Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (10 Viewers)

[foresttwitcher]

excuse my ignorance, "life bird"?

A species you have seen for the first time - i.e. has been added to your 'life list'.

 

[Nutcracker]

excuse my ignorance, "life bird"?

Primarily a US term; in UK usually called a "lifer" :t:

 

[davebee]

ah , thanks (doh)

 

[hookem2010]

Grasshopper sparrow in SW Tarrant county while searching (finally successfully on attempt #3) for my county northern bobwhite. Texas bird #320

 

[wheatearlp]

Little Bustard at Slimbridge 23/6/19

 

[Groovy Grackle]

A lone Painted Bunting on the Gulf coast of Alabama in a grove of pine trees. Saw it early Summer. Could not believe I saw one in the wild. I live in Central Alabama where they never reach...was a treat to see it.


This is what kickstarted me back into bird watching more regularly...and why I joined this forum.

 

[Gill Osborne]

I've had no new Lifers since November's 2015's Long-billed Dowitcher (life & work getting in the way :C ) but this year I'm back into birding properly once more....

Tuesday June 4th ~ TWO Lifers with

Bearded Tit @ East Chevington

Baikal Teal @ Druridge Pools :t:

 

[Telephoto Paul]

A Ring ouzel has just broken my year and a half dry spell.

 

[hookem2010]

Black-capped vireo and zone-tailed hawk in Colorado Bend State Park. It required a 4 am wakeup and 4 hours of hiking in eventual 90+ degree weather, but spending time finding cool birds in the Texas hill country is always worth it.

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[foresttwitcher]

Racket-tailed Treepie, Bang Poo, Bangkok, today.

 

[Warixenjalka]

2 weeks ago in Andenes, Norway 4 lifers, and last one was Great Skua.

 

[Tero]

Western sandpiper.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Madeiran Firecrest today. Somehow can't see me making it to Taiwan for the set, but you never know.

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Blue-winged Teal yesterday.

 

[Owene]

Either Buff breasted sandpiper or ruddy shelduck depending on where you stand on the latter. Frampton and Rutland respectively

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Either Buff breasted sandpiper or ruddy shelduck depending on where you stand on the latter. Frampton and Rutland respectively

Your list, your rules Owen:t:

 

[Owene]

I’ve put it on my wp list on bubo but not my British one (largely because you can’t) so I’m stuck on 199 for the year

 

[aeshna5]

Back in June added Caucasian Grouse, Caspian Snowcock, Levant Sparrowhawk + a slew of warblers: Mountain Chiffchaff, Upcher's, Menetrie's + Green in Armenia.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Trocaz Pigeon about half an hour ago 😁

 

[birdmeister]

A research trip (road surveys) in the southern U.S. brought me a fantastic total of 20 lifers. My top three were, without a doubt, Swallow-tailed Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, and Short-tailed Hawk. The hawk was quite uncommon where we saw it, too (north of Gainesville, FL).

Mottled Duck
Anhinga
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Short-tailed Hawk
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Limpkin
Wilson's Plover
Marbled Godwit
Common Ground-Dove
Loggerhead Shrike
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Summer Tanager
Seaside Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow
Painted Bunting

I should add that the highlight of the trip was reaching a melon field with dragonflies and their associated kite flock. There must have been about 60 Swallow-tailed and 20 Mississippi, many of which wheeled and dove right above the car!