Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)

[Reader]

Olive-backed Pipit, a mile north of Stiffkey on Saturday, 09/10/10

John

 

[Nightjar61]

My last lifer was seen almost two months ago, as I'd lost track of this thread. A Hooded Berryeater on August 25 along the Bamboo Trail near Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

Dave

 

[Edward]

15 months after my last lifer (never been so long between ticks) I finally managed to see a Red-breasted Flycatcher this morning, a less than annual bird in Iceland.

 

[PeeJay]

Westland petrel at Punakaiki on the NZ west coast in August. Large numbers fly in from the sea at dusk to nest in the adjacent forest.

 

[portnoy58]

A stunning male crimson sunbird this afternoon in the Valencia forest near Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Republic of Philippines - a fairly common bird in these parts I am told but a real beauty.

 

[Northern123]

Woodchat shrike at Hartlepool Headland yesterday.

 

[dwallace]

Solitary Sandpiper at Black Hole Marsh. Strangely enough my last 3 lifers have all been Sandpipers.

Dave W

 

[nickderry]

Richards' Pipit yesterday - much rarer in inland France than on the east coast of the UK.

 

[peter hill]

Red flanked blue tail holme yesterday :t:

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Unbelievably a White-winged Black Tern at the weekend was my first record.

CB

 

[Birds 4ever]

Lesser yellowleg. Such a funky little wader!

 

[DMKSlater]

Two white billed divers, together. Niiiice

 

[Jacana]

Buff-breasted Sandpiper near Sennen in Cornwall

 

[dacol]

A vagrant Groove-billed Ani at Paynes Prairie Preserve in Gainesville, Florida.
I recorded a video of this bird. An HD version is also available.

Dalcio

 

[gergrd]

My first "wild" Mute Swan today in the middle of the Potomac River (though I've seen "pet" Mute Swans over the years). A Purple Finch on Monday was my first real new bird in quite a while.

 

[Tim42]

My two most recent life birds were seen in Utah at Antelope Island on the 10th of this month. They were the Sabine's Gull and the Red-necked Phalarope. It was my only birding day for the whole trip so I was quite happy! Although I've not seen that many species of birds in Utah, it still surprises me with good birds! Cheers!B

 

[mcapper]

I've had two this week. Caught up with both King Eider and Red Flanked Bluetail in Suffolk.

 

[gerdwichers8]

\no new species
of bird for me in 16 months, sorry about that!

 

[dwallace]

Red-flanked Bluetail at Sandy Point, Hampshire.

Dave W

 

[Blue Alert]

This is utterly ridiculous, but today I saw my first Lesser Redpoll.