January 1st joint Birdforum list (2024 edition) (1 Viewer)

[Trystan]

Picked up 71 today for the UK, perhaps a handful of additional species in here:

1. Magpie
2. Woodpigeon
3. Carrion Crow
4. Starling
5. Kestrel
6. Rook
7. Buzzard
8. Black-headed Gull
9. Blackbird
10. Jackdaw
11. Blue tit
12. Goldfinch
13. Coot
14. Tufted duck
15. Cormorant
16. Egyptian goose
17. Mallard
18. Goldeneye
19. Mute swan
20. Goodander
21. Great tit
22. Jay
23. Wigeon
24. Greylag goose
25. Gadwall
26. Bullfinch
27. Long tailed tit
28. Pochard
29. Shoveller
30. Canada goose
31. Moorhen
32. Lapwing
33. Golden plover
34. Teal
35. Marsh Harrier
36. Chaffinch
37. Great black backed gull
38. Great white egret
39. Pheasant
40. Fieldfare
41. Stock dove
42. Common gull
43. Collared dove
44. Great grey shrike
45. Great spotted woodpecker
46. Feral pigeon
47. Robin
48. Linnet
49. Sparrowhawk
50. Ruff
51. Redshank
52. Lesser yellowlegs
53. Curlew
54. Wren
55. Little egret
56. Greenfinch
57. Brambling
58. Brent goose
59. Reed bunting
60. Avocet
61. Shelduck
62. Little grebe
63. Pintail
64. Black tailed godwit
65. Herring gull
66. Merlin
67. Hen harrier
68. Whooper swan
69. Scaup
70. Snipe
71. Barn owl

 

[CPP Gardener]

West coast in my backyard:

Lesser Goldfinch
Allen’s Hummingbird
Bewick’s Wren
House Finch
Nuttall’s Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Feral Pigeon

 

[Nightjar61]

A few from the USA that I don’t think have been reported yet:

Canvasback
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren

Dave

 

[Farnboro John]

400 mile round trip today, route Farnborough - Welney - Stiffkey - Cley - Holkham - Titchwell - King's Lynn - Eldernell and back home.

Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose Mainly Dark-bellied but one Pale-bellied at Titchwell
Red-breasted Goose 1w Cley
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Common Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Pheasant
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver King's Lynn by A149
Cormorant
Western Cattle Egret 4 Morston
Little Egret loads
Great White Egret 1 Cley, 3+ Eldernell
Grey Heron
Glossy Ibis Stiffkey
Little Grebe
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Moorhen
Coot
Common Crane 3 Eldernell
Oystercatcher
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Ringed Plover
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Knot
Ruff
Sanderling
Dunlin
Greenshank
Redshank
Snipe
Black-headed Gull C
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Barn Owl Eldernell
Tawny Owl Eldernell
Long-eared Owl Eldernell
Short-eared Owl Eldernell
Kestrel
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Goldcrest
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Skylark
Cetti’s Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Chiffchaff Eldernell
Treecreeper
Wren
Starling Cracking murmuration Eldernell
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Robin
Stonechat
House Sparrow
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit Titchwell
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting

92 spp I think. Clear skies till about 1430 then thin cloud: after dark return journey very wet and unpleasant.

Also the following mammals:

Red Fox
Rabbit
Brown Hare
Chinese Water Deer
Muntjac including one browsing ten feet away completely relaxed. Magic.
Grey Squirrel
Roe Deer

Happy New Year everyone.

John

Edit: I hadn't written down Oystercatcher (several on the beach at Titchwell) in my notebook, from which I took the species count, so 93 spp final count.

 

[Jon Turner]

Lesser Scaup - 6!
Spoonbill

been added yet?

 

[njlarsen]

Barbados today (1/1/24):
Blue-winged Teal
Common Ground Dove
Common Gallinule
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Glossy Ibis
Belted Kingfisher
Gray Kingbird
Caribbean Elaenia
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Collared Dove
Zenaida Dove
Shiny Cowbird
Carib Grackle
Barbados Bullfinch
Black-faced Grassquit
Rose-ringed Parakeet

And one that is counted in Ebird (provisional status) Orange-winged Parrot

 

[CPP Gardener]

Walking Roo the Yorkshire Terror found:

American Crow
Common Raven
Mourning Dove
Western Bluebird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Band-tailed Pigeon
Acorn Woodpecker

 

[Oldnintheway]

I've been through the U.S. lists, I think, and will add these.
Double crested Cormorant
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Peregrine Falcon
Sharp-shinned hawk
Ruby crowned Kinglet
Greenwing Teal
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Pintail
Common Loon
Killdeer
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
White-winged Scoter

 

[CPP Gardener]

And just before sundown in the backyard a California Towhee was ‘dinking’.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Still 90 minutes of 1 January left. But not going to get anymore today ...120 species for the day, Yucatan.

Will post full list a little later

 

[Oldnintheway]

Still 90 minutes of 1 January left. But not going to get anymore today ...120 species for the day, Yucatan.

