Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (23 Viewers)

[Paul Chapman]

Ugandan lifers rose to 159 species yesterday with the last being Cinnamon-breasted Bee-eater.

Also Black-crowned Waxbill, Variable Sunbird, Cassin's Honeyguide, Bronze Sunbird, African Firefinch, Cassin's Flycatcher, White-chinned Prinia, Grey-headed Oliveback & Bar-breasted Firefinch.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

My latest lifer was Narrow-tailed Starling but earlier in the day Green-breasted Pitta (two pics), Ashy Flycatcher, White-tailed Ant-thrush, Green (Grey-chinned) Sunbird, Chimpanzee & Sooty Flycatcher were amongst other lifers.

171 bird lifers for the trip.

All the best

Paul

 

[Mysticete]

Chimpanzee would certainly be my "bird" of the day!

 

[Arcamedies]

Red bellied woodpecker. But I'm also new to birding.

 

[Paul Chapman]

My last of 10 lifers on July 1st was Crowned Lapwing with other lifers including Senegal Lapwing, Golden-breasted Bunting & Shining-blue Kingfisher.

All the best

Paul

 

[TicoTyler]

Well I just got lifer 1,131 even though it appears in position 707 on my life list. A recording I made was misidentified by the guide/friend I sent it to. I noticed it in my Unconfirmed Media on eBird so I sent it to the same guy (without even realizing he was the original source of the mistaken ID) and he said that's a White-fronted Tyrannulet (not a Mistletoe Tyrannulet). Took me a minute to register that was a lifer (so many Tyrannulets!)

 

[Paul Chapman]

My lifers in Uganda have increased to 239 out of 473 species with 200 photographed and another 35 species photographed for the first time.

My last new bird was Cape Wagtail. A few other bits. White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin-chat, Ludher's Bushshrike, Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Purple-breasted Sunbird & Gorilla. 😀

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Quieter returns today took the Ugandan lifers to 248 from a trip list of 482 species with the latest Stripe-breasted Tit. A couple of additional pics from today of new birds - Banded Prinia (Black-faced) & Yellow-crowned Canary. 😀

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Now 272 lifers from a trip list of 506 species in Uganda with the latest being Blue-headed Sunbird.

A few others today with Regal Sunbird, Grauer's Green Broadbill (two pics), Rwenzori Batis, Handsome Spurfowl, Archer's Robin-chat, Rwenzori Apalis & Rwenzori Hill Babbler.

Well, we were in the Rwenzori mountains... 😀

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

My latest lifer was Dusky Crimsonwing this afternoon on Mount Sabyinyo today. A few other ticks from a couple of days impacted by logistics - Stuhlman's Sunbird, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Western Tinkerbird, Kandt's Waxbill & Rwenzori Turaco.

All the best

Paul

 

[Bewick]

Rock sparrow, great to finally see one. Brings the patch total to around 90 species.

 

[TicoTyler]

Had quite an interesting one yesterday. Birding a rural road that goes through some good forest habitat we suddenly spotted a Bare-necked Umbrellabird perched on a Cecropia tree overhanging the road (not a lifer). We obviously stopped to observe such a fantastic species (my second ever sighting) and after we lost it in the forest I joked that now we needed a Sharpbill even if it's no longer in the Cotinga family with the Umbrellabird. One of my friends couldn't remember the vocalization of that species so he pulled out Merlin to check it. One immediately responded from nearby. Only responded once though, heard only lifer at least.

 

[ParisNorway]

#337: Black Guillemot in Ireland
#338: Great black-backed gull

I'm going through my photos from a big trip around Ireland, so most of my new lifers are birds that are probably absolutely boring for most forum members

But it was my first trip to the British Isles since I developed interest in birding (which was about 4 years ago). Especially black guillemots gave me joy. They are so pretty!

 

[Paul Chapman]

The last of four lifers today in Rwanda was Grauer's Warbler but a very poor pic.

Also today Ruaha (Arnot's) Chat & Forest (Dark-backed) Weaver.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Final lifer of my penultimate day of my Ugandan & Rwandan Tour was Montane (Rwenzori) Nightjar with earlier lifers in the day including Kungwe Apalis (two pics), Red-collared Mountain-babbler (two pics) & Fine-banded Woodpecker.

One last day to add to the return. Over 300 lifers now of which I have photographed over 260.

All the best

Paul

 

[foresttwitcher]

Black-winged Pratincole - S. Yorkshire, UK - today.

 

[Paul Chapman]

My final lifer on my Ugandan & Rwandan trip was Horus Swift but other lifers on the last day included Red-chested Owlet, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye & Neumann's Warbler.

All the best

Paul

 

[timsg80]

Franklin’s Gull at Crossness in London today!

 

[hookem2010]

After more than 6 long months, I finally nabbed #530, king rail. #400 for Texas!
An errand took me from Austin to Houston today, and it just so happened that a pair of birders turned up a king rail on the NW side of town. I didn't let a flooded grassy field stop me from getting to its reported location, and before long, I flushed the bird no more than a couple meters from my feet. I wasn't able to get back on it as it disappeared into the reeds, but thrilled to add a 3rd rail species in the last 3 years, after only turning up sora my first 5 years of birding.

 

[TeamLeip]

Fieldfare. Seen in a park in Linkoping Sweden. We took the train up from Copenhagen to visit with family and had some time to waste. We headed to a park and while strolling I saw the fieldfare in under the trees.