Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[Acanthis]

Since the summer:

Paddyfield Warbler - Torness nuclear power station.

American Golden Plover - John Muir Country Park.

 

[Gashead]

Plain Leaf Warbler, Masafi Wadi, UAE.

 

[Jacana]

long tailed duck, Loch Ryan Dumfries & Galloway

 

[streatham]

It was a Le Conte's Sparrow, a very beautiful bird as sparrows go. Jeff

As sparrows go!!!!!!!!!! You've got to be kidding me Le Contes is one of the most beautiful birds - full stop, in my opinion. A great find by the way as well. I love sparrows - just hard enough to ID to be vaguely challenging - not so hard as to be virtually impossible (Empids etc).

As for my most recent lifer - White-winged Crossbill - it took me 4 trips to a local park to see the bird sufficiently well enough to be able to enjoy the bird properly, but it was well worth it - one of those near mythical northern birds.

Luke

 

[aythya_hybrid]

Sociable Plover at Rainham Marshes. Am gutted that I had gone home to my parents for Christmas by the time the Penduline Tits appeared, however.

 

[Tui]

3 "lifers" in 1 day: 20+ Bean and 2 Greater White-fronted Geese at the Fanel, and 1 Common Crane at dusk in Yverdon; I went back the next day and got much better views of the crane.

 

[Jos Stratford]

Indian Skimmer ...in India, no surprise!

 

[Iben]

Hi All
My last lifer was a Northern Hawk Owl. I saw this amazing bird in Denmark on the 26th of December, surrounded by snow. A pair of Hawk Owls apparently arrived together (this is a very unusual species for Denmark!), but sadly one of them got hit by a car and died. Hopefully the other one will survive the winter.

 

[Home Bird]

Anhinga, last year in Florida (which means I should get out more). Not rare there, but I don't get that far south very often. Saw bunches of them in a very nice wildlife spot.

Home Bird
www.homebirdnotes.com

 

[Anhinga Watcher]

My last lifer was an Emperor Goose here in Oregon. It's quite a rare visitor in Pacific Northwest (most sightings are in Alaska, very few in Oregon), and I found it near Hammond boat basin (near Columbia River mouth). The weather was miserable (stormy, heavy rain and winds, etc), and my camera was soaked as soon as I dragged it out of my pocket to snap some pictures. The goose was quite tame, as it didn't seem to be intimidated by oncoming cars. Quite a beautiful bird, with that two-toned neck plumage (1/2 grayish-blue, 1/2 white).

I thought I discovered the arrival of this one first, but someone already reported it, a few minutes before I did.

Date: Dec. 23, 2005.

Tim

 

[TSM23]

Arctic Redpoll, Aberlady Bay, Lothian.

 

[Viv]

Hawfinch at Lea valley yesterday

 

[kevinguest]

Hawfinch last Saturday 14th January 2006 at East Barming Kent

This bird has eluded me for several years !! :'D

 

[Mark Bruce]

Lesser White-fronted Goose on the 15th.A rare vagrant to Taiwan.
Red-breasted Flycatcher on the 8th,also a vagrant.

 

[dylan71]

3 Spoonbills at Brownsea Island, off Poole Harbour.

 

[Beverlybaynes]

Greater White-fronted Goose, Muscatatuck NWR, Indiana, USA, 1 Jan 06

 

[sylvia staffs]

Lesser "Taverners" Canada Goose 18th January 2005 at Kirkonell Merse Dumfries & Galloway Scotland.

:t:

Sylvia

 

[AlexC]

Willet, last Sunday. Full post:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=49529

 

[Chris in France]

Common Redpoll. Seen on my local patch walk here in Prémery last Sunday.

 

[Woodchatshrike]

Arctic Redpoll, Aberlady Bay, Lothian.

Same for me though I think I ballsed up in Sweden in my younger birding days....