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  1. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    A belated Happy New Year's to any of you who have come across this. This has been an interesting birding year for me. I had fewer total species (355) than I had in the previous three years. And certainly life birds were harder to come by; I had 22 life birds this year. Winter Finches in...
  2. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    On this last day of the year, there have been repeated reports of a very wary Wren upstream from Canyon Lake. After working a half day, I quickly went out to the sight and was rewarded with a good look at a Wren. Spent a lot of time and effort to try to determine whether it was a Winter or a...
  3. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    The weather has been pretty ridiculous recently, and that along with the end of the year when it is hard to find anything out of the ordinary, has resulted in my not doing an awful lot of birding. I did put together a short list of birds that might be targets for this last week of the year...
  4. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Still in NJ, my wife and I traveled out to Barnegat Light, on the New Jersey Shore. It was an incredibly beautiful day down the shore, with light winds, and temperatures starting in high 30 thirties, but moving into the 40s rapidly. I was really hoping to see the King Eiders that have been...
  5. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    After eating way more than I should have for Thanksgiving, I got up before dawn and drove down the shore to do some post-Holiday birding. An absolutely beautiful morning, with almost no wind, I first went to Monmouth Beach, where a King Eider had been seen in the last week or so. No luck on...
  6. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    I spent the weekend in the Pierre Area for the fall meeting of the South Dakota Ornithological Union. After an extremely uneventful Saturday outing, where there were really no highlights, I was glad to be going out with Scott Stolz's group on Sunday morning. We were heading up to Cow Creek/...
  7. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Karen and I spent a long weekend in Bermuda, for a college fraternity reunion. Turns out this was a good time for birds in Bermuda, where most of the birds are on their way south for the winter. I managed to bird in a number of good areas, including Spittal Pond, reputed to be the best overall...
  8. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    I was in Chicago to attend a business meeting, and spent some time with our Son and his girlfriend at their new apartment in Andersonville, a neighborhood on the North Side. I had gotten in touch with Matt from Evanston, who was earlier this summer in the Black Hills. Matt, and his friend...
  9. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    I left Rapid City at 3:30 am with two friends for a day of birding in the Pierre area. There had been some promising reports of migratory song-birds, and the possibility for good shorebirds and gulls was also there. It was to be a very hot day, so we designed the itinerary to focus on areas...
  10. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    This was the day I was looking forward to. Karen and I first visited Embudito a couple of years ago, and it left great memories - scenic beauty, and lifer Crissal Thrasher. So we planned an early start, around 6 am, for the hour's drive to Albuquerque. I was busy looking for my sunglasses...
  11. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Got out fairly early this morning. Nothing doing at the La Cienega Rd. Bridge, out past the airport. I then went to Marty Sanchez Golf Course, where things unfolded very slowly. Some swallows over the pond, and a few Vesper Sparrows, and a Sparrow that I didn't identify at once, first thought...
  12. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Spent a lot of time studying the various Hummingbirds we were getting our feeders, and it paid off with a decent look at a Calliope. August 24 - Santa Fe, NM 322. Calliope Hummingbird
  13. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    After oversleeping this morning, we decided to put off our our trip to Albuquerque this morning. Instead, we went to one of our favorite places in Santa Fe, Cafloutie's, for a great breakfast, then went over to the Randall Davey Nature Center. A spectacular morning, bluebird skies, and the...
  14. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Back in Santa Fe for the first time this year. Arrived on Wednesday, and saw Juniper Titmouse and Western Scrub-Jay in the yard. The next morning I went for a walk in the arroyo, and found several other new birds for the year. Highlight was first hearing, then seeing several Pinyon Jays...
  15. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    I drove across the state on Friday after work, stayed at a friend's home in Yankton. We were searching for Buff-breasted Sandpiper, a lifer for me, and also went to see if we could hear a Chuck-will's Widow, also a lifer. Got both, with great pictures of the Buffy taken by my buddy Roger...
  16. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    There have been reports of an Anna's Hummingbird in neighboring Sturgis. I held off while the big Motorcycle Rally was going on, but now that it's returned to normal, I went up last week after work. Got excellent looks at the Hummingbird as it fed on a small reddish flower. This is only the...
  17. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Karen and I went out for some birding at Sevey Lake. Really somewhat depressing there this year, as the lake is virtually dry, and most all the birds are gone. I get out there only occasionaly, with memories of how great it has been in the past. We saw a few assorted shorebirds, and a finally...
  18. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Over the last two days, I spent a good deal of time in the Black Hills, with a birder friend from Pierre. On Saturday, we saw more Hummingbirds in Hell Canyon than I've ever seen in South Dakota, and had a six Woodpecker Day, including Black-backed and American Three-toed. July 27 - Hell...
  19. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Spent the better part of a week in Jackson Wyoming with our family. The purpose of the trip was not birding, but I always manage to get up early and spend some time out and about. The highlight of the week (birding-wise) was my lifer Hammond's Flycatcher. Got some good mammals as well...
  20. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    My wife and I spent an extended weekend along the Colorado Front Range. Although the focus of the trip was not birding, I managed to find two birds that had been eluding me. On the way down, we were looking for McCown's Longspurs, and got to the Pawnee National Grassland, in Weld County, CO...
  21. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Went out early on the 23rd to a local spot for Sora, which sang in the distance. I heard from a friend about a place not far away where she had heard Common Poorwill. So my wife and I drove out there in the evening for a look, and listen. We got there a bit too early, and it was not until we...
  22. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Took a drive recently to one of my favorite local spots, Hammerquist Rd., hoping for Cuckoos. Sure enough, I got them both, hearing and seeing them well. Also picked up Dickcissel for the first time this year. Very nice morning. June 22 - Pennington County, SD 288. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 289...
  23. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Over the last two days, I have spent the mornings birding in the Black Hills. The weather was perfect, and I got most of the birds I expected. The best bird of the day, though not a year-bird, was a Broad-winged Hawk, a very good bird in western SD. June 15 - Lawrence County, SD 283...
  24. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    On our way back to my Hotel, Ken Walsh told me about a Mississippi Kite that had been found near the South Shore of Staten Island, only about 15 minutes from my parents' home. Early the next day, I made a trip over there, and with the help of some local birders, was able to get good looks at...
  25. veagle

    Veagle's 2013 List

    Back in NJ, visiting my parents, I had planned a morning of birding with Ken Walsh. We were going to the Delaware Water Gap, where I hoped for two Warblers I haven't seen, Hooded and Cerulean. We planned a very early start to be there by dawn, and the day did not start as planned. First of...
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