Wintibird's World List 2017 (1 Viewer)

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Not many new birds today, however some nice mammals (see pictures below)

23. July - Bwindi NP, Uganda
1158: Mottled Swift
1159: Red-throated Alethe

 

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Drive from Ruhija to Buhoma today, so still in Bwindi NP but at a lower altitude. Lot's of new birds.

24. July - Bwindi NP, Uganda
1160: Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
1161: Tambourine Dove
1162: African Wood Owl
1163: African Black Swift
1164: Horus Swift
1165: White-rumped Swift
1166: Black Bee-eater
1167: Speckled Tinkerbird
1168: Yellow-spotted Barbet
1169: Dwarf Honeyguide
1170: Tullberg's Woodpecker
1171: Elliot's Woodpecker
1172: Brown-throated Wattle-eye
1173: Pink-footed Puffback
1174: Lühder's Bushshrike
1175: Kakamega Greenbul
1176: Slender-billed Greenbul
1177: Little Greenbul
1178: Little Grey Greenbul
1179: Ansorge's Greenbul
1180: Plain Greenbul
1181: Honeyguide Greenbul
1182: Toro Olive Greenbul
1183: Red-tailed Greenbul
1184: Black-faced Rufous Warbler
1185: Cassin's Flycatcher
1186: Dusky-blue Flycatcher
1187: Grey-chinned Sunbird
1188: Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
1189: Olive Sunbird
1190: Green-throated Sunbird
1191: Purple-breasted Sunbird
1192: Black-billed Weaver
1193: White-breasted Nigrita
1194: Red-headed Bluebill
1195: Mountain Wagtail

 

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A full day in Buhoma on the main trail today, meeting the Birdquest group with Nik Borrow. The first and only day we really got wet in Uganda

25. July - Bwindi NP, Uganda
1196: Scarce Swift
1197: Bar-tailed Trogon
1198: Hairy-breasted Barbet
1199: Buff-spotted Woodpecker
1200: African Broadbill
1201: Chestnut Wattle-eye
1202: Cabani's Greenbul
1203: Neumann's Warbler
1204: Buff-throated Apalis
1205: Olive-green Camaroptera
1206: Narrow-tailed Starling
1207: White-tailed Ant Thrush
1208: Fraser's Rufous Thrush
1209: White-bellied Robin-Chat
1210: Grey-winged Robin-Chat
1211: Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
1212: Red-capped Robin-Chat
1213: Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher
1214: Grey-headed Sunbird

White-browed Robin-Chat and Speckled Mousebird:

 

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Some birding in the morning at Buhoma, then we drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, so from the forest to the savanna. Incredible day with 167 species for the day list!

26. July - Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda
1215: Malagasy Pond Heron
1216: Lappet-faced Vulture
1217: Black-bellied Bustard
1218: Greater Painted-snipe
1219: African Emerald Cuckoo
1220: Olive Bee-eater
1221: White-headed Barbet
1222: Nubian Woodpecker
1223: African Grey Woodpecker
1224: Western Black-headed Batis
1225: Many-coloured Bushshrike
1226: Orange-breasted Bushshrike
1227: Marsh Tchagra
1228: Black-crowned Tchagra
1229: Brubru
1230: Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
1231: Black-headed Oriole
1232: White-winged Black Tit
1233: Wire-tailed Swallow
1234: Red-breasted Swallow
1235: Mosque Swallow
1236: Green Crombec
1237: Red-faced Cisticola
1238: Stout Cisticola
1239: Croaking Cisticola
1240: Arrow-marked Babbler
1241: Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
1242: Marico Sunbird
1243: Purple-banded Sunbird
1244: Copper Sunbird
1245: Spectacled Weaver
1246: Compact Weaver
1247: Southern Red Bishop
1248: Fawn-breasted Waxbill
1249: Crimson-rumped Waxbill

 

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A full day in Queen Elizabeth National Park, good birds, good mammals!

