Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (21 Viewers)

[temmie]

Maghreb Owl. It took me 3 hours in the evening (7-10 PM) before I was totally exhausted and decided to get up at 3 in the morning and try again. Finally, at 6AM, after checking out the main stake-outs for quite some time, I lucked into it by randomly trying along the road up to Oukaimeden.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Logistics fell over today but nevertheless, 81 lifers from a trip list of 161 species now & ticks today included Snowy Sheathbill, Imperial & Magellanic Cormorants, South American Tern & Elegant Crested-tinamou.

All the best

Paul

 

[Mysticete]

Out of curiosity where was the sheathbill?

 

[Paul Chapman]

Out of curiosity where was the sheathbill?

Just here near Puerto Madryn:-

42°48'45.3"S 64°53'53.7"W

maps.app.goo.gl

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A single lifer today takes me to 82 lifers on the trip & lifers on each of the last seven days.

Slender-billed Prion

All the best

Paul

 

[Raptorama]

I saw my first Harlequin Duck (female) at Coney Island, NYC, last weekend. The beach there is my favorite place to see interesting ducks in winter.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Twelve lifers on day eight of the trip on the Falkland Islands as the trip list increased to 183 including 94 lifers.

Today, new birds included Falkland Islands Steamer Duck, Ruddy-headed Goose, Inland Goose, Dark-faced Ground-tyrant, Corendera Pipit, Long-tailed Meadowlark & Rufous-chested Dotterel.

All thw best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Three lifers today took me to 97 lifers amongst a trip list of 188 species & was my ninth day of the trip with at least one lifer every day.

Pics of the three being Magellanic Diving-petrel, Striated Caracara with the backdrop of the Cape Horn lighthouse & Snowy Albatross.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A significant 15 lifers around Ushuaia today was an excellent return taking me to 112 lifers from a trip list of 208 species on day ten of a planned forty day trip. 😀

A few pics of some of today's lifers - Fire-eyed Diucon, Magellanic Woodpeckers (three pics), Thorn-tailed Doradito, Spectacled Duck, Buff-winged Cinclodes, Flightless Steamer-duck & White-throated Caracaras (two pics).

All the best

Paul

 

[OrnithologyDevotee]

A significant 15 lifers around Ushuaia today was an excellent return taking me to 112 lifers from a trip list of 208 species on day ten of a planned forty day trip. 😀

A few pics of some of today's lifers - Fire-eyed Diucon, Magellanic Woodpeckers (three pics), Thorn-tailed Doradito, Spectacled Duck, Buff-winged Cinclodes, Flightless Steamer-duck & White-throated Caracaras (two pics).

All the best

Paul

Thank you for sharing! I find it so cool how you take pictures of almost every bird you see! Yet another reminder to save up for a camera to share what I find.

 

[Jon.Bryant]

Magellanic Woodpeckers (three pics)

Nice birds and very jealous - I somehow managed to dip this one in Tierra del Fuego National Park, and can't imagine I will go back soon.

It was even more annoying, as a passenger on our later trip to Antarctica, had some quite nice pics, which she had taken with her mobile!

Good luck with White-bellied Seedsnipe and Chillean Hawk.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Nice birds and very jealous - I somehow managed to dip this one in Tierra del Fuego National Park, and can't imagine I will go back soon.

It was even more annoying, as a passenger on our later trip to Antarctica, had some quite nice pics, which she had taken with her mobile!

Good luck with White-bellied Seedsnipe and Chillean Hawk.

On a cruise so no chance of the Seedsnipe. Punta Arenas today where another 7 lifers took me to 119 lifers from 218 trip list so far.

A few pics - Lesser Rhea, Lesser Horned Owl, Patagonian Canastero, Ashy-headed Goose, Two-banded Plover & Magellanic Plover.

All the best

Paul

 

[Viktor Björkert]

Patagonian Canastero

I think you mean Austral Canastero?

 

[Paul Chapman]

I think you mean Austral Canastero?

Indeed & the day before I meant Thorn-tailed Rayadito. I seem to have a gift for getting names wrong....

Many thanks

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A single lifer today with Westland Petrel takes me to 120 lifers from a trip list of 219 species.

A few pics of Westland Petrel with two comparison White-chinned Petrel pics.

All the best

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

The run kept going today so now 13 days in a row with at least one lifer on this trip. Two lifers today & back of camera pics of both Stejneger's Petrel & Pink-footed Shearwater.

All the best

Paul

 

[TicoTyler]

The run kept going today so now 13 days in a row with at least one lifer on this trip. Two lifers today & back of camera pics of both Stejneger's Petrel & Pink-footed Shearwater.

All the best

Paul

I think Pink-footed was actually my first Shearwater. In Costa Rica we get Wedge-tailed (most common), Pink-footed and Galapagos pretty easily on pelagic trips but I think that was the first one we saw on my first pelagic.

 

[Paul Chapman]

I think Pink-footed was actually my first Shearwater. In Costa Rica we get Wedge-tailed (most common), Pink-footed and Galapagos pretty easily on pelagic trips but I think that was the first one we saw on my first pelagic.

I will be sailing through Costa Rican waters around 30th March to 1st April if things go to plan. Hopefully, a few seabird ticks to come. 😀

All the best

Paul

 

[TicoTyler]

Pretty sure I managed my lifer Tiny Hawk today. I had it as a species in mind although unlikely to appear. Was on my way back to the car from a Hawk Watch tower when I saw a dove-sized bird land in a tree about 30 meters ahead of me next to a pond. As I got closer and tried to locate it, a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird came in and mobbed it, which prompted the bird to take off. I got a good look at the tail pattern and size as it flew into the forest. The other possibility for the tail I saw was Double-toothed Kite but given it's double the size and my initial reaction was something the size of a White-tipped Dove I'm thinking it was the Tiny Hawk. Leaving it with a mental asterisk on my list but seems like it was a good fit.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Pretty sure I managed my lifer Tiny Hawk today. I had it as a species in mind although unlikely to appear. Was on my way back to the car from a Hawk Watch tower when I saw a dove-sized bird land in a tree about 30 meters ahead of me next to a pond. As I got closer and tried to locate it, a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird came in and mobbed it, which prompted the bird to take off. I got a good look at the tail pattern and size as it flew into the forest. The other possibility for the tail I saw was Double-toothed Kite but given it's double the size and my initial reaction was something the size of a White-tipped Dove I'm thinking it was the Tiny Hawk. Leaving it with a mental asterisk on my list but seems like it was a good fit.

Very cool. My lifer Tiny Hawk was at Braulio Carillo NP.