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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
29 December 2008 Steve and I made an early start today as we headed for north Lincolnshire. First call was Covenham Reservoir (Photo 1), five miles north of Louth; a 200-acre square, featureless stretch of water, with a concrete shoreline, that must be elevated at least 75 feet above the...- ChinaBirds
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- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
29 November 2008 Steve Whiteley and I met up at the Visitors Centre car park at Attenborough, at 0745 today, just as a foggy and cold dawn was breaking. The target, the recently reported Penduline Tit (a lifer) that had been spotted in the reed beds on Clifton Pond. Once at the site, the...- ChinaBirds
- Post #92
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
3 October 2008 A late morning trip to Norfolk with Steve Whiteley added but one new bird to my year list, a Little Stint at Titchwell. 441.Little Stint--------------------Titchwell----------------------England It was blowing an absolute gale down on the beach so we didn't spend long there...- ChinaBirds
- Post #91
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
28 September 2008 After well over a month with nothing new to add to my year list, hopes were high today, despite the very early start, for some good birds during the Yorkshire Belle cruise from Bridlington. DAZ joined me from near Leicester before we picked up Steve Whiteley in Ilkeston to...- ChinaBirds
- Post #90
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
15 August 2008 Continued……. Thanks again to BirdForum members the next two birds, both lifers, were identified. The first, a Marbled Godwit (Photo1), was feeding in the shallows, the second, a Forster’s Tern (Photo 2), was being chased by a juvenile that wanted feeding. 427.Marbled...- ChinaBirds
- Post #89
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
15 August 2008 Our final full day in the USA and I was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge before 6am. Initially I walked all of the way round West Pond. Out on the beach Boat Tailed Grackles (Photo1) were feeding young, the first lifer of the day. 420.Boat Tailed Grackle---------Jamaica Bay (New...- ChinaBirds
- Post #88
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
14 August 2008 Continued… Several small waders were feeding close to me in the very short grass, and thanks to the expertise from BirdForum members the first was identified as a Least Sandpiper (Photo1) and the second, a lifer, a Semipalmated Sandpiper (Photo 2). 418.Least...- ChinaBirds
- Post #87
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
14 August 2008 Yesterday we drove the 550 miles from Toronto to New York, the furthest I had driven in a single day, which didn’t seem too bad except for the thunderstorm we passed through, I had never seen rain like it, the car aquaplaning several times. Staying near JFK airport we made a...- ChinaBirds
- Post #86
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
12 August 2008 The morning was spent visiting downtown Toronto including the CN Tower. While Jamie was kept busy (and smiling) touring further area’s of the city with Winston’s two young daughters in the afternoon, I persuaded Winston he absolutely needed to go on his first ever birding...- ChinaBirds
- Post #85
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
11 August 2008 Yesterday we left Roscoe for Watkins Glen to watch the NASCAR race. We lucked in with someone selling start line grandstand tickets for less than marked price and to Jamie’s big surprise we met Juan Pablo Montoya (his hero) walking amongst the huge SUV’s in the in-field before...- ChinaBirds
- Post #84
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
9 August 2008 Continued….. Racing back down the hill, on the edge of control I put on the brakes when a Red Eyed Vireo (Photo1), a lifer, was calling just as the road levelled out. 406.Red Eyed Vireo---------------Roscoe-----------------------USA We did also come across a Wildlife Sanctuary...- ChinaBirds
- Post #83
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
9 August 2008 An early walk around Roscoe produced a lifer before I left the grounds of the motel, a superb Rose Breasted Grosbeak (Photo 1), only the second time I had reached 400 birds in a year! 400.Rose Breasted Grosbeak--------------Roscoe----------------USA Quietly sitting on Marge’s...- ChinaBirds
- Post #82
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
8 August 2008 Continued….. Just as I was leaving their house a Red Winged Blackbird (Photo1) joined the many Common Grackles around the base of the tree. 397.Red Winged Blackbird------------------Roscoe------------------USA Jamie and I then went in search of some food, which made us realise...- ChinaBirds
