So how is your 2007 list going? (1 Viewer)

[jtibbetts]

Was at Upton Warren again this evening to look for the reported Hoopoe, didnt see it but did pick up another year tick:

318: Whinchat (m and f)

Also there was a lovely Wood Sandpiper and 3 Barwits.

(UK List 207)

 

[Mabel]

01/05/07
87. Common Cuckoo (Lifer)

 

[Hotspur]

147) Whitethroat

 

[jtibbetts]

Spent the day at Frampton today, started off at the sailing lake area where there were a couple of singing Nightingales, then onto Saul Warth for the Glossy Ibis (we saw at least 10), plus a pair of Garganey, Greenshank, 4 Knot, 50+Barwits, Great Skua and a female Wood Duck!
On the way back i picked up a year tick in the form of:

319: Black Tern (x2)

There were also tons of Odonata about, with Blue-tailed, Azure, Common Blue, Large Red and Red-eyed Damselflies and Hairy Dragonfly all present!

(UK List now 210)

 

[Sir William]

This is my first spring birding and thanks to a trip to Cape May my life list will be over 100 once I sort out some of my photographs and make some more IDs! I'll post it eventually.

 

[Mabel]

02/05/07
88. (White-throated) Dipper (Lifer)

 

[Steven Astley]

114 Black Tern (not seen since starting birdtrack about 3 years ago so a reaffirmed lifer and first time seen adult in breeding plumage, crackin bird)

 

[rezMole]

114 Black Tern (not seen since starting birdtrack about 3 years ago so a reaffirmed lifer and first time seen adult in breeding plumage, crackin bird)

This was a new one for me too - and, along with the Black Tern at Pennington on Tuesday evening there was another lifer - Arctic Tern.

Then, the following evening I added Dotterel, on Pendle Hill.

3 lifers in two days, and without much effort - apart from the climb up the hill!

Total now sitting pretty on 196 - with a Norfolk trip in four weeks and an October trip around Scotland, should boost this somewhat.

 

[Jacana]

had garganey (138) at Venus pool yesterday, missed the whimbrel that were also there. But did have fantastic views of a yellow wagtail and a great crested grebe trying to eat a rudd that was far to big for it!

 

[Hotspur]

148) Garden Warbler
149) Grasshopper Warbler
150) Tree Pipit

 

[devilbirder]

Mines at 137 most recent ones are on my signature.

 

[Nightjar61]

This evening after supper, I got a new bird for the year in the brushy field behind my house. Now up to 546.

546. Blue Grosbeak

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Spent a couple of hours birding this morning before having to go to work. Picked up ten new birds for the year, bringing my Year List up to 556.

547. Chestnut-sided Warbler
548. Baltimore Oriole
549. Tennessee Warbler
550. Scarlet Tanager
551. Yellow-throated Vireo
552. Kentucky Warbler
553. Great Crested Flycatcher
554. Nashville Warbler
555. Acadian Flycatcher
556. Canada Warbler

The Canada Warbler was an Indiana state lifer, my sixth for the year, and number 271 on my Indiana list.

Dave

 

[Gill Osborne]

Sunday 29th April..........

108: House Martin


Saturday 5th May........


109: Blackcap

 

[Tero]

Last 20. Chat was long time nemesis bird, also lifer 293.
140 yellow breasted chat, laulukerttuli
141 cerulian warbler, latvakerttuli
142 kyyhkyhaukka
143 western king bird, niittytyranni
144 rose breasted grosbeak, punarintakardinaali
145 black and white warbler, kiipijäkerttuli
146 louisiana waterthrush, purokerttuli
147 least sandpiper, amerikansirri
148 spotted sandpiper, amerikansipi
149 pectoral sandpiper, palsasirri
150 yellow warbler, keltakerttuli
151 warbling vireo, lavertajavireo
152 caspian tern, räyskä
153 Forster’s tern, hopeatiira
154 Swainson’s thrush, korpirastas
155 yellow throated vireo
156 scarlet tanager, tulitangara
157 gray cheeked thrush, tundrarastas
158 Blackpoll warbler, viirukerttuli
159 Magnolia warbler, magnoliankerttuli
160 Black-throated Green Warbler, seetrikerttuli
161 American Restart, loistokerttuli

The funny names are the Finnish names of these

 

[JeffMoh]

Lake Sheldon

Spent yesterday morning at Lake Sheldon and added two birds to my 2007 US list:
182. Green-backed Heron
183. American Bittern.

The Environmental Center was fairly quiet for birds but busy for alligators and snakes, including Cottonmouths.

Carpenter’s Bayou was virtually deserted and the main rookery sites were also quiet: The only nests we saw were of Anhingas, Cattle Egrets and Yellow-crowned Night Herons. We’ll visit again in 3-4 weeks, when there is sure to be much more nesting activity. (The lake, which deserves to be much better known, has the biggest inland rookery in the USA and it is really spectacular in June.)

Surprisingly (to me) the most common bird was Little Blue Heron: We must have seen over 20.

Other birds seen:
Laughing Gull
Turkey Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Northern Cardinal
House Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Mourning Dove
Barn Swallow
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
182 Green-backed Heron
183 American Bittern
Anhinga
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
American Coot
Common Moorhen
Blue-winged Teal.

Jeff

 

[Larry Lade]

My wife and I just got back from a trip out to San Diego, California. We had a wonderful time seeing the sites and doing some birding. This was our first trip out to that state and I now have a California bird list of 138 species. Eleven of these were "lifers" (these I will post to the "Life Bird" forum).

When we got home (Saint Joseph, Missouri) I added two more year birds for Missouri, seen in our backyard.

198. Chestnut-sided Warbler
199. Gray-cheeked Thrush

 

[Larry Lade]

A friend called just about lunch time and wanted me to go with him to check out wood warblers at a local park here in Saint Joseph. At midday there was not very much activity but I did manage to add two more year birds.

200. Blackpoll Warbler
201. American Redstart

 

[Nightjar61]

I got a new bird for the year while out on my lunch hour. Now up to 557.

557. Eastern Kingbird

Dave

 

[Jacana]

139. hobby

after a little trip out to Whixall moss. Almost got willow tit and cuckoo, but dipped