timsg80
Gregor Tims
Kakadu Beach is on Bribie Island, just offshore frkm Brisbane, so sadly not many of the birds he's seen there will be additions!!
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World Yearlist Record Attempt (1 Viewer)
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Kakadu Beach is on Bribie Island, just offshore frkm Brisbane, so sadly not many of the birds he's seen there will be additions!!
lewis20126
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I think he has seen almost all of the families, but not sure whether he picked up Hypocolius - he will only see introduced Stitchbird on New Zealand, although that doesn't seem to bother most. I can't think what else he is missing other than Kagu - he certainly picked up Sapayoa (in Panama), one which is often one of the "last of the set" for world birders.
cheers, alan
cheers, alan
Paul Chapman
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I don't play that game but I have some friends who do. I was thinking Hypocolius and Ibisbill when I typed my comment. Having checked are Palmchat and Magellanic Plover also misses? Presumably he will also miss Plains-Wanderer?
All the best
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Paul Chapman
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Well above the needed run rate. I am expecting about 20 to be new having flicked through the e-bird species lists:-
http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list
http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity
All the best
Andrew Verrall
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Thanks for that, I was way out but you live near there, so when is he going to the north? the real Kakadu?
Andrew
Jon Turner
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temmie
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well, he will have a family and life list longer than 99% of the visitors of this forum, so he is really bossing it.
In the beginning, I was a bit underwhelmed by his approach (seeing birds in the company of guides is not thát much of a challenge), but in the end, he has gone quite flawlessly through a lot of potential hazards in terms of disease, roads, weather, logistics... So congratulations, already. I am more and more convinced that he will reach 6000, but that is easy to say now, compared to last month.
He will have a few mis ID's, but in relation to his overall score, a day more of birding in a leap year, or compared to the taxonomy he uses, or compared to his rather bird less stay in Antarctica... It's pretty much a non-issue for me.
Go Noah!
In the beginning, I was a bit underwhelmed by his approach (seeing birds in the company of guides is not thát much of a challenge), but in the end, he has gone quite flawlessly through a lot of potential hazards in terms of disease, roads, weather, logistics... So congratulations, already. I am more and more convinced that he will reach 6000, but that is easy to say now, compared to last month.
He will have a few mis ID's, but in relation to his overall score, a day more of birding in a leap year, or compared to the taxonomy he uses, or compared to his rather bird less stay in Antarctica... It's pretty much a non-issue for me.
Go Noah!
Paul Chapman
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166 needed from 16 days to get to that mark. 216 additions from 7 days in Queensland so far (out of 312 species seen).
I believe that he still could get c40 from the main island on Fiji (and a similar number from New Caledonia with overlap though).
It appears that he has a number of potential available seabirds. Is he likely to get these at any stage or try a pelagic? Or is he more likely to be doing that in New Zealand?
Three days of blogs to catch up.
All the best
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Just looking at ebird: http://ebird.org/ebird/region/aut/activity
Noah has made 7 stops an Dec 15th, with 21 new species recorded.
He is very much engaged in a race and I wish him all the very best, because he sure is giving it his all.
As an amateur birder, I appreciate how wonderful it is to have a new lifer in view. It is a moment to be savored.
Birding under the gun, having to book the bird and move on as Noah is doing is obviously entirely different. It is just work. I hope his love of birding survives the experience.
Noah has made 7 stops an Dec 15th, with 21 new species recorded.
He is very much engaged in a race and I wish him all the very best, because he sure is giving it his all.
As an amateur birder, I appreciate how wonderful it is to have a new lifer in view. It is a moment to be savored.
Birding under the gun, having to book the bird and move on as Noah is doing is obviously entirely different. It is just work. I hope his love of birding survives the experience.
Paul Chapman
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The sheer scale of what he has done is remarkable. It is not simply the year ticks but e-bird shows now 1,675 checklists completed for the year. There are thousands more sightings. For instance, he added 260 species in 27 days in Colombia but as he had been birding South America for three months, this was from 749 species recorded!!
All the best
All the best
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Jon Turner
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His encounter with Cassowary is now on the blog. Sounds like a good place to visit!
Only 10 species per day required....
Only 10 species per day required....
Paul Chapman
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Bananafishbones
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often you don't have to move on as the birds do that for you, a bird wave in the forest takes so much concentration and luck and with every sense working overtime and just as quickly the moment is gone.... as are the birds, often with some that you will never see again. Then you catch up with an eagerly anticipated bird that you savour every second and yes eventually you have to pull yourself away. Noah has done it all :t:
He gets up every morning with a real zest for life, a vigour for what the day will bring and is a cool cucumber even when things are a little slow \ dull \ washed out. He is nearing the end of an epic world encounter so naturally every second will be savoured even more, every hour of light will be utilised, even if he was on an educational trip or a family holiday. He really is an amazing bird lover who has fulfilled an incredible dream.
His numbers are incredible..... talking about Colombia on its own, even I managed 666 species in 16 days of birding. Mostly with incredible views too, don't often say that about Tapaculos and Antpittas :-O
Paul Chapman
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From e-bird, he has moved on to Victoria.
Another WP bird seen.
All the best
Another WP bird seen.
All the best
Jon Turner
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Largely due to Werribee he's added another 29 today! That's almost 3 days worth!
http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list
His original schedule didn't include this gem, so I'm glad he made it there.
That leaves 137 in 15 days at 9.1 per day, surely.....:-O
http://www.audubon.org/news/the-species-list
His original schedule didn't include this gem, so I'm glad he made it there.
That leaves 137 in 15 days at 9.1 per day, surely.....:-O
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Paul Chapman
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Very punchy - 245 additions in 8 days from Australia.
All the best
All the best
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Robin Edwards
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I have wondered as the species list grows, how many of the year's birding days and species seen will Noah remember?
From a trip where I have gathered a few hundred species over a week or two I find my camera a great way of recalling each day and some of what I was able to see. I have friends however who have been with me on same trip who recall very little beyond some of the prized species seen.
I hope someone has taken lots of photographs for this trip
From a trip where I have gathered a few hundred species over a week or two I find my camera a great way of recalling each day and some of what I was able to see. I have friends however who have been with me on same trip who recall very little beyond some of the prized species seen.
I hope someone has taken lots of photographs for this trip
