Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[Larry Sweetland]

Paddyfield Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler in Lothian a couple of months ago..... been after it for years. First dipped it on the Naze UK about 20 years ago ! Have spent some time looking for it unsuccessfully on 3 trips to India and finally....yippeee!

 

[PaulK]

Two in one day!! A very elusive Dusky Warbler and one of the Laughing Gulls from the influx in November 2005.

 

[Charlie M]

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo in Chennai (formerly Madras) - wonderful bird, and as far as I can tell, quite a rare winter visitor there.

 

[lvn600]

2 lifers today-Pine Siskin and WW Crossbill at Sherwood Island Park in Westport Connecticut. Much thanks goes to Luke (Streatham) who helped put me on to them.

 

[Arbu]

Thekla Lark. Three on hillside in Morocco a week ago. Bird no. 1606 for me.

 

[Rycycle]

Something relatively simple for me - Marsh Tit. Completely unexpected when scanning a group of Chaffinch then this little beauty pops up and test my id'ing skills. No wing bar so must be Marsh!

 

[Edward]

Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monarchus) on 20 Jan, the last of about 400 new birds I saw in Kenya. My head is still spinning.

E

 

[columbidae]

January 22, a snow goose, among a large flock of Canada geese on an open field near the building where I work. This was lifer number 202.

 

[lvn600]

Female Purple Finch today.-just talking to someone yesterday how I'd never seen one and would like to. I got my wish.Still haven't seen the male though.

 

[chubri777]

Snowy Owl from Solano County, Ca. on 14 Jan. 2006.
I even tried digiscoping it in the 35 mph winds between storms.

 

[Papuan birder]

Three Brown-headed crows Corvus fuscicapillus, 25 January 2006, seen perched in a palm tree just north of a town called Askabin. A rare and exclusive species in Irian Jaya today, defenitely the best lifer for the year.

 

[steve west]

Female Blue-winged teal in the Ebro Delta on a SEO-Lleida field trip. Long overdue but triple value when it's found and not twitched (in my personal opinion and not meant as a dig at twitching).

Regards
Steve West
www.geocities.com/westvidal

 

[Nightjar61]

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates in November 2005.

Dave

 

[delia todd]

Hawfinch at Scone Palace, Peth Saturday 25th February. :bounce:

D

 

[Simon Pinder]

Brunnich's guillemot (thick-billed murre) last december on shetland, a long and tough ferry trip especially coming back (force 8 se), not sure i'd twitch shetland again in mid winter but good views though.

 

[Tero]

A boring goose, white fronted. But I was happy to find Winter Wren for the second time. The first time was an ID by someone else and I saw it for less than a second. This one I could follow for minutes. So it is now fismly on my list. Some difficult IDs I make a point of listing the year of the fist AND second sighting.

 

[The Barn Owl]

A boring goose, white fronted.

I had two lifers yesterday at Slimbridge WWT, one being the infamous White-fronted Geese (around 500 I think) and the equally infamous Bewick's Swans. I am myself surprised that I haven't seen them before, and I personally cannot see why they are boring. I love all birds - big, small, drab, colourful, tuneful or not etc. etc
Sam

 

[michielk]

When I look outside I can see two wood pigeons and I hear a robin

 

[Avillage]

Curlew Sandpiper,Michigan. 7/05.

 

[Pinewood]

Two days, ago, a red breasted nuthatch. Three days, ago, wood ducks made my list, seen in Central Park as was the nuthatch.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood