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  1. dennis

    1000th bird?

    Hello all! With my lifelist standing at 889, I'm dreaming about when and where I will find my 1000th. With a trip to Hawaii next year and Australia in 2008, I'm fairly confident that an Aussie bird will be the One. How about You? Anyone want to talk about their 1000th? Hope it wasn't a...
  2. dennis

    Info needed: Roatan Island, Honduras

    Hello all, In March my wife and I will be on a western Caribbean cruise. One day will be spent on Roatan Island. Can't seem to locate any trip reports for this island. Does anyone have any insight into where to go and what I might see there? Thanks in advance, Dennis
  3. dennis

    Red-footed Falcon

    For all interested.... Sighted on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. First Western Hemisphere record. Still present. YOU WON'T BE LONELY!!! dennis
  4. dennis

    Need info on Rome in winter

    Hello all. My wife and I have booked a 4 night holiday to Rome in early February. Does anyone have any knowledge of which species might be encountered while we visit the standard tourist haunts? I know, I know...February isn't exactly a peak birding month but the flights sure are cheap! LOL...
  5. dennis

    Scratching my head

    Just received this report from a local nature writer: Received from a reader: When: late November Where: eastern Pennsylvania,USA What? : A bird standing in my front yard, shiny black like a Crow but much bigger, not quite as big as a turkey, long neck with feathers on neck that looked...
  6. dennis

    Migration - Southern Spain

    Hello All, My wife and I are considering a one week trip to the Costa del Sol. We may stay in the Torremolinos area. Now the question..... If you could pick any week for this trip and had an addiction to birdwatching, which week would be best? dennis
  7. dennis

    Take a note. Pass it on.

    Hi everyone. Justed wanted to share a recent experience. Two years ago my wife and I where vacationing in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We stayed on the island of Providentiales for a week. During our stay I noticed a pair of Monk Parakeets building a nest on a utility pole near our hotel...
  8. dennis

    Looking for Herbert Raffaele

    Looking for Herbert Raffaele(SUCCESS) Hello all. Upon reviewing some of my field notes I now realize that a sighting of 2 Monk Parakeets(building a nest) on the island of Providentials, Turks and Caicos, could be a first ever for that island. I've checked Raffaele's "A Guide to the West...
  9. dennis

    Who am I?

    Thought I'd try a different type of puzzle. WHO AM I? I'm endemic to my "American" country. My two word name contains 4 o's and 4 c's. My family of birds can be found in Africa and Asia but not within 300 miles of me. For the North Americans trying to solve this puzzle... Mr. Clement's list...
  10. dennis

    Just returned - Caribbean

    Hello all. My wife and I just returned from a 7 day(Nov. 8-15) cruise through the eastern Caribbean. Along the way we ported in Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Lucia, Dominica and the Dominican Republic. We spent about 8 hours in each port. This was not a birding holiday BUT the...
  11. dennis

    Forum Warbler Year List (VI)

    Hello everyone! Time to start anew. This is the warbler list to date. Please post any new discoveries to this thread. The list is based on Clement's, "Birds of the World, a Checklist". OLD WORLD WARBLERS (Sylviidae) Chestnut-headed Tesia Gray-bellied Tesia Asian Stubtail Pale-footed...
  12. dennis

    Hummers !!

    Tony C's recent post about a Costa Rican Hummingbird sighting got me checking my list. I've recorded 59 species of hummingbirds in my travels. Best two sights I've found for these great birds are: La Paz Waterfalls in Costa Rica(great feeders and a butterfly farm to amaze) and the...
  13. dennis

    Brown-headed Cowbird/West Nile Virus

    A friend, who is employed by the State of New Jersey in the field of mosquito research, has sent this article: Ecological Society of America, Conference Report (Day 1, August 4, 2003) Provided via BioMedNet (http://news.bmn.com/conferences/): WEST NILE VIRUS, FRAGMENTATION & THE BROWN-HEADED...
  14. dennis

    IDing Woodpeckers by ear

    On a recent field trip I picked up a new skill. A fellow birder, hearing the tapping of a woodpecker species, announced, "Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!". Raising an eyebrow, I asked for his basis of identification. Seems that the cadence of the rapping was the key. I've now re-listened to some...
  15. dennis

    Caribbean birding

    Hello all, My wife and I will be taking a cruise this November. Starting in Puerto Rico, we will port on St. Thomas, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia and La Romano(Dominican Rep.). The bad news is that we will only have about 10 hours at each stop. I would enjoy hearing from anyone who may have...
  16. dennis

    Better take my pills!

    Yikes!! I just was reviewing my life list. 843 species in the past 11 years. That is an average of about 77 per year. There are about 9700 species worldwide. At 77 per year it would take 126 years to see them all. Since I started "listing" at age 36, I will have to make it to 162!! Off...
  17. dennis

    "Great" walk

    Just returned from a 1/2 hour walk near my home in Pennsylvania. In addition to the "regulars" such as Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Grey Catbird, American Robin,etc., I came across a "Great" Blue Heron, "Great" Horned Owl and a "Great" Crested Flycatcher. "Great" huh? dennis
  18. dennis

    Henslow hunting

    I've just heard of a field within 2 hours of my home that sports breeding Henslow's Sparrow. That is about as close as I can get to their breeding range. Four of us will attempt to put this species on our lifelists this Sunday. Wish us luck! looking for #843, dennis
  19. dennis

    Forum warbler year list(III)

    Hello all. The last thread was getting a tad large(90 replies and 915 views) so let's start fresh. The following is a list of all warbler species reported to the Forum in 2003. The species considered for the list include all those accepted by James Clements in his "Birds of the World a...
  20. dennis

    2002 List Report

    Hello all. I just received my copy of the American Birding Assoc. yearly list report from its' members. Thought I'd share a few reports and see how it may compare to other reports you have heard. ABA members totals(reported, not all are): World list leader - Tom Gullick of Spain with 8,195...
  21. dennis

    Pennsylvania

    Hi all. I just received the annual List Report from the American Birding Assoc. Dave DeReamus of Northampton County leads the way with 353 birds recorded in Pennsylvania. Joyce Hoffmann recorded 290 species in Pa. in 2002 to lead in the annual list catagory. I didn't keep a annual list but...
  22. dennis

    stow away birds

    While taking a cruise several years ago I noticed a Black-throated Blue Warbler in a fake palm tree onboard. We we were sailing between Florida and the Bahamas. I also had a Red-breasted Nuthatch land on my shoulder, while standing at the rail, far out at sea. These birds were obviously...
  23. dennis

    Everyday Birds

    This may have been done before...If so, sorry. I'm a lettercarrier for the U.S. Postal Service. 5 or 6 days a week you can find me walking the neighborhoods of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. As I walk, without binoculars, many species can be seen in the yards I pass. This caused me to think about...
  24. dennis

    Round the world birding trip

    I came across this website from a couple who checked out of life for a year and went birding. I drool at the thought. http://wholewideworld.tripod.com/Home.htm I can dream, can't I? dennis
  25. dennis

    Strangest name

    Looking over my life list, sometimes I am amazed by the names given to some species. They must have had a few pints in them when they decided on my personal favorite.... Superciliaried Hemispingus You pronounce it just likes it's spelled......if you can spell it! Anyone else have a contender...
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