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

[jtibbetts]

At last a year tick!!!!

290: Caspian Gull

At Rutland today, plus 2 Ospreys, Black Tern, Med Gull and Red crested Pochard.

 

[lassa8]

Went birding for the first time since early July today. A trip up Cayuga Lake produced several new year birds and one lifer (in bold).

273. Semipalmated Sandpiper
274. Sora
275. Virginia Rail
276. Least Bittern
277. Black-crowned Night-Heron
278. Wilson's Phalarope
279. Stilt Sandpiper
280. Baird's Sandpiper
281. Red-necked Phalarope
282. Bank Swallow

 

[StevieEvans]

Various seabirds including Sooty Shearwater & Roseate Tern & walking onto my first self found Wryneck takes me to 203 BOU Co.Durham
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[Jacana]

havent updated for ages. 0n 143. with: pectoral sandpiper, black necked grebe, shag, fulmar, kittiwake, guillemot, little egret, whimbrel (lifer), gannet, cuckoo and greenshank

 

[jtibbetts]

One more this morning:

291: Pectoral Sandpiper

 

[Larry Lade]

One more for my year list in Missouri.

252. Mourning Warbler, Missouri Western State University Campus.

 

[lassa8]

Went to Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, NY again today...
283. American Golden-Plover

 

[The Barn Owl]

Yesterday at Portland with Dan and Menzie (thanks to both of them, and Tom McKinney for trying to get us some details on the Melodious Warbler, which we didn't find in time before I went home):

160) Pied Flycatcher (Lifer - how embarassing)
161) Redstart
162) Whinchat

All of which I should've seen before now...

 

[jada dulo]

Still working the patch, so year ticks are far & few between.... However, got one today...

211 - Whinchat.

 

[Larry Lade]

253. Canada Warbler, Missouri Western State University Campus.

 

[lassa8]

Stopped by Sapsucker Woods on my way home from the lab and encountered a mixed flock of warblers including my life...

284. Golden-winged Warbler

 

[gthang]

Since the beginning of August, I've seen at least one new year bird a week (and some of those year birds were lifers!) All were seen at our cabin in Upstate New York just a mile or so from the shore of the Great Sacandaga Lake.

The first weekend (08-05 thru 08-07), on a Saturday morning, before we left to go to the cabin, a large bird landed in the pine tree in our front yard. I snapped a photo, and judging from the long tail, predatory hooked beak, and small size (for a raptor), I ID'd it as a Sharp-Shinned Hawk, which was my year's first. Later that day, at the cabin, my first-ever Hermit Thrush foraged on the ground just outside the living room window. On our way home on the 7th, while filling up at a gas station, I saw an Eastern Kingbird perched on a dead tree branch nearby.

So the first round of year birds yielded:
68. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
69. Hermit Thrush LIFER
70. Eastern Kingbird

The second weekend of August (08-12 thru 08-14) was somewhat uneventful, but the fleeting glimpse of my first-ever Magnolia Warbler on Saturday made the weekend a good one.

71. Magnolia Warbler LIFER

The third weekend of August (08-19 thru 08-21) yielded my first-ever Scarlet Tanager male, in all its blood-red glory! It was seen with a female, and this was my first of the year. Again, this was seen on a Saturday.

72. Scarlet Tanager

The fourth weekend of August (08-26 thru 08-28) was, IMHO, my favorite of the month, a brilliant Black-Throated Blue Warbler. This beautiful blue, black and white bird was my very first one, and I saw three of them! There were two males and 1 female. Again, these were seen on a Saturday.

73. Black-Throated Blue Warbler LIFER

With the migration season coming soon, all the migratory birds are starting to show themselves, especially to feed on as much food as possible to make the long journeys south.

So I'm at 73 as of now, and hope to see more in the coming weeks. Hopefully, I'll finally break 100 confirmed year birds by the end of the year.

 

[cavan wood]

Slow summer.