27. July - Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda
1250: Lesser Flamingo
1251: Dwarf Bittern
1252: White-headed Vulture
1253: Water Thick-knee
1254: Brown-chested Lapwing
1255: Kittlitz's Plover
1256: Marsh Sandpiper
1257: Temminck's Courser
1258: Mourning Collared Dove
1259: Diederik Cuckoo
1260: African Pygmy Kingfisher
1261: White-tailed Lark
1262: Rufous-naped Lark
1263: Flappet Lark
1264: Red-capped Lark
1265: Lesser Swamp Warbler
1266: Wing-snapping Cisticola
1267: Lesser Masked Weaver
1268: White-winged Widowbird

 

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Today we drove from Queen Elizabeth NP to Kibale, birding at Bigodi Wetland in the afternoon.
The next day was the big pitta hunt. First we heard three birds in the morning but we couldn't see them. We searched all morning without success, however after we gave up and walked back to the car the guide spotted a Pitta, hopping on the ground and searching for nest material. Great stuff! In the afternoon we went Chimpanzee tracking, another great experience.

28. July - Queen Elizabeth NP to Kibale, Uganda
1269: White-spotted Flufftail
1270: Yellow-billed Barbet
1271: Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
1272: Highland Rush Warbler
1273: Purple-headed Starling
1274: Holub's Golden Weaver
1275: Black Bishop

29. July - Kibale, Uganda
1276: Crested Guineafowl
1277: Red-chested Cuckoo
1278: Pennant-winged Nightjar
1279: Narina Trogon
1280: Green-breasted Pitta:t:
1281: African Shrike-flycatcher
1282: Red-tailed Leaflove
1283: White-throated Greenbul
1284: Grey Apalis
1285: Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
1286: Brown Illadopsis
1287: Yellow-mantled Weaver

African Openbill, Hamerkop and Swamp Flycatcher

 

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Another morning of birding in Kibale, then a lazy afternoon in Fort Portal. The only day of the trip without lifers for me

30. July - Kibale to Fort Portal, Uganda
1288: Afep Pigeon
1289: Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
1290: Cassin's Honeyguide
1291: Western Oriole
1292: Velvet-mantled Drongo
1293: Western Nicator
1294: Red-tailed Bristlebill
1295: Green Hylia
1296: Violet-backed Starling
1297: Black-and-white Mannikin

 

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Birding at Semliki Forest today, an extension of the famous Ituri Forest in DR Congo. Some really good birds today!

31. July - Semliki Forest, Uganda
1298: Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
1299: Black Cuckoo
1300: Red-throated Bee-eater
1301: African Pied Hornbill
1302: Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
1303: Piping Hornbill
1304: Red-rumped Tinkerbird
1305: Yellow-crested Woodpecker
1306: Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
1307: Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
1308: Yellow-throated Nicator
1309: Xavier's Greenbul
1310: Yellow-lored Bristlebill
1311: Lemon-bellied Crombec
1312: Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
1313: Singing Cisticola
1314: Yellow-browed Camaroptera
1315: Red-tailed Ant Thrush
1316: Fire-crested Alethe
1317: Forest Robin
1318: Maxwell's Black Weaver
1319: Crested Malimbe
1320: Black-winged Red Bishop
1321: Black-bellied Seedcracker
1322: Orange-cheeked Waxbill

African Fish-Eagle and Red-billed Firefinch:

 

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First a long drive from Fort Portal to Masindi where we stay in the oldest hotel of Uganda.
The next day we bird the famous Royal Mile in the Budongo Forest. Unfortunately the Chocolate-backed Kingfisher was heard only.

