So Hows your 2006 Yearlist Going then ? (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

This afternoon at about 2:30 PM I was out in our backyard and observed a large bird flying quite high. It was an early

72. Turkey Vulture

Later, from about 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM I birded the River Walk along the Missouri River here in Saint Joseph. Added to my year list with:

73. Eastern Towhee
74. Fox Sparrow

 

[lassa8]

This morning at the DMV in Ithaca I added Fish Crow as the 48th bird I've seen this year.

 

[columbidae]

45. Eastern bluebird

 

[Birdbrain]

108 Red-throated Diver
109 Red-necked Grebe
110 Fulmar
111 Pink-footed Goose
112 Brent Goose
113 Goldeneye
114 Common Scoter
115 Velvet Scoter
116 Red-breasted Merganser
117 Marsh tit
118 Great Grey Shrike
119 Twite
120 Crossbill
121 Lapland Bunting
122 Yellowhammer
123 Corn Bunting
124 Golden Plover
125 Grey Plover
126 Knot
127 Ruff
128 Sanderling

 

[Skelly]

109

Red Kite, Woodcock, Skylark, Grey Partridge & PF Goose

 

[GiG]

103 now

A Green sandpiper has joined the overwintering Common sandpiper and both were in the same bins view on opposite sides of the river today.

Gi

 

[postcardcv]

a semi-successful trip to Lynford today, missed hawfinch but got firecrest - now upto 120.

 

[Larry Lade]

Birding the Saint Joseph, Missouri, "River Walk" this morning I added three more birds to my 2006 Missouri Year List:

75. Spotted Towhee (I had the Eastern Towhee yesterday)
76. Cooper's Hawk (being somewhat harassed by several American Crows)
77. Pileated Woodpecker

 

[jada dulo]

Apart from the patch, not been out anywhere apart from a few hours in N.Wales, hence the low score, anyway, walking the dog yesterday netted me....

89 - Yellowhammer.
90 - Siskin.
91 - Red-legged Partridge.

Was on 122 by this time last year, so slow starting this year.... mind you, the patch takes priority this year.... as does the 32in. LCD HD-ready telly I've just convinced my wife that we need!!! But they dont come cheap.... thats nearly a grand out of the 'twitch' fund for this year!!

 

[Charlie M]

Just back from a day-trip to southern India - saw 45 new birds for the year. Total now on 325 (my list is at http://www.charliesbirdblog.com/~charlie/2006list.html). Coming up are day-trips to Kuwait, Tokyo, and Los Angeles - but first I've got a few days off in the UK and it's time to get outside and see birds like Redwing and Fieldfare...!

 

[Eagle]

Keep missing posting here...

only excuse - just done my 2006 Year List on the Members Year List!!

Been quite busy this month with Birding and other stuff!!

145 up to today....see my post on other thread...I'll now try to keep pace!!

 

[Jacamar]

Now up to 106 with three new ones today -

104. Grey-necked Wood-rail
105. Crested Caracara
106. Laughing Falcon

 

[columbidae]

Had a very nice walk this morning which produced the following for my 2006 list:

46. Red-tailed hawk
47. Pileated woodpecker
48. Red-shouldered hawk
49. Winter wren
50. Turkey vulture
51. House wren

 

[ILRookieBirder]

This is my first year going from birdwatcher, bird feeder, to birder. Never kept a list before, never went out to seek birds. I love keeping lists!

Began my year on a trip to Colorado, and my FIRST bird "as a birder" was a Bald Eagle flying in from a swamp over the resevior at the Cherry Creek State Park on Denver's south side.

Live in Chicago proper, so don't have any real finds yet, but did see a Red-shouldered Hawk and a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers Monday on the lakefront. I love seeing things I never noticed before!

 

[columbidae]

That's quite a first bird for your life list!

I birded at Cherry Creek Park a couple of years ago--actually "stole" a couple of hours birding there during a working trip. It was quite a nice big patch of green in the middle of the wasteland of suburban Denver. I also saw a bald eagle there (my second ever sighting of one), and got several lifers, including northern harrier, gadwall, rough-legged hawk, and black-capped chickadee.

 

[lassa8]

I spent a very wet and windy morning near Lake Ontario in western New York and added six new year birds.

50. Eastern Screech-Owl
51. Mute Swan
52. Northern Hawk Owl (lifer)
53. Bonaparte's Gull
54. Little Gull
55. Long-tailed Duck

 

[Richard W]

good day in Norfolk, added 32, so 114.

 

[AlexC]

66. Wild Turkey (FINally)
67. Black Vulture (lifer)
68. Turkey Vulture
69. Fish Crow

 

[Geoff Pain]

Added 3 more this afternoon in a 2 hours trip to some local flashes.

67. Snipe

68. Black-tailed Godwit

69. Knot

 

[Larry Lade]

It snowed a couple of inches yesterday here in Saint Joseph, Missouri. So, I was a little surprised to add this next species to my year list!

78. Killdeer

There were four of these birds picking around in the snow at the shoreline of Lake Contrary this morning.