Hi,
I am going to make a Topic were Birders like me can tell what Lifers we have seen in the past week, Month, or Year! So to start it off, Today I saw My first Surf Scoter male in Breeding and if you want to give the location you saw the bird or the day (if you know) when you saw the bird For Example: my First Scoter was on 4/8/12 and in IN at Eagle Creek park!
Have Sooooo Much fun!
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 07:23 PM
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 10:28 PM
Well, I got my 90th yard bird. It was a NRWS as you (shoveler, melissa) already know. Not a lifer but a nice bird. Seen on 4/8/12.
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 10:29 PM
Awesome! Thanks JimBob!
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 10:30 PM
You are welcome!
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
I may live in San Diego County, buy my home and heart will always be in Missouri.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 11:10 PM
Just came back from the park, where we saw a Pied-billed Grebe and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. The grebe isn't a lifer, but the sapsucker was for me!! 4-8-12
Latest Lifers: Iceland Gull, Snowy Owl, Tufted Duck, Barnacle Goose, Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler
ABA Life List: 236
ABA 2013 List: 201 -/+
Coolest Sightings: Whip-poor-will, Yellow & Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-breasted Chat, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Clapper Rail, Least Tern, Piping Plover
Pictures: http://bluebird88.imgur.com
ABA Life List: 236
ABA 2013 List: 201 -/+
Coolest Sightings: Whip-poor-will, Yellow & Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-breasted Chat, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Clapper Rail, Least Tern, Piping Plover
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 11:49 PM
yesterday saw kestrel, louisiana waterthrush, and meadowlarks. none lifers all are good
Yard list 133
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
Year list- 213
Bird lifers 252
Latest- Gray-cheeked Thrush, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Red-necked Phalarope, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler
Butterfly lifers- 55
Latest- Juvenal's Duskywing, Spring Azure, Mourning Cloak, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Falcate Orangetip
Dragonfly and damselflies lifers- 12
Latest- Black Saddleback, Carolina Saddleback, Green Darner, Familiar Bluet, and Violet Dancer
2013 Va big year 179
Recent- Eastern Whip-poor-will
Year list- 213
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 12:20 AM
Awesome!
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:11 AM
Today we were north of Grand Rapids in search of the Greater Prairie Chicken but got the Wilson's Snipe instead!
Life List~444
Latest Lifer~Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Bobolink, Groove-billed Ani, Cerelean Warbler, Ovenbird, Veery, Northern Bobwhite, Golden-winged Warbler
2012 Big Year List~351
2013 Year List~ 299
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:25 AM
Wow Cool I love when that happens!!!
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:31 AM
Wow Cool I love when that happens!!!
Yeah but sure wish we would of gotten those chickens! But we did see a Killdeer laying on some eggs! (Killdeer not a lifer)
Life List~444
Latest Lifer~Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Bobolink, Groove-billed Ani, Cerelean Warbler, Ovenbird, Veery, Northern Bobwhite, Golden-winged Warbler
2012 Big Year List~351
2013 Year List~ 299
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 04:16 AM
Got a lifer Chipping Sparrow yesterday. That is, after about two months of looking and a lot of White-crowned, Golden-crowned and Songs.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 10:27 AM
wow I have seen a Chipping but never a Golden Crowned!
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
My life list: 252
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:12 PM
Yeah, me too! I have a ton of chippings around here - I have more than a dozen chipping sparrow nests in my bathroom - they're adorable!
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:12 PM
I should add that I pick the nests up when they blow down in the fall, I don't have a dozen chipping sparrows nesting in my bathroom!
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:27 PM
Believe it or not I need Chipping Sparrow on my yard list. . . they are on my life list though!
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
I may live in San Diego County, buy my home and heart will always be in Missouri.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 01:53 PM
Saturday on Dauphin Island, AL I saw 5 life birds: grey-cheeked thrush, Swainson's thrush, Cerulean warbler, Blackburnian warbler, and blue-winged warbler.
Notable birds were: Prothonotary, black-and-white, worm-eating, Tennessee (by the hundreds), and yellow-throated warblers. Am. redstart, yellow-breasted chat, common yellowthroat, Louisiana waterthrush. Red-eyed and yellow-throated vireos. Orchard orioles by the hundreds. Indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, summer and scarlet tanagers.
It was an awesome day. Overwhelming at times.
Notable birds were: Prothonotary, black-and-white, worm-eating, Tennessee (by the hundreds), and yellow-throated warblers. Am. redstart, yellow-breasted chat, common yellowthroat, Louisiana waterthrush. Red-eyed and yellow-throated vireos. Orchard orioles by the hundreds. Indigo bunting, blue grosbeak, summer and scarlet tanagers.
It was an awesome day. Overwhelming at times.
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Latest life birds- Grey-cheeked thursh, Swainson's thrush, Blackburnian warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged warbler, worm-eating warbler
Latest life birds- Grey-cheeked thursh, Swainson's thrush, Blackburnian warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged warbler, worm-eating warbler
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 02:03 PM
I'm extremely jealous!!! 10 of those would be lifers for me!!! I'm pretty deficient in the warbler department.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 02:15 PM
Wow!!!!! Man take me with you!! (I will pay!) I am well behaved. . . J/k
Congrats!
Congrats!
ABA list: 295 Latest: Swamp Sparrow
2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 02:16 PM
I forgot to add swallow-tailed kite. I'm fortunate enough to see them fairly regularly, but most would love the chance to just see one. Forgot to add Kentucky warbler as well.
We talked to a few people there on Saturday and apparently it had been DEAD on the island in the days before with little to no bird activity.
People were showing up just to see the Cerulean warblers.
We talked to a few people there on Saturday and apparently it had been DEAD on the island in the days before with little to no bird activity.
People were showing up just to see the Cerulean warblers.
Life list- 357
Latest life birds- Grey-cheeked thursh, Swainson's thrush, Blackburnian warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged warbler, worm-eating warbler
Latest life birds- Grey-cheeked thursh, Swainson's thrush, Blackburnian warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Blue-winged warbler, worm-eating warbler
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 08:18 PM
Finally laid eyes on my first American Woodcock on Saturday outside Front Royal, Virginia. I've heard them countless times, but this time I was lucky enough to spot the little guy!
Life List: 586
Latest birds: Northern Goshawk, Greater Sage-grouse, Sage Sparrow
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