Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (9 Viewers)

[Mysticete]

huh...I must have forgotten to update this

At any rate my last lifer was Audubon's Oriole at Salineo (or however it's spelled )

In the two days leading up to that I also managed to add Northern Jacana, White-collared Seedeater, Roadside Hawk, and Cassin's Sparrow, as well as getting my "re-lifer" Field Sparrow and Northern Bobwhite.

This weekend I am hoping for "Pacific" Wren, Black Scoter, King Eider, and Rock Sandpiper in Washington.

 

[Rufous Hornero]

Mine was a Red-legged Honeycreeper (male), last Friday, outside my apartment in Panama city. Apparently this is a common bird to be seen around the city... It was a very pleasing sight!

Just moved to this country and am hoping to add many more birds to my list!

Ceci

 

[longbow]

I got my first Northern Shrike today, a complete surprise and made my day. One of the neat things about it is that while I was looking at it, I thought "I wonder if that is a shrike...." It was unconsciously stored in my brain somewhere, a result of many evenings just looking through books. It was a thrill to look it up and find that I was right, and to realize the benefit of a slow and steady familiarization with the whole bird world whether or not one expects to see whatever. I had also made a diagram and notes although my artistic abilities are absolutely horrid - it helped greatly when I got home and dug out my Sibley's.

He had a really great repertoire as well. :t:

 

[Eviota]

Bridled Honeyeater

Last lifer was at Mount Hypipamee National Park, as it started raining on the way back to our car - the bridled honeyeater paused under wet leaves.
No. 538 for my Australia list.

 

[Motmot]

Fulvous Babbler, near Guelmim-S Morocco

 

[Enji]

Finally went for Eagle Owl yesterday. Heard it almost as soon as I stepped out of the car... well that was easy!

 

[Fozzybear]

Sounds like a pretty good place for them then Enji. :t:

At Maldon on Wednesday saw a single Knot down near the seawall, didn't expect to see one there at all and I had to look it up in my guidebooks when I got home and post a photo on here to check the ID. Was glad I went, first time I've been there since I took up birdwatching but I'll be back more often now as it seems a really good area!

 

[Simmo1111]

Ring-Billed Gull for me chaps ....

 

[Mysticete]

I took 24 hours to run down to Ocean Shores, Washington, from my research trip to Seattle (where I am ensconced at the moment). Great trip, 4 lifers including Pacific Wren (ok, I can't add it yet but will be able to this summer), Rock Sandpiper, Black Scoter, and a stray King Eider.

 

[Divebird]

Eurasian Eagle Owl, in the Netherlands (yesterday)

 

[Lisa W]

Finally, a Black and White Warbler.

 

[dalat]

Last lifers from a recent trip to Lao: Pied Falconet, Moustached Barbet, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, Rufous-fronted Babbler, Bare-faced Bulbul, Sooty Babbler and Red-collared Woodpecker (hard work this one). New for me in Asia: House Sparrow. And a really great sight, a whole family of Lao Langurs.

Great trip! Hanno will soon post a detailed report (I guess including lots of details on beer consumed) on his website: http://www.hannostamm/trip_reports.htm

 

[Bananafishbones]

got my fair share of life birds yesterday on a whistle stop tour of Norfolk with a couple of BF members.

3 Golden Pheasant
Gadwall pair
1000s Dark Bellied Brent Geese
30+ Snow Bunting
Glaucaus Gull

 

[Blue Alert]

Ring-necked Duck.

 

[terry jz]

another one from my should have seen by now list, a bittern.

 

[Gary Polliard]

american bittern

Most recent was actually last year. It was an American Bittern that had visited my small pond in front of my house. Went down for a walk one day and there were two eyes looking at me from 15 feet. slowly walked bachward and went and got my camera. very photogenic and a great life lister.

 

[Blue Alert]

Great White Egret.

Hadn't managed to run into this species in the UK before, so it was an itch I needed to scratch. Also, this bird enabled me to legitimise a tick I accidentally put next to the species in my new Collins paperback last week - so relief on more than one front.

 

[Espen]

my new one is great grey shrike at bircher common herefordshire today, in torential rain, but worth it!|=)|

 

[Espen]

here's a few pics

 

[nickderry]

at long last, a Crane - I temporarily forgot how to drive as we went by, luckily I instinctively came off the road in a layby.