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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (17 Viewers)
- Thread starter Larry Lade
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A two life bird day! First I finally saw the Green Kingfisher after going to the pond it has been sited on four different times. Then less than two minutes after the Green Kingfisher I had a Belted Kingfisher show up. What an excellent day!
Long tailed duck and snow bunting at Filey 19 November. The lil' beauties, made an old man very happy.
prairiemerlin
registered guy
Gray Jay on Friday in the Upper Penninsula. I've looked for them several times, so it was somewhat of a nemesis for me.
The main purpose of the trip was to twitch a Vermillion Flycatcher and a Green-tailed Towhee. We got both, but neither were lifers.
--Neil G.
The main purpose of the trip was to twitch a Vermillion Flycatcher and a Green-tailed Towhee. We got both, but neither were lifers.
--Neil G.
MKinHK
Mike Kilburn
Taiwan Blue Magpie and Taiwan Whistling Thrush yesterday in Wulai, 25 KM south of Taipei.
I hd superb views of the former feeding in a small fruiting tree - about 20 came out and flew past about 20 yards away - a wonderful view of my third new Magpie this month!( see post 428 on this thread).
The second was a real "non-birding girlfriend" moment: It was sat on a carved marble post in a park - the bird dropped before she got onto it and she responded to my "Have a look through the bins - its a really beautiful bird", with "Well the post is beautiful". Oh well . . .
I hd superb views of the former feeding in a small fruiting tree - about 20 came out and flew past about 20 yards away - a wonderful view of my third new Magpie this month!( see post 428 on this thread).
The second was a real "non-birding girlfriend" moment: It was sat on a carved marble post in a park - the bird dropped before she got onto it and she responded to my "Have a look through the bins - its a really beautiful bird", with "Well the post is beautiful". Oh well . . .
tommybrent
Active member
Marsh Harrier, Awesome!
PoconoBird
New member
Woodcock
10/22/2006 - I was sitting by my fire about 1/2 hour before sunset. The fire pit is in a large clearing in the woods behind my house. I had just tipped up my glass of beer and noticed a rather large bird about 100 ft away, wings flapping fast but very animated, flying in my general direction. As I watch it seemed as if this bird was flying right at me. Sure enough, as it approached, it got lower and lower. At first I thought it was a small owl, but then I saw this long comical beak. It had to be only 3 ft from my head before it noticed me there. The sound of the wings were like sheets in the wind, very loud. It veered at the last second to avoid me and landed in the woods only 20 ft away. I tried to flush it up again, but it must have run away under the heavy fern cover.
This was the funniest looking bird that I ever saw up close. I have seen pictures of them, but never one in person (or in flight). The wing span was approximately 20-22" to the best of my judgement.
10/22/2006 - I was sitting by my fire about 1/2 hour before sunset. The fire pit is in a large clearing in the woods behind my house. I had just tipped up my glass of beer and noticed a rather large bird about 100 ft away, wings flapping fast but very animated, flying in my general direction. As I watch it seemed as if this bird was flying right at me. Sure enough, as it approached, it got lower and lower. At first I thought it was a small owl, but then I saw this long comical beak. It had to be only 3 ft from my head before it noticed me there. The sound of the wings were like sheets in the wind, very loud. It veered at the last second to avoid me and landed in the woods only 20 ft away. I tried to flush it up again, but it must have run away under the heavy fern cover.
This was the funniest looking bird that I ever saw up close. I have seen pictures of them, but never one in person (or in flight). The wing span was approximately 20-22" to the best of my judgement.
Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
Just had to cross one off - discovered that Highland Motmot has been lumped with Blue-crowned Motmot.
Thanks for nothing to the AOU South American Checklist working group. Still, maybe they might split something else to make up.
Steve
Thanks for nothing to the AOU South American Checklist working group. Still, maybe they might split something else to make up.
Steve
Sandra (Taylor)
Well-known member
My latest lifer was a view of 2 common cranes at Stubbs Mill watchpoint near Hickling Broad in Norfolk last Monday evening at dusk. Well worth waiting for!
Sandra
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Sandra
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AmpelisChinito
Cedar Waxwing Chairman
Black Scoter, # 218, off Middletown, RI. Finally!
AmpelisChinito
Cedar Waxwing Chairman
lvn600 said:
Aw man! I've yet to see a Northern Shrike. I've seen a few loggerheads in the south, but I haven't yet caught a northern. Nice bird!
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