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  1. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    9 November, Okinawa. 762 Striated Heron 763 Intermediate Heron 764 Japanese Sparrowhawk 765 Barred Buttonquail 766 Long-toed Stint 767 Pintail Snipe 768 Amami Woodcock 769 Saunders Gull 770 Japanese Wood Pigeon 771 Whistling ( Red-capped) Green Pigeon 772 Black-throated Thrush 773...
  2. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    8 November, Naha, Okinawa, Japan 759 Ruddy Crake 760 GreyStarling 761 Yellow-throated Bunting Finally managed to get out into the Manko for lunch today. Chris
  3. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    September, Chile 2 670 Common Miner 671 Short-billed Miner 672 Greyish Miner 673 Puna Miner 674 Rufous-breasted Miner 675 Straight-billed Earthcreeper 676 Crag Chilla 677 Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper 678 Scale-throated Earthcreeper 679 Buff-winged Cincloides 680 Grey-flanked...
  4. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    Thanks Larry. I must admit it was an awesome trip but I think that may have been my last self planned uber-trip. I think I'll let someone else work out the logistics from now on. ;) BTW this was the first time I've got back and it has taken more than a day or two to get over it. Decrepitude is...
  5. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    September. Chile Underlined birds are 'lifers'. 499 Lesser Rhea 500 Puna Rhea 501 Ornate Tinamou 502 Chilean Tinamou 503 Andean Tinamou 504 Elegant Crested Tinamou 505 Patagonian Tinamou 506 Black-necked Swan 507 Coscoroba Swan 508 Andean Goose 509 Upland Goose Less. Magellan Goose...
  6. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    25 August. BMW/IMF, Burton, W. Cheshire 495 Pectoral Sandpiper 26 August. c.3.5 n.m. off North Wirral coast 496 Manx Shearwater 497 European Storm-Petrel 498 Great Skua Chris
  7. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    19 - 20 June. Garibaldi Provincial Park, B.C, Canada 467 White-winged Scoter 468 Barrow's Goldeneye 469 Bufflehead 470 Golden Eagle 471 Ruffed Grouse 472 Spruce / Franklin's Grouse 473 Band-tailed Pigeon 474 Rufous Hummingbird 475 Hammond's Flycatcher 476 Willow Flycatcher 477...
  8. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    18 June, Reifel Island, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 423 Snow Goose 424 Cackling Goose ( nom. ) 425 Am. Wigeon 426 Cinnamon Teal 427 Canvasback 428 Sandhill Crane 429 Am. Bittern 450 Semi-palmated Plover 451 Am. Avocet 452 Wilson's Phalarope 453 Wilson's Snipe 454 Short-billed ( Mew )...
  9. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    16 / 17 June, Lighthouse Park / Stanley Park / Burrard Inlet, Vancouver 390 Green-winged Teal 391 Lesser Scaup 392 Harlequin Duck 393 Western Grebe 394 Black-chinned Hummingbird 395 Rufous Hummingbird 396 Pelagic Cormorant 397 Brant's Cormorant 398 Black Oystercatcher 399 Surfbird 400...
  10. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    14 June, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada 368 American Mourning Dove 369 Common Nighthawk 370 Black Swift 371 Vaux's Swift 372 Anna's Hummingbird 373 Calliope Hummingbird 374 Western Kingbird 375 Hammond's Flycatcher 376 Warbling Vireo 377 Hudsonian Magpie 378 Northern...
  11. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    10 June, Gait Barrows, Lancashire. 367 Pied Flycatcher ( at last ) Chris
  12. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    That's just being cruel Larry :-O :-O :-O. I must admit birding, and general wildlife watching, in big cities is always a great surprise and often turns up some really stunning stuff. Having said that, I'm much happier being out somewhere a touch wilder. Chris
  13. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    " She who MUST be obeyed" - if I want to keep my privileges ( and various body parts as well ) :eek!:. It's a pity that it's such a drag to get to Jamaica Bay from central Manhatten on the A line. Do they really need all those stops ( when I'm going birding )? Chris
  14. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    15 May, New York ( Central Park, Jamaica Bay ) 294 Am. Black Duck 295 Green-winged Teal 296 Blue-winged Teal 297 Wood Duck 298 Redhead 299 Ring-necked Duck 300 Pied-billed Grebe 301 Chimney Swift 302 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 303 King Rail ( heard only ) 304 Sora Rail 305 Common...
  15. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    09 May, West Kirby, Wirral 293 Spotted Flycatcher Picked up while walking into the village. Chris
  16. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    05 May, Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate, W. Cheshire 292 Temminck's Stint Yet another cracking bird grabbed on my Old Farts Bus Pass :t: B (: Chris
  17. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    04 May, Burton Mere Wetlands, W. Cheshire 290 Garganey 291 Black-winged Pratincole ( my first for Wirral and Cheshire. ) Plus Great Egret :t:. The Pratincole turned up last night but I gambled on it still being present today ( and it was ........ for a couple of minutes. Then it vanished...
  18. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    Thanks for that, Larry. Got White Stork in France, so I'm alright for the year. But ................ that close to home :-C :-C :-C Chris
  19. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    26 April, Gilroy N.P., Wirral 289 Common Swift ( Just heard about 2 White Stork, on Tuesday. They were only a mile or so from my house and would have been my first in Wirral + Cheshire. Bitter? Me? Never ;) ) Chris
  20. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    23 April, Champagne - Ardennes, NE France 263 Garganey 264 White Stork 265 Common Quail ( heard ) 266 Montagu's Harrier 267 Eur. Hobby 268 Corn Crake ( heard ) 269 Spotted Crake ( heard ) 270 Little Ringed Plover 271 Black Tern 272 Eur. Hoopoe 273 Tawny Pipit 274 Tree Pipit 275...
  21. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    20 April, Gilroy N.P., Wirral 262 Common Grasshopper Warbler Chris
  22. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    18 April, Moore Nature Reserve, Warrington, West Cheshire 261 Common Redstart ( I had another one today along the Wirral Way. Both pristine males ) Chris
  23. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    16 April, Cubbins Green, West Kirby, Wirral 258 Lesser Whitethroat 17 April, Red Rocks, Wirral 259 Sandwich Tern 260 Common Tern Chris
  24. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    14 April, Gilroy N.P., Wirral 254 Sedge Warbler Meols, Wirral 255 Yellow Wagtail ( 2 cracking bright yellow birds seen from the train! ) Woolston Eyes, Warrington, West Cheshire 256 Black-necked Grebe ( probably the largest breeding colony in UK, 12 birds noted. I know, it's pitiful...
  25. chris butterworth

    Chris's 52nd year list !

    I meant to ask ( and I'm being serious, for once ). How do Amish handle binoculars? Telescopes have been around for some considerable time but bins are relatively recent. Chris
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