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

[Vectis Birder]

A trip to Ecuador has boosted my year list, not as extensively as Mark Harper's though, who incidentally I met briefly at Tandayapa Bird Lodge. Small world.

 

[Rob Williams]

My humble count is now at 133:

118 Cuckoo, Earlswood
119 Common Tern, Earlswood
120 Tree Sparrow, Bempton
121 Linnet, Bempton
122 Kittiwake, Bempton
123 Razorbill, Bempton
124 Guillemot, Bempton
125 Rock Dove, Bempton
126 Gannet, Bempton
127 Puffin, Bempton
128 Fulmar, Bempton
129 Ringed Plover, Filey
130 Turnstone, Filey
131 Shag, Filey
132 Eider, Filey
133 Sand Martin, Filey


Rob

 

[Reader]

Over to Norfolk for dusk last night plus most of Saturday got me six more year ticks.

222. Woodcock
223. Nightjar
224. Montague's Harrier
225. Little Tern
226. Temminks Stint
227. Spoonbill

John

 

[Larry Lade]

Today at the Wayne Helton Memorial Wildlfe Area, north of Chillicothe, Missouri I added

230. Alder Flycatcher

Later on at a stop at the Thompson River Wetlands I observed

231. Black Tern (x4)

 

[JeffMoh]

Brazos Bend

This morning at Brazos Bend State Park added:
186. Purple Gallinule.

It wasn't a great morning for birds but we still saw quite a good variety. Among the most common larger birds in the park were Little Blue Heron, Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and White Ibis. We saw only two large alligators but there were young ones everywhere.

Jeff

 

[jtibbetts]

At last ive seen something else!! An evening at Cannock Chase yesterday got me 2 more:

322: Nightjar
323: Long-eared Owl

(UK list now 215)

 

[Dave B Smith]

A day out on the prairies added 9 yr birds to my ABA list bringing it to 186. Much higher winds than forecast kept a lot of birds down in the grasses and silent. Looks like I'll have to make another trip to catch the one's I missed.
American Goldfinch
Brewer's Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Eastern Kingbird
Grasshopper Sparrow (lifer)
House Wren
Lark Bunting
Lark Sparrow
Western Kingbird

Best sighting of the day was a doe Pronghorn with a newborn, wobbly legged, fawn. Total of 14 Pronghorns seen for the day.

 

[Hotspur]

154) Yellow Wagtail
155) Lesser Whitethroat
156) Puffin
157) Spotted Sandpiper

 

[Nightjar61]

Birds are definitely getting harder to come by. After birding hard most of the day, I only added three new ones to my Year List. Now up to 587.

585. Henslow's Sparrow
586. Upland Sandpiper
587. Bobolink

In addition to the birds listed above, I added Ring-necked Pheasant to my ABA Area and Indiana year lists.

Dave

 

[Vectis Birder]

Mine's now up to 268.

 

[Gill Osborne]

117: Ringed Plover
118: Cuckoo
119: Lesser Scaup *lifer*
120: Gannet
121: Spoonbill

 

[JeffMoh]

Two more

A walk around my local patch (Cypress, Texas) turned up two common species that I'd somehow missed until now:
187. Purple Martin
188. Wood Duck.

Jeff

 

[gthang]

Newest year bird came on Tuesday, while scouring my favorite warbler patch in the Adirondacks of New York.

I was walking by the side of a dirt road when a Hermit Thrush flew out from the leafy ground. An hour later, walking back home, same thing happened in the same exact spot. So I thought, maybe she's got a nest. So I look around, and sure enough right on the edge of the road was a very well camouflaged nest with 4 turquoise eggs.

47: Hermit Thrush (earliest ever, and first nesting individual)

 

[Mark Harper]

A recount and a trip to the north east took my year list to 990, only 10 to go to reach my target for the year.

983 Broad-billed Sandpiper
984 Little Stint
985 Razorbill
986 Puffin
987 Kittiwake
988 Fulmar
989 Marsh Harrier
990 Reed Warbler

 

[Mark Harper]

A short walk in Derbyshire added a further five.

991 Pied Flycatcher
992 Wood Warbler
993 Common Redstart
994 Tree Pipit
995 Spotted Flycatcher

 

[Nightjar61]

Drove to extreme southwestern Indiana to the point where Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky meet to bird one of the world's northernmost cypress swamps. My main target was Fish Crow, which would have been an Indiana lifer. I also hoped to find Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Dipped on both targets, but I did add one new bird to my Year List. Now up to 588.

588. Least Tern

Dave

 

[Jacana]

been a while since the last update, so here it is, only dip was the kentish plover on the Alaw estuary, Anglesey:

26/05/07

Home:
141. spotted flycatcher

28/05/07

Whixall:
142. willow tit
143. common cuckoo

30/05/07

Alaw estuary:
144. sandwich tern
145. whimbrel

South stacks:
146. razorbill
147. common guillemot
148. northern fulmar
149. red billed chough
150. northern gannet
151. manx shearwater
152. atlantic puffin
153. hooded crow

Holyhead harbour:
154. black guillemot

Alaw estuary:
155. peregrine falcon

Cemlyn:
156. arctic tern
157. common tern

 

[Steve Lister]

Been a while for me too because I have not seen anything new for two weeks until today.......

226 Common Crossbill

Steve

 

[Mark Harper]

A trip to Celle in Germany with work added 3 more species.

996 Crested Tit
997 Black Redstart
998 Marsh Warbler

 

[Steve Lister]

Quite a good week......

227 Long-eared Owl locally

and then up in Yorkshire.....

228 Manx Shearwater
229 Puffin
230 Spotted Flycatcher
231 Great White Egret
232 Honey Buzzard

Steve