Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[Jonny721]

a stunning Red Necked Phalarope at Fairhaven lake today, my 300th World bird o

 

[Peter C.]

Long-tailed Jaeger. One of my major bogey birds, finally knocked off!

There is a place, called "Van Wagner's Beach", at the western end of Lake Ontario; the lake narrows to a nice point there, and there's a convenient causeway with a beach there. Every fall, it is an excellent place for all three of the jaegar species, although Parasitics far outnumber the other two. Anyway, I have been visiting this place at least once a year for the past eighteen years or so; usually in truly god-awful weather (because that's when they come close enough to be seen). Over that time, I had seen quite a few Parasitics, but never even a hint a of Long-tailed.

Then, this past Sunday, drove down to van Wagner's, mostly just as a side-trip on the way to the nearby Ikea (after so many misses, I wasn't exactly hopeful. Just as we pulled in, however, there were three jaegers right offshore - two Long-taileds and a Parasitic, together! One of the Long-tailed was a 1cy bird, but the other was a sub-adult, with fairly long central tail streamers - just a great looking bird.

The Parasitic soon decamped, but the two Long-tailed stuck around all afternoon, putting on a great show. Mostly, they were chasing the numerous local Ring-billed Gulls, or sitting (helpfully) on the water. But the 1st-cy bird was occasionally very ambitious, even chased a GBBG for a while - talk about David vs. Goliath!

First life bird (in Canada) in just over a year.

 

[doug faulder]

Brewer's (Timberline) Sparrow at Deception Pass, Banff National Park on July 31, 2010.

It would be lifer number 704 for me, but splitting the Winter Wren three ways will change the numbers.

 

[marcus]

Well, last Saturday I saw a Swainson's Thrush for the first time. Unfortunately it was a dead one. Should I consider that my most recent "life" bird?

 

[njlarsen]

Well, last Saturday I saw a Swainson's Thrush for the first time. Unfortunately it was a dead one. Should I consider that my most recent "life" bird?

Firstly, you make the rules for your own list.
Secondly, most other people would not tick a bird they did not see alive at any time.

Thirdly, please look at other thread with basically the same content.

Niels

 

[madamcoolpix]

Buff-breasted Sandpiper.

Fancy that I've just got the Buff-breasted Sandpiper too and in Spain, but in Asturias!!! o Very indeed!!! :-O

And three weeks ago Aquatic Warbler, WOW!!! :bounce: Migration is being something serious in my area this season!!!

 

[Keith Dickinson]

Western Bonnelli's warbler at Bempton in Yorkshire on Sept 11. What a little beauty

 

[YourBirdOasis]

Olive-sided flycatchers have eluded me for years. However, this summer I was able to catch a glimpse (and hear a call) in Minnesota, USA.

 

[Perry Smale]

Bolle's Pigeon on Tenerife on 13. 09. 10 at Monte del Agua, Erjos.

 

[The sniper]

white tailed plover at rainham marsh rspb uk 12.7.2010

 

[Jacana]

Surf Scoter at Marazion today

 

[Blue Alert]

Glossy Ibis. Prior to that, Long-tailed Skua.

 

[dwallace]

White-rumped Sandpiper at Oare Marshes.

Dave W

 

[KC Foggin]

Ovenbird

Even though it was not the first time seeing one, the first one was a window strike and had passed on so I didn't count it. This time I have a live one and it's been here 5 days.

 

[Northern123]

White-winged black tern at Hyde Park this evening. Great journey home from work tick!

 

[Divebird]

Saw a Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), today in the Netherlands

 

[Damon]

I saw two migrating warblers on Saturday, October 2--a black-throated blue warbler (male) and a magnolia warbler in non-breeding plumage. I saw both while standing in the same spot. Before that, I saw a blue grosbeak on August 29.

 

[Blue Alert]

Black-necked Grebe at Chew Valley Lake.

 

[Divebird]

Saw a (male) Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans, at Texel, the Netherlands

 

[Birds4Life]

Superb Parrot. I saw it just in my back yard. It was quite a lucky sighting. There are only 6500 left in the wild, and this one was far from it's normal habitat.