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  1. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Saw a Brown Booby at Baytown in Texas yesterday morning. Jeff
  2. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    I got three last week in the Rio Grande Valley: Green Kingfisher Ringed Kingfisher Common Pauraque. Jeff
  3. J

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    Two lifers on a recent trip to the Texas Hill country: Zone-tailed Hawk Black-capped Vireo. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  4. J

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    At High Island everyone was seeing Yellow-billed Cuckoos, which are common here. I missed all of them but saw three Black-billed Cuckoos, much rarer and a life bird for me. Jeff
  5. J

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    Spent Fri-Sat looking for migrants in Glaveston and High Island. Only saw 4 migrant warbler species (and only a single representative of each) but one was a lifer: Louisiana Waterthrush. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  6. J

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    Long-tailed Duck at San Jacinto Monument yesterday. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  7. J

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    Short-eared Owl late last year. Watched two again this month. Every few minutes they would fly up together and hover for a split second facing each other. Presumably some kind of bonding behavior. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  8. J

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    Two on a recent visit to SW Utah: Prairie Falcon White-throated Swift. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  9. J

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    Prairie Falcon (family of three) and numerous White-throated Swifts last week in sw Utah. Jeff
  10. J

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    Only two lifers so far this year (out of 156 species seen): Buff-bellied Hummingbird Fish Crow. However, early next week I'm heading west of San Antonio to look for Green Kingfishers. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  11. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Two this past week: Fish Crow at a landfill north east of Houston on Saturday. Buff-bellied Hummingbird in a fellow-birder's yard on Sunday. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  12. J

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    And of course, Larry, you have to worry when you've seen two Shrikes. Cos three Shrikes and you're out. Sorry. Jeff
  13. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    2011 has been good for unusual birds in our area. Mainly cos of this I'm doing well for lifers so far this year: Eastern Towhee Prairie Warbler Golden-cheeked Warbler Upland Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Prairie Chicken Olive-sided Flycatcher Mourning Warbler Bobolink Hudsonian Godwit...
  14. J

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    So far I've only added Lesser Nighthawk and Baird's Sandpiper to the Sprague's Pipit that I saw in February. (That's US lifers. I saw about 20 lifers on a recent trip to Mexico.) Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  15. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    My most recent lifer - and the only one so far this year - was Sprague's Pipit, seen on Galveston a couple of weeks ago. I'd been wanting to see one for several years. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  16. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Saw 17 lifers on a recent weekend trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. The most exciting of them were Chestnut-mandibled Toucan and Montezuma Pendula. Photos on my blog. Even better than the birds were a sloth and an anteater! Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  17. J

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    One more lifer, July 4th in Central Park: Great Black-backed Gull. Jeff
  18. J

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    Three in NYC A quick visit to Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge in NYC on July 4th produced three lifers: Fish Crow American Black Duck Willow Flycatcher. Jeff www.jeffincypress.blogspot.com
  19. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Pectoral New addition to my US list last week: #432. Pectoral Sandpiper. That makes 11 lifers for 2009 so far, which is one more than in the whole of last year. Jeff
  20. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Lifer at work A small clump of mesquite trees at the college where I work in Cypress (nw of Houston) had E. Phoebe, Red-winged Blackbirds, two Am. Redstarts, a Magnolia Warbler and a new lifer for me: Northern Waterthrush. Jeff
  21. J

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    Four at the weekend 1. Bay-breasted Warbler at High Island 2. Stilt Sandpiper at Anahuac 3. Yellow-breasted Chat in my yard in Cypress. (I know I should have seen chats long before this but somehow they evaded me.) It was a good weekend! Jeff
  22. J

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    Effortless Lifer I just moved my U.S. life list from 388 to 389, without seeing a single bird. How? Well, in March I saw a Black-crested Titmouse on my way from Houston to the Rio Grande Valley. According to my edition of Sibley, this didn't count as a lifer because it was only a sub-species of...
  23. J

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    Kleb Woods near Houston Went to Kleb Woods (n. of Houston) yesterday, hoping to see Greater Roadrunner. No luck with that but I did add nine species to my 2007 US list, taking it to 281: Eastern Wood Peewee (LIFE) Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Summer Tanager White-eyed Vireo Indigo Bunting...
  24. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Veery I've only see 4 lifers this year so far. The most recent was a Veery at Brazoria in October.
  25. J

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    American Woodcock On New Year's Day I discovered a nice patch of "wild" woodland just 400 yards from our house. Most of the birds I've seen there are the same as those which visit our feeders, plus a few other pretty common local birds: Red-shouldered Hawk, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron...
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