141. purple martin
142. indigo bunting
143. black tern
144. green heron
145. common raven
146. barred owl
147. whip-poor-will
148. blackburnian warbler
149. black-billed cuckoo

Scott

 

[Papuan birder]

Just came back from a three day long visit to the eastern Sulu Islands (located between Sulawesi and Halmahera), I stayed on both Mangole and Sanana. My first visit to these Islands so a few new species was recorded. But the Islands share lots of species with Sulawesi so a lot of "old ones" was also recorded. A great visit to one of the most rarely visited regions in Indonesia, hope to go to the third Island soon, Taliabu.

695. Purple heron
696. Sunda teal
697. Garganey
698. Vinous-breasted sparrowhawk
699. Sulawesi serpent-eagle
700. Jerdons baza
701. Sulawesi hawk-eagle (new record for Sanana)
702. Sula scrubfowl LIFER
703. Slaty-legged Crake
704. Sulawesi black pigeon
705. Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon
706. Maroon-chinned fruit-dove
707. White-bellied Imperial-pigeon
708. Silver-tipped imperial-pigeon
709. Yellow and green Lorikeet
710. Golden-mantled raquet-tail
711. Blue-backed Parrot
712. Sulu hanging-parrot (to my knowledge still classified as a subspecies of 713. the Moluccan haning-parrot, altough to distinctive in my opinion, should 714. be classified as a seperate species) LIFER
715. Black-billed Koel
716. Unknown Scops owl (could well be a undescribed species or subspecies)
717. Great-eared nightjar
718. Sulawesi nightjar
719. Grey-rumped tree-swift
720. Great-billed kingfisher
721. Sulu Pitta LIFER
722. Slaty cuckoo-shrike LIFER
723. Sula cicadabird LIFER
724. Northern Golden bulbul
725. Hair-crested drongo
726. Black-naped oriole
727. Golden-bellied Gerygone
728. Henna-tailed jungle-flycatcher LIFER
729. Snowy-browed flycatcher
730. Black-naped monarch
731. Rusty-bellied fantail LIFER
732. Citrine flycatcher
733. Ivory-backed wood-swallow
734. Helmted Myna LIFER
735. Brown-throated sunbird
736. Grey-sided flowerpecker

A few waders and gull remain unidentified by me, I guess at least some of them were new for the year.

 

[dan pointon]

Had a few more for the British year list lately whilst on hol in Cornwall/Dorset, inlcuding a couple of lifers...

264: Cirl Bunting
265: Aquatic Warbler
266: Great Shearwater
267: Spotted Crake
268: Sooty Shearwater
269: Balearic Shearwater
270: Melodious Warbler

 

[Gavin Haig]

A hugely unexpected self-found local tick this morning - Ortolan Bunting......178.

 

[Hotspur]

Up to 153 uk inc my 200th lifer with Black Tern
3 other lifers Roseate Tern, Arctic Skua and Whimbrel at Filey Brigg
2 Year birds and Yorkshire birds in Grey Plover and Med Gull at Spurn

 

[Gavin Haig]

A hugely unexpected self-found local tick this morning - Ortolan Bunting......178.

And this evening - a juv Black Tern on a seawatch, which makes 179 (and is also a patch tick). the seawatch also produced a Long-tailed Skua, which isn't a year tick, but IS a very smart bird indeed, and one which I would like to gloat about!!

 

[dan pointon]

And this evening - a juv Black Tern on a seawatch, which makes 179 (and is also a patch tick). the seawatch also produced a Long-tailed Skua, which isn't a year tick, but IS a very smart bird indeed, and one which I would like to gloat about!!

Sounds like a pretty sweet day to me Gavin, wish I could have more days like that, no less than 2 lifers there for me (still yet to catch up with LTSkua!)

Envious from Staffordshire.

D

 

[jtibbetts]

Managed to add another couple after a trip to devon yesterday:

292: Dartford Warbler
293: Cirl Bunting