Martin's 2025 World List (Chevy Chase MD / Brussels) (1 Viewer)

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After a very productive 2024, where I saw a record (for me) 453 species, this year has had a bit of a slow start. I had a bicycle injury in Amsterdam that I slowly recovering from. But I am getting back on my feet and looking forward to some great birding this year.

3 January

Chevy Chase, MD, USA
1. Canada Goose
2. Rock Pigeon
3. American Crow

5 January

Chevy Chase, MD, USA
4. Red-bellied Woodpecker
5. Blue Jay
6. White-breasted Nuthatch
7. Carolina Wren
8. European Starling
9. Northern Mockingbird
10. American Robin
11. House Sparrow
12. Northern Cardinal

11 January

Bethesda, MD, USA
13. Mallard
14. Mourning Dove
15. Dark-eyed Junco
16. White-throated Sparrow
17. Song Sparrow

Latest lifer: #1076 - Bohemian Waxwing (Anders and Christiane Cabin, Kvam, Norway)

 

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A nice family visit to Portland, OR stirred up a few more birds..

20 January

Chevy Chase, MD, USA
18. Cooper's Hawk

24 January

Portland, OR, USA
19. Downy Woodpecker
20. California Scrub-Jay
21. Black-capped Chickadee
22. House Finch
23. Lesser Goldfinch
24. Spotted Towhee

25 January

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Portland, OR, USA
25. Wood Duck
26. Northern Shoveler
27. American Wigeon
28. Lesser Scaup
29. Anna's Hummingbird
30. Glaucous-winged Gull
31. Pied-billed Grebe
32. Double-crested Cormorant
33. Great Blue Heron
34. Bald Eagle
35. Belted Kingfisher
36. Hairy Woodpecker
37. Northern Flicker
38. Bushtit
39. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
40. Golden-crowned Kinglet
41. Brown Creeper
42. Bewick's Wren
43. Hermit Thrush
44. Cedar Waxwing
45. White-crowned Sparrow
46. Red-winged Blackbird
47. Townsend's Warbler

Latest lifer: #1076 - Bohemian Waxwing (Anders and Christiane Cabin, Kvam, Norway)

 

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First time birding in a few months. We moved back to Europe from Washington, DC and having been focusing a lot on practicalities. But nice and relaxing to get out for a bit today.

14 March

Frankendael Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
48. Eurasian Moorhen
49. Eurasian Coot
50. Common Snipe
51. European Herring Gull
52. Great Crested Grebe
53. White Stork
54. Great Cormorant
55. Gray Heron
56. Rose-ringed Parakeet
57. Eurasian Magpie
58. Carrion Crow
59. Great Tit
60. Eurasian Wren
61. Eurasian Blackbird
62. European Robin
63. European Greenfinch

Latest lifer: #1076 - Bohemian Waxwing (Anders and Christiane Cabin, Kvam, Norway)

 

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Picked up a few more today in Hilversum...

16 March

Dudokpark, Hilversum, The Netherlands
64. Mute Swan
65. Egyptian Goose
66. Tufted Duck
67. Black-headed Gull
68. Eurasian Jackdaw

Loosdrechtsebos, Hilversum, The Netherlands
69. Great Spotted Woodpecker
70. Eurasian Jay
71. Eurasian Blue Tit

Frankendael Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
72. Common Wood-Pigeon
73. Mistle Thrush

Latest lifer: #1076 - Bohemian Waxwing (Anders and Christiane Cabin, Kvam, Norway)

 

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Two more through a bit of Amsterdam-to-Brussels trainspotting...

21 March

Somewhere outside Nieuw Vennep, The Netherlands
74. Graylag Goose
75. Northern Lapwing

Latest lifer: #1076 - Bohemian Waxwing (Anders and Christiane Cabin, Kvam, Norway)

 

[martinboer]

First proper birding session in a few months. Saw 36 species for the day, and it was great to get out for a few hours at one of my favorite places in Brussels.

There was a Great Egret there today, which is very unusual for this location, so there were many birders out this morning to photograph this occassion.

But for special for me was finally spotting the Eurasian Green Woodpecker, which had eluded me many times over the years until today and one of the most common birds I had been missing in the area. So, a great day all around!

23 March

Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium
76. Gadwall
77. Common Pochard
78. Water Rail
79. Little Grebe
80. Great Egret
81. Common Buzzard
82. Common Kingfisher
83. Eurasian Green Woodpecker
84. Common Chiffchaff
85. Cetti's Warbler
86. Eurasian Blackcap
87. Eurasian Nuthatch
88. Song Thrush
89. Dunnock
90. Gray Wagtail
91. Common Chaffinch

Latest lifer: #1077 - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium)

 

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Picked up a few more, in between other things..

5 April

Our roof terrace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
92. Yellow-legged Gull
93. Lesser Black-backed Gull

7 April

Krasiński Garden, Warsaw, Poland
94. Mandarin Duck
95. Hooded Crow

Latest lifer: #1077 - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium)

 

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Nice morning walk with my son...

8 April

Warszawa Zoo, Warsaw, Poland
94. European Starling
95. Fieldfare
96. House Sparrow

Latest lifer: #1077 - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium)

 

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A few more on a bike trip outside Amsterdam

13 April

Amsterdamse Bos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
97. Great Black-backed Gull
98. Barn Swallow
99. Long-tailed Tit
100. White Wagtail

Latest lifer: #1077 - Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Red Cloister, Brussels, Belgium)

 

[martinboer]

Nice to be back home in the US again for about a month, before the family joins me in Europe, and getting out again with some of my local birders. Had an amazing day today, seeing 56 species, including two lifers!

18 April

Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
101. Common Grackle

19 April

Hughes-Hollow - McKee Beshers, Poolesville, Maryland, USA
102. Blue-winged Teal (+)
103. Hooded Merganser
104. American Coot
105. Purple Gallinule
106. Wilson's Snipe (+)
107. American Bittern
108. Green Heron
109. Black Vulture
110. Turkey Vulture
111. Pileated Woodpecker
112. Fish Crow
113. Common Raven
114. Carolina Chickadee
115. Tufted Titmouse
116. Tree Swallow
117. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
118. Marsh Wren (+)
119. Eastern Bluebird
120. American Goldfinch
121. Chipping Sparrow
122. Swamp Sparrow
123. Orchard Oriole
124. Prothonotary Warbler
125. Common Yellowthroat
126. Palm Warbler
127. Pine Warbler
128. Yellow-rumped Warbler

Hughes-Hollow - McKee Beshers, Poolesville, Maryland, USA
129. Killdeer
130. Horned Lark
131. Field Sparrow
132. Brown-headed Cowbird
133. Prairie Warbler

Latest lifer: #1079 - American Bittern (Hughes-Hollow - McKee Beshers, Poolesville, Maryland, USA)

 

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Picked up a few more this morning...

20 April

Hughes-Hollow - McKee Beshers, Poolesville, Maryland, USA
134. Wild Turkey
135. Common Merganser

Latest lifer: #1079 - American Bittern (Hughes-Hollow - McKee Beshers, Poolesville, Maryland, USA)