Name a bird for each letter of the alphabet- (26 Viewers)

[WACCOE]

S-Siberian Rubythroat found one early morning on a birding trip to Nepal in our camp site the day after dipping at know site.

 

[qwerty5]

T - Tennessee Warbler

My rarest self-found, even though I see hordes during migration. I found it on June 21, which besides winter is about the least likely time for one to show up.

 

[dantheman]

I have reasonable finds for V, W, X, Y and Z I reckon.

U not so much ...

 

[lgonz1008]

U - Ugandan Woodland-Warbler

Heard multiple times throughout Kakamega Forest, but the first seen bird was one I found when combing through a mixed flock.

 

[dantheman]

Vireo solitarius - Blue-headed Vireo (as it was called back then?)

A seen-from-car tick on a trip to the US back which stuck with me.


(Not a proper rarity or anything, but a lifer)

 

[WACCOE]

X-Xenus cinereous Terek Sandpiper found one on the salt pans near Thessaloniki airport whilst on a family holiday many years ago.

 

[foresttwitcher]

W missed so I'll add Waxwing - a small flock in the canopy of the tree just outside my bedroom window when I looked out on Christmas Day morning in the last influx year (cant remember when!).

 

[dantheman]

I could do Z now, but I'll stick with Y ;-)

Y - Yellow-billed Loon.

I would have called it as a White-billed Diver though (and still will ;-) ) One summer plumaged adult flew close in past my local headland, Falmouth UK on a foggy May seawatch. Stunning!

 

[qwerty5]

Since no one else is going:

Z - Zonotrichia leucophrys

Not rare by any means, but decently uncommon, and last year it took me till October to find one...

 

[lgonz1008]

Since no one else is going:

Z - Zonotrichia leucophrys

Not rare by any means, but decently uncommon, and last year it took me till October to find one...

Since you finished the old chain, please start the next chain.

 

[qwerty5]

Alright, let's do Neotropical migrants. Any bird that breeds in the U.S. or Canada and winters in the Neotropics.

A - American Redstart

 

[WACCOE]

B=Baltimore Oriole

 

[lgonz1008]

C - Cape May Warbler

 

[foresttwitcher]

D - Dickcissel.

 

[dantheman]

Since no one else is going:

Z - Zonotrichia leucophrys

Not rare by any means, but decently uncommon, and last year it took me till October to find one...

I'm just disappointed that none of the European contingent put Zitting Cisticola ...

(A nice find for me as both a garden tick and in the village where my parents lived in France, but not my turn lol)

 

[dantheman]

E = Eastern Phoebe

 

[WACCOE]

F-Franklin's Gull

 

[lgonz1008]

G - Golden-cheeked Warbler

 

[qwerty5]

H - Hammond's Flycatcher

 

[WACCOE]

I-Indigo Bunting