Northern Diver
41 Turnstone
42 Gannet
43 Oystercatcher
44 Rock Pipit
45 Black Redstart f type
46 Goldcrest
47 Fulmar 14 on their breeding cliff
48 Song Thrush
49 Pheasant
50 Skylark
51 Dunnock
(Falmouth - Swanpool and homeward)
52 Mute Swan
53 Blackcap (3 tacking after dusk)



A low total for the day - lots of people by the seaside and lots of gaps - dips Greenshank, Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Water Rail, Dipper etc, no rarer grebes/seabirds, and even commoner birds like Great Spotted Woodpecker and Bullfinch.

 

[dantheman]

That may only be Firecrest and Fulmar as additions to the UK list?

 

[pbjosh]

A couple more yesterday afternoon - Cattle Tyrant and White-crested Tyrannulet. Again, wasn't birding, and not sure if Costanera Sur opened yesterday, perhaps (likely) not. If it were open, a 3-4 hr visit in summer usually nets 90+ species.

 

[Andy Adcock]

European Serin today.

 

[Swindon Addick]

That may only be Firecrest and Fulmar as additions to the UK list?

UK up to 141, Team Europe to 193, global list to 332.

 

[Swindon Addick]

A couple more yesterday afternoon - Cattle Tyrant and White-crested Tyrannulet. Again, wasn't birding, and not sure if Costanera Sur opened yesterday, perhaps (likely) not. If it were open, a 3-4 hr visit in summer usually nets 90+ species.

331) Common Firecrest
332) Northern Fulmar
333) Cattle Tyrant
334) White-crested Tyrannulet

 

[opisska]

My wife is the best - she started filling the list while I was driving. The drive was too short, so it's partial, but still pretty nice Future updates to come eventually.

African Fish-Eagle
African Pied Wagtail
African Scops-Owl
African Spoonbill
Bateleur
Black Kite (yellow-billed)
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Blue-naped Mousebird
Buff-crested Bustard
Cattle Egret
Common Hoopoe
Crowned Lapwing
Dark-capped Bulbul
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Egyptian Goose
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Fischer's Starling
Fork-tailed Drongo
Gabar Goshawk
Giant Kingfisher
Golden-breasted Starling
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Hamerkop
Helmeted Guineafowl
Isabelline Wheatear
Laughing Dove
Lilac-breasted Roller
Long-tailed Widowbird
Marabou Stork
Mourning Collared Dove
Namaqua Dove
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Pied Wheatear
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Orange/Red-bellied Parrot
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Pied Crow
Pygmy Falcon
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Quelea
Red-tailed Shrike
Ring-necked Dove
Rüppell's Griffon
Somali Ostrich
Spur-winged Lapwing
Superb Starling
Tawny Eagle
Von Der Decken's Hornbill
Vulturine Guineafowl
Wattled Starling
White-bellied Go-Away-Bird
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
White-fronted Bee-Eater
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-throated Bee-Eater
Yellow-necked Francolin

 

[Swindon Addick]

Very nice. Not that I'm jealous in any way, you understand.

Africa to 59, global total to 391. If everyone could please just imagine that the entire list above has been added to the global running total, except for Cattle Egret and Egyptian Goose...

 

[Parrots]

Assuming this was from Europe but not the UK, that takes Team Europe to 191 (UK 139, rest of Europe 143).

Meanwhile here's a first go at Team USA, 77 species with lots of people saying bad weather prevented them looking seriously:

American Black Duck
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American Wigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Barrow's Goldeneye
Belted Kingisher
Black Vulture
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Bufflehead
Bushtit
California Scrub Jay
Canada Goose
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Common Raven
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Towhee
Eurasian Wigeon
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Gadwall
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Herring Gull
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
Kildeer
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Mute Swan
Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Pintail
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Snow Goose
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Surf Scoter
Swamp Sparrow
Tufted Titmouse
Varied Thrush
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Went out for a couple hours in Connecticut yesterday. Adding:
Fish Crow
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Harrier

 

[Swindon Addick]

4 of those latest ones new to the global list, so 395. Team USA 83.

