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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (1 Viewer)
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Paul Chapman
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birdmeister
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My latest lifer was a Kentucky Warbler at a park last Saturday.
PigeonQueen
Crazy Pigeon Lady
My most recent 'lifer' was a Norther Flicker (April, 2017, Massachusetts, USA) who was hanging out in the tree near my feeder.
JeroenVanheuverswyn
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While going for a new species in Belgium (Iberian Chiffchaff - already seen in Spain), I got stuck at our coast, on which turned out to be a great migration day. This resulted in a new lifer for me: Pallid Harrier. One of my most biggest 'misses' until now in Belgium.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Finally got Dotterel on Garreg Lwyd this morning.
Rich
Rich
Bananafishbones
Incoherently Rambling .....
Green-headed Tanager Nr Itacare NE Brazil (18.03.17)
Red-footed Falcon at Strumble Head.
Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
#405. The mythical and living legend: Peregrine.! B 
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#406. Black-necked Grebe.
o:loveme:#406. Black-necked Grebe.
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Wow, haven't been able to contribute to this thread for a while!
Kirtland's Warbler
Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada.
All the sweeter because (a) it's a genuinely rare bird in Ontario (and fairly rare ANYWHERE), and (b)I've been trying to find one for about the past 28 springs.
Kirtland's Warbler
Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada.
All the sweeter because (a) it's a genuinely rare bird in Ontario (and fairly rare ANYWHERE), and (b)I've been trying to find one for about the past 28 springs.
birdmeister
Well-known member
Wow, great job with the Kirtland's Warbler! Still waiting for one here in eastern Pennsylvania, not getting my hopes up too much (though PA has a few records).
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Rufous-tailed Robin at Gwanggyo Mountain, near Suwon, Korea.
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Thanks, birdmeister.
Keep your hopes up, there were four recent sightings in Southern Ontario (the Pelee Island bird being the latest). That is not a lot, of course; but it is much better than when i started birding, when the average number seen each spring was pretty close to zero.
Peter C.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
According to HBW, they started breeding in Ontario in 2007, with 2 pairs in 2009 - did that [re-] colonisation fail subsequently?
A long wait for me to contribute to this thread this year, but worth the wait. 1 May, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming away like mad and giving a brief flight view while he moved from one tree to another. I think the location is reasonably public, and it was a lone male with no sign of a nest, but I guess I'm probably not supposed to say where. It's been a bugbear species for ages, so I'm very happy.
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
I remember the 2007 breeding (I believe that was in the upper Ottawa River valley), the guy who banded the chicks did a presentation on it. No problem talking about that one, as it was on a Military base, you didn't have to worry about people just wandering around there.
I didn't know about the 2009 pairs, and haven't heard anything since. It is possible they are still pairs breeding in central Ontario, just no-one is talking about them. Certainly, there are areas of former pasture that are being reclaimed by jack pine, so there is the potential.
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