1. August - Fort Portal to Masindi, Uganda
1323: Northern Masked Weaver
1324: Red-collared Widowbird

2. August - Royal Mile, Uganda
1325: Heuglin's Francolin
1326: Grey Parrot
1327: African Dwarf Kingfisher
1328: White-thighed Hornbill
1329: Least Honeyguide
1330: Brown-eared Woodpecker
1331: Piapiac
1332: Spotted Greenbul
1333: Uganda Woodland Warbler
1334: Whistling Cisticola
1335: Rufous-crowned Eremomela
1336: Brown-chested Alethe
1337: Fraser's Forest Flycatcher
1338: Sooty Flycatcher
1339: Superb Sunbird
1340: Yellow-mantled Widowbird
1341: Black-bellied Firefinch
1342: Cabani's Bunting
1343: Ituri Batis

 

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From Masindi we drive down the escarpement into the Rift Valley. The bird life changes rather dramatically and we see lots of new species. Finally, we cross the Nile by ferry and arrive at Paraa Safari Lodge in Murchison NP.

3. August - Masindi to Murchison NP, Uganda
1344: African Darter
1345: Brown Snake Eagle
1346: Dark Chanting Goshawk
1347: White-winged Tern
1348: Black-billed Wood Dove
1349: Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
1350: Black-billed Barbet
1351: Scaly-throated Honeyguide
1352: Moustached Grass Warbler
1353: Rattling Cisticola
1354: Foxy Cisticola
1355: Green-backed Eremomela
1356: Bronze-tailed Starling
1357: Purple Starling
1358: White-browed Scrub Robin
1359: Mocking Cliff Chat
1360: Silverbird
1361: Beautiful Sunbird
1362: Shelley's Sparrow
1363: Vitelline Masked Weaver
1364: Northern Red Bishop
1365: Cut-throat Finch
1366: Bar-breasted Firefinch
1367: Black-rumped Waxbill
1368: Black-faced Waxbill
1369: Wilson's Indigobird
1370: White-rumped Seedeater

Black-bellied Bustard (female), Patas Monkey and Spotted Hyena:

 

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First full day in Murchison National Park. We do a boat ride down the Nile to Lake Albert and back and a game drive in the afternoon. Giraffes are incredibly cool animals!

4. August - Murchison NP, Uganda
1371: Saddle-billed Stork
1372: Rüppell's Vulture
1373: Martial Eagle
1374: Eastern Chanting Goshawk
1375: Denham's Bustard
1376: Senegal Thick-knee
1377: Black-headed Lapwing
1378: Vinaceous Dove
1379: Pel's Fishing Owl :t:
1380: Swamp Nightjar
1381: Square-tailed Nightjar
1382: Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
1383: Northern Crombec
1384: Spotted Palm Thrush
1385: Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
1386: Speckle-fronted Weaver

Giraffes, Denham's Bustard (male) and a Lioness

 

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And another day at Murchison. A game drive in the morning and a boat trip to the impressive Murchison Falls in the afternoon.

5. August - Murchison NP, Uganda
1387: Tawny Eagle
1388: Red-necked Falcon
1389: Spotted Thick-knee
1390: Rock Pratincole
1391: Giant Kingfisher
1392: Northern Carmine Bee-eater
1393: Banded Martin
1394: Cardinal Quelea
1395: Red-headed Quelea

Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Rock Pratincole and Heuglin's Francolin:

 

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And the last ones from this fabulous trip. Driving back to Entebbe and picking up the last species one the way. Afterwards a long voyage home via Dubai and back to Switzerland.

6. August - Murchison NP to Entebbe, Uganda
1396: Senegal Coucal
1397: Lesser Blue-eared Starling
1398: White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
1399: Marsh Widowbird

 

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Lots of work and not much birding since I returned to Switzerland. Some new birds nevertheless.

6. September - Magliaso, Switzerland
1400: European Pied Flycatcher

7. September - Riazzino, Switzerland
1401: Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Category C)

9. September - Klingnauer Stausee, Switzerland
1402: Spotted Crake
1403: Spotted Redshank
1404: Mediterranean Gull

16. September - Fanel, Switzerland
1405: Common Greenshank
1406: Ruddy Turnstone
1407: Western Barn Owl
1408: Bluethroat

 

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And three more before I leave to North America (not a birding trip, but surely some side birding will be included )

8. October - S-charl, Switzerland
1409: Willow Tit

9. October - Valchava, Switzerland
1410: Northern Goshawk
1411: Eurasian Treecreeper

 

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And on the road again. Landed in New York around midday and some initial birding in Central Park in the afternoon.