335) African Fish-Eagle
336) African Pied Wagtail
337) African Scops-Owl
338) African Spoonbill
339) Bateleur
340) Black Kite (yellow-billed)
341) Black-capped Social-Weaver
342) Black-faced Sandgrouse
343) Blue-naped Mousebird
344) Buff-crested Bustard
345) Common Hoopoe
346) Crowned Lapwing
347) Dark-capped Bulbul
348) Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
349) Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
350) Fischer's Starling
351) Fork-tailed Drongo
352) Gabar Goshawk
353) Giant Kingfisher
354) Golden-breasted Starling
355) Gray-headed Kingfisher
356) Hamerkop
357) Helmeted Guineafowl
358) Isabelline Wheatear
359) Laughing Dove
360) Lilac-breasted Roller
361) Long-tailed Widowbird
362) Marabou Stork
363) Mourning Collared Dove
364) Namaqua Dove
365) Northern Red-billed Hornbill
366) Pied Wheatear
367) Northern White-crowned Shrike
368) Orange/Red-bellied Parrot
369) Parrot-billed Sparrow
370) Pied Crow
371) Pygmy Falcon
372) Red-and-yellow Barbet
373) Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
374) Red-billed Oxpecker
375) Red-billed Quelea
376) Red-tailed Shrike
377) Ring-necked Dove
378) Rüppell's Griffon
379) Somali Ostrich
380) Spur-winged Lapwing
381) Superb Starling
382) Tawny Eagle
383) Von Der Decken's Hornbill
384) Vulturine Guineafowl
385) Wattled Starling
386) White-bellied Go-Away-Bird
387) White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
388) White-fronted Bee-Eater
389) White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
390) White-throated Bee-Eater
391) Yellow-necked Francolin
392) Fish Crow
393) Glaucous Gull
394) Hairy Woodpecker
395) Northern Harrier

 

[chowchilla]

A couple more of the bird names in post 16 might cause confusion in a world context (depending on who else might post!): Pied Imperial Pigeon = Torresian Imperial Pigeon, and Mangrove Kingfisher = Torresian Kingfisher

TBH, I was working entirely from memory, so was often guessing the correct IOC name. I knew the name change for the Friarbird, mind, but old habits...

And at the end of the day, a number of UK posters don't even bother with the correct names and use 'wren' 'blackbird' etc. Usually this isn't an issue, but my currently Aus-based brain had to pause a couple of times...

 

[MJB]

Very nice. Not that I'm jealous in any way, you understand.

Africa to 59, global total to 391. If everyone could please just imagine that the entire list above has been added to the global running total, except for Cattle Egret and Egyptian Goose...

Would that be Western or Eastern Cattle Egret...?
MJB

 

[Swindon Addick]

Would that be Western or Eastern Cattle Egret...?
MJB

Western. It's been reported from the UK, Spain and Kenya so all places where people would get very excited about Eastern. I've fixed the name in my spreadsheet in case I re-post the Team Europe list at some point.

 

[dantheman]

Western. It's been reported from the UK, Spain and Kenya so all places where people would get very excited about Eastern. I've fixed the name in my spreadsheet in case I re-post the Team Europe list at some point.

I wouldn't.

 

[opisska]

Very nice. Not that I'm jealous in any way, you understand.

Africa to 59, global total to 391. If everyone could please just imagine that the entire list above has been added to the global running total, except for Cattle Egret and Egyptian Goose...

Not really a position to be jealous of considering that our lists are paid for by the fact that we do not currently have any clear way to get home. If this doesn't miraculously solve itself, those species may become mundane for us during our future life in Kenya

 

[Evan Atkinson]

I'm pretty sure most birds I saw yesterday have already been added, but if a mammal list exists I saw Roe Deer, Fallow Deer and Pipistrelle Bat

 

[connorco]

Looks like I'll be able to help out the US list a lot. I did a CBC yesterday so I was somewhat restricted in where I could go, but I was still able to get a fair amount of species.

84. Acorn Woodpecker
85. American Avocet
86. American Pipit
87. American White Pelican
88. Bewick's Wren
89. Black Phoebe
90. Black Rail
91. Black-bellied Plover
92. Black-necked Stilt
93. Brown Creeper
94. Brown Pelican
95. California Gull
96. California Towhee
97. Canvasback
98. Cedar Waxwing
99. Clark's Grebe
100. Common Yellowthroat
101. Eared Grebe
102. Eurasian Collared-Dove
103. Golden Eagle
104. Great Blue Heron
105. Great Egret
106. Great Horned Owl
107. Greater Scaup
108. Greater Yellowlegs
109. Green-winged Teal
110. Hutton's Vireo
111. Least Sandpiper
112. Lesser Goldfinch
113. Lesser Yellowlegs
114. Long-billed Curlew
115. Long-billed Dowitcher
116. Marbled Godwit
117. Marsh Wren
118. Northern Pintail
119. Northern Saw Whet Owl
120. Northern Shoveler
121. Nuttall's Woodpecker
122. Oak Titmouse
123. Osprey
124. Pacific Golden Plover
125. Peregrine Falcon
126. Purple Finch
127. Red-breasted Sapsucker
128. Red-winged Blackbird
129. Ridgway's Rail
130. Say's Phoebe
131. Semipalmated Plover
132. Sharp-shinned Hawk
133. Snowy Egret
134. Sora
135. Spotted Sandpiper
136. Steller's Jay
137. Townsend's Warbler
138. Tree Swallow
139. Turkey Vulture
140. Violet-green Swallow
141. Virginia Rail
142. Western Bluebird
143. Western Grebe
144. Western Gull
145. Western Meadowlark
146. Western Sandpiper
147. Western Screech-Owl
148. White-tailed Kite
149. Wild Turkey
150. Willet
151. Wilson's Snipe