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  1. chris butterworth

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    A couple of days at Xiolangmen, in the Eastern Tombs outside Beijing, gave me Brown Eared Pheasant, Chinese Leaf Warbler, Claudia's Warbler, Grey-sided Thrush and Chinese Flycatcher as "proper" lifers and Eastern Blackbird, Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch as "1st since split" records.
  2. chris butterworth

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    19 April, Tansa WLS, Mumbai. Forest Owlet. ( Had the Blacktoft Hudwit ...... so I'm not bothered about missing an "old hat" bird ;) )
  3. chris butterworth

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    Based on http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3163973&postcount=3 I've got Rusty-capped, Guam, Pohnpei, Mariana, Mangrove Collared and Pacific as 'armchair ticks' ( and there's bound to be more on the way :t: ).
  4. chris butterworth

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    Oriental Stork at Toyooka, Hyogo-ken, Japan. Now the re-introduced birds are safely up to three figures I thought I'd nip over and see them. Most of the paddi around the city are farmed with the Storks in mind ( leaving the water in them longer, planting a bit later and not using chemicals ) the...
  5. chris butterworth

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    And, since 2012, does the BOU. http://www.bou.org.uk/british-list/recent-announcements/tsc8-announcement/
  6. chris butterworth

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    Added Aleutian Tern west of Magadan, Russia ( which, I was surprised to find, was my 47th lifer for the year ).
  7. chris butterworth

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    My last 3 days in Arizona netted me Elegant Trogon, at Madera Canyon and California Condor and Juniper Titmouse at the Grand Canyon. I knew Arizona was special, but I don't think any other state could have provided so many 'lifers' as I've had here.
  8. chris butterworth

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    After the scrubbing of Mexican Chickadee from my list yesterdays addition of both LeConte's Thrasher andBotteri's Sparrow at Salome Hwy., Tombstone cheered me up no end. :t:
  9. chris butterworth

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    Thanks Morgan. After checking vids on t'web for an hour or so - the bird I saw was a totally different grey, dirtier looking and not so 'cold', had a smaller bib and a proportionally heavier bill so was probably a Mountain. Don't know how I missed the supercillium. Off to the Chiricahua's...
  10. chris butterworth

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    Spent all day in Miller's Canyon, mainly at the top end, and added White-eared Hummingbird, Mexican Chickadee and Brown-throated Wren.
  11. chris butterworth

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    Thick-billed Kingbird, Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Red-faced Warbler and Olive Warbler added today.
  12. chris butterworth

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    I added Mountain Pygmy Owl and Mexican Whip-poor-will last night, around Sierra Vista. A day's twitching around the canyons and a desert lake gave me Plumbeous Vireo, Woodhouses Scrub Jay, Rufous-capped Warbler and Brewers Sparrow.
  13. chris butterworth

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    A visit to Ramsey Canyon today gave me Blue-throated Hummingbird, Magnificent Hummingbird, Greater Pewee and the stunning Painted Whitestart.
  14. chris butterworth

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    A visit to California Gulch ( With a name like that I half expected The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang to come riding down the trail ) gave me two more lifers today. Crissal Thrasher and the superb Five-striped Sparrow. I really wasn't expecting them to look like they do in the field guides. Totally...
  15. chris butterworth

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    Providing I survive tomorrows outing to California Gulch I'll stick a 'Trip total' on the end of my year list, Larry. Today's lifers were Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Lucys Warbler ( I'm sorry, but it does sound like a euphemism from a "Carry...
  16. chris butterworth

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    Gray Hawk and Lillians Meadowlark added between Tucson and Patagonia. The Meadowlark was 'fairly easy' to ID, particularly if there were Western Meadowlark around.
  17. chris butterworth

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    The lifers keep on coming, with Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cordilleran Flycatcher and Bridled Titmouse added in the Santa Catalina Mts today. I'm beginning to think I should have planned for a month - two weeks is far to short a time to do Arizona justice.
  18. chris butterworth

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    Thanks Larry. It's my first time / day here, so my year list is going through the roof. If the rest of the holidays going to be like this - they may have one more illegal immigrant. ;) Bit 'warm' though.
  19. chris butterworth

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    A shedload of 'lifers' for my first day in Tucson AZ today. Gambel's Quail, Gila Woodpecker, Gilded Flicker and Virginia's Warbler at the Desert Museum. Mexican Duck ( real ones, not mucky Mallard hybrids ) and my first Common Gallinule since the split, at Sweetwater Wetlands and Rufous-winged...
  20. chris butterworth

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    Even if you don't like gulls, yesterday's Red-legged Kittiwakes ( at least 7 of them ) in Nemuro Strait, Japan would have cheered you up. Beautiful elegant little birds. :t:
  21. chris butterworth

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    Off Lee Point Road? Got shouted at by the military watching Little Curlew there ( I may have wandered around a little bit so .......;) ) Chris
  22. chris butterworth

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    Nice one KC. Always a great bird but - as a yard tick. Wooohoooo. Chris
  23. chris butterworth

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    Chilean Seaside Cincloides - Viña del Mar Chile Previous they were Juan Fernandez Firecrown, Juan Fernandez Petrel, Masatierra Petrel and Ringed Storm-Petrel. But you don't want to hear about them. B (: Chris
  24. chris butterworth

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    Grrrrrrrr. Yet another birder gets 'Big Red Chook' at Darwin. Congrats on the Buff-banded mate. Any Rail makes for a good day IMO. Chris
  25. chris butterworth

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    Thanks Larry. With that, Diademed Sand-plover, Inca Tern, Grey Gull, Giant + Horned Coot, Giant Hummer + Andean Condor (plus cleaning up on Flamingos ) its turning into a good trip ;). Chris
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