Will post full list a little later

Still 3.5 hrs here on the West Coast U.S. Been listening for the local Barred Owls, not yet. I think the barrage of explosions last night affected all the local birds.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Been listening for the local Barred Owls, not yet.

Likewise, got a zero on Mottled Owl and Middle American Screech Owl. Fortunately, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl played ball earlier 👍

 

[birdmeister]

I wasn't able to do much birding, but still noted some Southwestern specialties while out and about today. Here's what I think is new for the US list:

Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Harris's Hawk
Say's Phoebe
Cactus Wren
Abert's Towhee
Curve-billed Thrasher
Inca Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler (can't remember if this counts as full species in some taxonomies)
Great-tailed Grackle
Phainopepla
Western Meadowlark
Greater Roadrunner
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Harrier

 

[wheatearlp]

All I can add, from a UK point of view, as I can't see it on any lists so far is:
Water Rail

 

[Warixenjalka]

Has someone added White-tailed Eagle on Euro-list? If not, I put it there from South-East Finland. Also Red Squirrel if we collect Mammals too. 😁

 

[CPP Gardener]

Common/European Starling

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Checked my list, 49 species for the day, nothing to add that I can see.

 

[qwerty5]

I've added the US species to the spreadsheet, but only to the "USA" tab. 113 so far.

 

[lgonz1008]

Following the spreadsheet, I think I added 65 to the US sheet courtesy of South Florida (making 178 total for US):

1. Egyptian Goose
2. Muscovy Duck
3. Indian Peafowl
4. Common Ground Dove
5. King Rail
6. Common Gallinule
7. Purple Gallinule
8. Sandhill Crane
9. Black-bellied Plover
10. Semipalmated Plover
11. Piping Plover
12. Short-billed Dowitcher
13. Greater Yellowlegs
14. Ruddy Turnstone
15. Sanderling
16. Dunlin
17. Least Sandpiper
18. Western Sandpiper
19. Bonaparte's Gull
20. Laughing Gull
21. Lesser Black-backed Gull
22. Caspian Tern
23. Royal Tern
24. Wood Stork
25. Anhinga
26. American White Pelican
27. Brown Pelican
28. Least Bittern
29. Yellow-crowned Night Heron
30. Black-crowned Night Heron
31. Tricolored Heron
32. Snowy Egret
33. Green Heron
34. Western Cattle Egret
35. Great Egret
36. White Ibis
37. Roseate Spoonbill
38. Turkey Vulture
39. Osprey
40. White-tailed Kite
41. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
42. Blue-and-yellow Macaw
43. Chestnut-fronted Macaw
44. Least Flycatcher
45. Eastern Phoebe
46. Tropical Kingbird
47. Western Kingbird
48. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
49. White-eyed Vireo
50. Tree Swallow
51. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
52. House Wren
53. Common Myna
54. Gray Catbird
55. American Pipit
56. Savannah Sparrow
57. Eastern Meadowlark
58. Red-winged Blackbird
59. Common Grackle
60. Boat-tailed Grackle
61. Common Yellowthroat
62. American Redstart
63. Palm Warbler
64. Prairie Warbler
65. Painted Bunting

 

[tonyfenn]

400 mile round trip today, route Farnborough - Welney - Stiffkey - Cley - Holkham - Titchwell - King's Lynn - Eldernell and back home.

Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Pink-footed Goose
White-fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Brent Goose Mainly Dark-bellied but one Pale-bellied at Titchwell
Red-breasted Goose 1w Cley
Egyptian Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Common Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Pheasant
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver King's Lynn by A149
Cormorant
Western Cattle Egret 4 Morston
Little Egret loads
Great White Egret 1 Cley, 3+ Eldernell
Grey Heron
Glossy Ibis Stiffkey
Little Grebe
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Moorhen
Coot
Common Crane 3 Eldernell
Oystercatcher
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Ringed Plover
Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Knot
Ruff
Sanderling
Dunlin
Greenshank
Redshank
Snipe
Black-headed Gull C
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Barn Owl Eldernell
Tawny Owl Eldernell
Long-eared Owl Eldernell
Short-eared Owl Eldernell
Kestrel
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Goldcrest
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Skylark
Cetti’s Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Chiffchaff Eldernell
Treecreeper
Wren
Starling Cracking murmuration Eldernell
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Robin
Stonechat
House Sparrow
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Water Pipit Titchwell
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting

92 spp I think. Clear skies till about 1430 then thin cloud: after dark return journey very wet and unpleasant.

Also the following mammals:

Red Fox
Rabbit
Brown Hare
Chinese Water Deer
Muntjac including one browsing ten feet away completely relaxed. Magic.
Grey Squirrel
Roe Deer

Happy New Year everyone.

John

Edit: I hadn't written down Oystercatcher (several on the beach at Titchwell) in my notebook, from which I took the species count, so 93 spp final count.

Did you try for the American wigeon on the Nene washes