14. October - New York, USA
1412: Canada Goose
1413: Great Blue Heron
1414: Red-tailed Hawk
1415: Mourning Dove
1416: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1417: Blue-headed Vireo
1418: Blue Jay
1419: Golden-crowned Kinglet
1420: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1421: White-breasted Nuthatch
1422: Grey Catbird
1423: Hermit Thrush
1424: American Robin
1425: Common Grackle
1426: White-throated Sparrow
1427: Northern Cardinal

 

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In the morning back to Central Park, joining Birding with Bob. I can absolutely recommend him. In the afternoon some tourist stuff (Top of the Rock, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge).

15. October - New York, USA
1428: Wood Duck
1429: American Herring Gull
1430: Chimney Swift
1431: Red-bellied Woodpecker
1432: Downy Woodpecker
1433: Northern Flicker
1434: Eastern Phoebe
1435: White-eyed Vireo
1436: American Crow
1437: Black-capped Chickadee
1438: Carolina Wren
1439: Winter Wren
1440: Brown Creeper
1441: Brown Thrasher
1442: Black-and-white Warbler
1443: Tennessee Warbler
1444: Common Yellowthroat
1445: Chestnut-sided Warbler
1446: Palm Warbler
1447: Myrtle Warbler
1448: Song Sparrow
1449: Dark-eyed Junco
1450: Chipping Sparrow
1451: Eastern Towhee

And a very special one for me: Red-bellied Woodpecker, no 4000 for my lifelistB

 

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Another day in New York, today at Jamaica Bay. Some good birds to add to the list.

16. October - Jamaica Bay, New York, USA
1452: Snow Goose
1453: Brant Goose
1454: American Wigeon
1455: American Black Duck
1456: Blue-winged Teal
1457: Green-winged Teal
1458: Lesser Scaup
1459: Ruddy Duck
1460: Black-crowned Night Heron
1461: Merlin
1462: American Coot
1463: American Oystercatcher
1464: American Avocet
1465: Short-billed Dowitcher
1466: Greater Yellowlegs
1467: Lesser Yellowlegs
1468: Semipalmated Sandpiper
1469: Laughing Gull
1470: Ring-billed Gull
1471: Great Black-backed Gull
1472: Caspian Tern
1473: Fish Crow
1474: Northern Mockingbird
1475: House Finch
1476: Magnolia Warbler
1477: Red-winged Blackbird
1478: Boat-tailed Grackle
1479: Swamp Sparrow

Laughing Gull and Caspian Terns:

 

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Down to Florida, meeting my parents in Tampa and spending some days in their condo on Longboat Key.

18. October - Longboat Key, Florida, USA
1480: Mottled Duck
1481: American White Ibis
1482: Reddish Egret
1483: Magnificent Frigatebird
1484: Brown Pelican
1485: Bald Eagle
1486: Grey Plover
1487: Snowy Plover
1488: Willet
1489: Sanderling
1490: Black Skimmer
1491: Royal Tern
1492: Cabot's Tern
1493: Tree Swallow
1494: Blue-grey Gnatcatcher

Snowy Plover and Willet:

 

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Off to Oscar Scherer State Park (thanks to a tip from Birdforum) to see the only Florida endemic and with success A nice bonus with the Bittern.

19. October - Oscar Scherer State Park, Florida, USA
1495: Wood Stork
1496: American Bittern
1497: American White Pelican
1498: Northern Harrier
1499: Common Gallinule
1500: Sandhill Crane
1501: Florida Scrub Jay
1502: Prairie Warbler

American Bittern and Florida Scrub Jay: