So How Is Your 2005 List Going (1 Viewer)

[jtibbetts]

310: Laughing Gull

Am spending the weekend in Norfolk so i should pick up some more, but im with Reader when he says he hopes the G. Heron will stay til next week, cos ive got next Tuesday off, so weather permitting i will have an attempt as well!

 

[Andrew]

Only until the 20th? I am hoping it stays for FOUR weeks!!!

Fancy it Smurfy?

Pick up the Scoter too!

 

[scoxie]

Franklin's Gull (184) at Cubert today. Obviously a lifer

 

[Michael W]

All right, I've picked up a few more over the last month.

417. Northern Shrike
418. Cackling Goose
419. American Tree Sparrow

New birds on our property for the year recently were

104. Wilson's Snipe (property first)
105. Northern Pygmy-Owl
106. Northern Shrike
107. Pileated Woodpecker
108. Varied Thrush
Plus heard-only Common Redpoll in Jan/Feb and a recent heard-only Lapland Longspur, making total "observed" 110...

ABA area: 419 (19 more than last year's total)
Washington: 262 (44 more than last year's total)
Spokane Co.: 192 (15 more than last year's total)
Property: 108 (6 less than last year's total)

Hoping for a few more before the end of the year!

 

[jada dulo]

Wow, another great morning birding ....

228 - GREEN HERON !!!
229 - Twite.
230 - Eider.

We had totally awesome views of the heron, just 40 odd feet away, right out in the open plus 3 or 4 good close views of it in flight - a stunner !!!

 

[jada dulo]

Woohoo !! My next year tick just 2 days later and within the home county .... and a lifer !!!

231 - Rose-coloured Starling !!

Excellent county bird, and it was an adult (possibly a 1st winter?), anyway, it wasn't a dull juv. job!

 

[Andrew]

Two more today.........

Short-toed Lark and a TAWNY OWL!!!!!!!

In a really good mood now.

Now I can't whinge about not having seen a Tawny Owl! Gotta find a new bogey bird.

Lost count and don't care anymore.

 

[lassa8]

Today I added two more highly sought-after life birds: Snow Bunting and Lapland Longspur. Last winter I spent many hours driving around fields and walking through fields looking for these species with no luck, making today all the sweeter!

482 World (USA + Costa Rica)
291 USA

 

[Ben Rackstraw]

2 more in Sussex yesterday, to put me on the verge of a double century in the county (now on 198). Unfortunately, missed a Leach's Petrel (would have been a Sussex first) by about 10 min.

216. Spoonbill
217. Black Redstart

16 more to go (984)

 

[Dave B Smith]

This weekend has been very good. Got out three half days birding and ended up with 3 lifers/year ticks!
Bohemian Waxwing
Cackling Goose
Northern Pygmy Owl

Brings my ABA year to 306 and World to 600.

 

[dbradnum]

275: GREEN HERON - stunning bird! Brilliant views, on the deck, stalking prey, in flight - just go and see it if you can!
276: BLACK SCOTER - not quite in the same league (though I guess almost as rare), but still a lifer, and showed fairly well.

A rare day with two lifers!

 

[Edward]

139. Mistle Thrush (Iceland tick)
140. Black-throated Thrush (1st for Iceland and lifer)

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[lassa8]

One more year/life bird today...the Black-backed Woodpecker at Ferd's Bog in the Adirondack's of New York. I was hoping for a Gray Jay or Boreal Chickadee (pretty sure I heard this bird for the second time in my life, but as I've never actually seen one I refuse to count it), but I only saw six species TOTAL in four hours of hiking around. The great, close looks at the woodpecker partially made up for this, at least.

483 World (USA + Costa Rica)
292 USA

 

[prairiemerlin]

332. RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (lifer!)

A lady in Brighton spotted a hummingbird at her feeders in early October after her other hummingbirds left. She assumed it was just a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, so she just kept feeding it. However, a few days ago when it became colder, she became concerned about it and called the local hummingbird expert. He came out and banded it, and identified it as a Rufous Hummingbird. He then reported it online, and I and other birders were able to go and see it.

 

[Tero]

World 205, US 177.

Horned Grebe, Hooded Mergabser and Horned Lark made appearances Sunday.

I get more birds going with a group. But we drive down this gravel road and only the lead car gets to see Horned Larks, plus a few passengers in the second car. I got both video and stills of the larks. Only lost them after a Park Ranger truck passed me.

Here is my H Grebe with Am. Coots. Have not posted any here yet.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a57/Tero1111/cootsgrebe.jpg

 

[Andrew]

Had good views of two Richard's Pipits today, nice birds!

 

[dbradnum]

277: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH - a third lifer inside two days, and brings up my best ever year list.

 

[jtibbetts]

Just got back from 3 days in Norfolk, picking up 4 more:

311: Pomarine Skua
312: Twite
313: Ross's Goose
314: Shorelark

And with a supporting cast of 8 Red-throated Divers, Great-northern Diver, 35+ Snow Buntings, stunning male Brambling, 1000s of Pink-feet, Green-winged Teal, Red-necked Grebe and hordes of Fieldfares in off the sea, it was a very good weekend, marred only by the fact that we only found out about the Little Swift after it had gone!

 

[Jacamar]

An excellent day of birding today produced 3 lifers and another year bird.

198. White-tailed Goldenthroat (Lifer, in my backyard!)
199. Grey-necked Wood-Rail
200. White-tailed Kite (Lifer)
201. Eared Dove (Lifer)

 

[gthang]

One more year/life bird today...the Black-backed Woodpecker at Ferd's Bog in the Adirondack's of New York. I was hoping for a Gray Jay or Boreal Chickadee (pretty sure I heard this bird for the second time in my life, but as I've never actually seen one I refuse to count it), but I only saw six species TOTAL in four hours of hiking around. The great, close looks at the woodpecker partially made up for this, at least.

483 World (USA + Costa Rica)
292 USA

Where exactly is Ferd's Bog? My parents have bought a Cabin by the shore of Lake Sacandaga, also in the Adirondacks. And since I knew that this was a state park, I have been trying to find the same birds you mentioned, with no luck yet.

Anyhow, my year lsit is now at 98, with the addition of 5 more birds.

94. Hairy Woodpecker
95. Hooded Merganser
96. Northern Flicker
97. American Black Duck
98. Wood Duck

None of the above were lifers, but never saw a Northern Flicker this late in the year... When the summer ended, I gave up looking for the Flickers this year...

Hope to break 100 in the next couple of days. If I do, I'll set a last-minute goal of 105-110 year birds.