- Post #81
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
8 August 2008 Continued….. Several Tufted Titmouse (Photo 1) made the occasional visit, while my favourite birds, Ruby Throated Hummingbirds (Photo 2), the size of large bees hovered within three feet of me as they fed on the sugar feeder. They gave out a quiet “pheep”, which could be heard...- ChinaBirds
- Post #80
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
8 August 2008 Continued….. Arriving in Roscoe, a small village, Jamie busied himself on the nine-hole golf course across the road from our Motel while I wondered around close to the clubhouse, birding. As luck would have it the house (and 80 acres of woodland), next to the golf course, was...- ChinaBirds
- Post #79
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
8 August 2008 After picking up our Avis rental car we set off for Roscoe in mid state New York in the Catskills. After crossing the Hudson River we stopped for a short while at a scenic viewing area near Palisades. The car park was at the top of a cliff face high above the Hudson River giving...- ChinaBirds
- Post #78
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
7 August 2008 Continued… Another lifer an American Redstart (Photo 1) again high up in the trees quickly followed. 377.American Redstart------------Central Park (New York)------------USA As we made our way to The Pond, which was covered in pungent smelling green algae, a Blue Jay (Photo 2)...- ChinaBirds
- Post #77
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
7 August 2008 An early morning visit to Central Park to meet up with a fellow BirdForum member, who has asked to remain nameless, produced a good number of birds. I had to walk from our hotel, the Courtyard New York Manhattan in Upper East Side on 92nd street to meet him near the Dakota...- ChinaBirds
- Post #76
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
6 August 2008 After flying into JFK airport, last night, today was Jamie (my son) and my first full day in New York. Naturally we did all the sights, including going to the top of the Empire State Building, Times Square, the Flatiron Building, Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Centre and the...- ChinaBirds
- Post #75
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
2 August 2008 Another trip to Titchwell in Norfolk today, on a day of mixed weather and fortunes. The main purpose was to seek out the Pectoral Sandpiper (Photo 1) that had been reported over the last few days. Although some distance away it was showing well but difficult to photo...- ChinaBirds
- Post #74
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
19 July 2008 Thanks to the fifth person to rate this thread, much appreciated. Birding very quiet locally at the moment. A trip to New York / Toronto in early August should set the ball rolling again if there is nothing local over the next couple of weeks Cheers Nick- ChinaBirds
- Post #73
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
5 July 2008 continued... At the North Scrape four Spoonbills (Photo 1) could be seen at the far end of the scrape, with one bird unable to stand still for long while the other three showed their indifference, particularly when a heavy downpour drenched everything, even flooding the path to the...- ChinaBirds
- Post #72
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
5 July 2008 Steve Whiteley (Photo1) and I had a leisurely drive over to Norfolk today, arriving at the Cley visitor centre around 10am. Our first call was at Simmond’s Scrape to look for the Lesser Yellowlegs (Photo 2) that had been around for a couple of weeks. We were not disappointed as the...- ChinaBirds
- Post #71
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
23 June 2008 A very pleasent, late evening at Ambaston, just outside Derby watching a fully summer plumaged Black Necked Grebe on the first gravel pit. Beautiful weather and a beautiful bird, my 202nd UK bird of the year. Thanks to DaveN for spotting my rather large drop off and calling it a...- ChinaBirds
- Post #70
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008
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China Birds (Nick Sismey) 2008 List (Incudes UK, China, Hong Kong & USA)
15 June 2008 A 5am alarm this morning in the Xindu Hotel, Huzhou, a very good hotel considering the mere £11.50 bill for the night. Then a typical local Chinese breakfast outside at small restaurant just up the road. There were patches of blue sky but a heavy rain shower made us aware that a...- ChinaBirds
- Post #69
- Forum: Member's Lists 2008