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Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (15 Viewers)
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Birdingcraft
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Last life bird was Speckled Piculet seen with a mixed flock of Babblers, etc. along the temple steps at Chiang Dao, Thailand. Wish I were there now- excellent birding!
Tero
Retired
My last one was Mourning Warbler. A bit unsatisfying, as I did not get a good look at the front, partial side view only. A birder had chased it for half an hour and seen it many times, I had 10 minutes only. So I wrote it down as a lifer, as it turned out to be #300 and I have been after one ...any one..a few weeks now. I lamost twitched a local ibis to get to 300.
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
today got pied flycatcher in a park at garmisch-partenkirchen. (im on vacattion, this is not in texas)
Larry Lade
Moderator
I just "googled" garmisch partenkirchen and found this for those of you like me who might not know where this place is.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, southern Germany.
jocateme
Well-known member
I have been to Costanera Sur Reserve in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have seen 10 new birds, last beeing Bay-winged Cowbird (not in Costanera Sur, but still in Buenos Aires).
Hooded Siskin (Carduelis magellanica)
Masked Gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola)
Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius)
Black-capped Warbling Finch (Poospiza melanoleuca)
Gray-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea)
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocoryphus)
Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa)
Bay-winged Cowbird (Agelaioides badius)
Hooded Siskin (Carduelis magellanica)
Masked Gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola)
Solitary Cacique (Cacicus solitarius)
Black-capped Warbling Finch (Poospiza melanoleuca)
Gray-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea)
Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocoryphus)
Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa)
Bay-winged Cowbird (Agelaioides badius)
Stevie babe
Well-known member
Finally got Bearded Tit at Radipole, Dorset
Steve
Steve
ColinD
Well-known member
White-tailed Plover Leighton Moss 16th June 2007. Before that my all time bogey bird, Common Crane, four of which I found for myself within a couple of miles from home in Feb 2006, then saw flocks of hundreds in Donana in December 2006.
I very rarely get a "life" bird these days, either in Britain or Europe, mainly because I don't twitch very often or very far, and have been birding for 35 years. Also, for 25 years, all of my holidays abroad have been in Europe. I've only been outside Europe once, and that on a non-birding holiday. There are still European birds that I need, but they're not normally within range of a family holiday.
Might try and work out my UK, Europe and local lists later......
I very rarely get a "life" bird these days, either in Britain or Europe, mainly because I don't twitch very often or very far, and have been birding for 35 years. Also, for 25 years, all of my holidays abroad have been in Europe. I've only been outside Europe once, and that on a non-birding holiday. There are still European birds that I need, but they're not normally within range of a family holiday.
Might try and work out my UK, Europe and local lists later......
naturistbird
Well-known member
Mine was a Dipper, seen just two days ago, on large stones in a stream halfway down a steep descent from a ridge just outside Keswick.
Gill Osborne
Well-known member
Got my first Wood Sandpiper yesterday at Druridge Pools :t: Lifer No. 190
Took a bit of doing though....spent twenty minutes scouring the area it had been reported from then saw it pottering about in the reeds. Was 99% sure it WAS the Woody but I do insist on being completely sure to add it to my Life List...by which time the wee devil had hidden itself! :-C
Told Neil I was NOT moving from the hide until I saw the bird ( or it got too dark to see anything!
) so he settled down with his book :-O
Half an hour later a movement cauht my eye and it moved out from the reeds and showed itself superbly for me :t: Got all the id points ticked off as it fed on waters edge and bathed.
Very satisfying :t: Just wish another birder or two had been around to share it with as I've been shown things in the past which I would have probably missed otherwise.
Took a bit of doing though....spent twenty minutes scouring the area it had been reported from then saw it pottering about in the reeds. Was 99% sure it WAS the Woody but I do insist on being completely sure to add it to my Life List...by which time the wee devil had hidden itself! :-C
Told Neil I was NOT moving from the hide until I saw the bird ( or it got too dark to see anything!
) so he settled down with his book :-O Half an hour later a movement cauht my eye and it moved out from the reeds and showed itself superbly for me :t: Got all the id points ticked off as it fed on waters edge and bathed.
Very satisfying :t: Just wish another birder or two had been around to share it with as I've been shown things in the past which I would have probably missed otherwise.
joe cockram
Registered Member
had 17 lifers on a short trip to Madird last week, highlight were the final 3 lifers of the trip, Little and Great Bustards, and Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Joe
Joe
Larry Lade
Moderator
I guess there are not too many people getting "lifers" lately! No posts since June 18.
It is pretty slow here during the summer in Missouri, but there is always a chance to see a rare shorebird (wader) as they begin to migrate down to their wintering areas.
*I did see a stint (very rare for our area) the 28th-31st July, 2002!
It is pretty slow here during the summer in Missouri, but there is always a chance to see a rare shorebird (wader) as they begin to migrate down to their wintering areas.
*I did see a stint (very rare for our area) the 28th-31st July, 2002!
tyrannulet
Deranged but fun...
most recent one would be a pair of Crissal Thrashers in South-Centrel AZ.
Storm-Petrel
registered dude
dude, are you on your trip in AZ now???
anyways, me most recent. look to ya left at my avatar. nuff sed
tyrannulet
Deranged but fun...
no, i am going on the 17th, that was from my last trip at the end of march
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