-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Search results
-
How's your 2022 list going?
Lost my phone at the end of the year so it took me a good bit to go back and review my 2022 final numbers. Last 8 species all from SoCal CBCs: 311. Clay-colored Sparrow 312. Red-naped Sapsucker 313. Ferruginous Hawk 314. Townsend’s Solitaire 315. Golden Eagle 316. Merlin 317. Hutton’s Vireo 318... -
-
How's your 2022 list going?
Summer and fall updates here before the CBC season begins… A week in Maine back in July: 271. Gray Catbird 272. Blue Jay 273. Red-eyed Vireo 274. Red-bellied Woodpecker 275. Herring Gull 276. Northern Parula 277. Common Grackle 278. Eastern Bluebird 279. Scarlet Tanager 280. Black-throated... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A few months too late to give a snarky reply, but this had me cracking up. Knew what you meant lol. -
How's your 2022 list going?
An overdue introduced local on a very hot hike today: 270. Mitred Parakeet -
How's your 2022 list going?
Saturday pelagic (first “post”-pandemic boat trip!) with a good spread of usual suspects, and one truly standout fantastic sighting: 256. Common Murre 257. Northern Fulmar 258. Pacific Loon 259. Black-vented Shearwater 260. Sooty Shearwater 261. Red-necked Phalarope 262. Pomarine Jaeger 263... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A couple roadtrips in the past few weeks - first headed north to the Bay to see a certain elderly Beatle… quite the performance, buttressed by sightings of: 221. Swainson’s Hawk 222. Peregrine Falcon Then driving back south and heading east to SE AZ for some work, passing through Yuma: 223... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Bigger update here covering the last month or so: Walking around DTLA in early April: 155. Vaux’s Swift Migrant arrival / yard bird in early April: 156. Hooded Oriole SoCal Big Day effort on 4/23 - yielding 142 species for a 24-hr period across 5 counties, starting in LA and ending at the... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Some travel by car to Santa Barbara and Ventura last week gave me time to explore neighboring counties: 146. White-winged Scoter 147. Eared Grebe 148. Glaucous-winged Gull 149. Hairy Woodpecker 150. Canvasback 151. Brewer’s Blackbird 152. Brown-headed Cowbird 153. Tricolored Blackbird 154... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A couple from the neighborhood this past week: 123. Townsend's Warbler 124. Red-lored Parrot A big Sunday morning birding with a friend aiming for a non-coastal, one-location high species count, inspired by a fellow birder's Friday list of 85 from this spot, we put in a valiant effort of 78... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Family walk along the LA River today: 114. Cliff Swallow 115. Black-necked Stilt 116. Northern Rough-winged Swallow 117. Ring-necked Duck 118. Spotted Sandpiper 119. Red-winged Blackbird 120. Lesser Yellowlegs 121. Eastern Phoebe (local rarity) 122. Lark Sparrow -
How's your 2022 list going?
A couple more non-native established around the neighborhood this week. LA's weird like that... 108. Red-masked Parakeet 109. Yellow-headed Parrot A late night at the computer last night yielded a heard: 110. Barn Owl Very happy to get this before 2/15, which marks the end of LA County's Trial... -
How's your 2022 list going?
My understanding is that once it's on the ABA list, they leave it to the observer to evaluate whether the individual is part of an established population or not and from that basis, whether or not to count it within ABA boundaries. As an example, introduced Red-whiskered Bulbul populations in NE... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A few days visiting my folks in Ventura: 89. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 90. Cassin’s Kingbird 91. Say’s Phoebe 92. Vesper Sparrow 93. Black-bellied Plover 94. Black-crowned Night-Heron 95. Common Yellowthroat 96. Song Sparrow 97. Great Blue Heron 98. Pied-billed Grebe 99. Northern Shoveler 100... -
How's your 2022 list going?
A nice walk around the neighborhood with the family yielded 2 expected year birds and 1 less anticipated visitor: 86. Cedar Waxwing 87. Pine Siskin 88. American Goldfinch -
How's your 2022 list going?
I can't believe I almost made it out of January without seeing/hearing this... was kind of hoping to set a record: 85. House Sparrow -
How's your 2022 list going?
Sunday walk at a nearby park yielded a couple more anticipated raptors; I don't expect to be doing as much of the target based birding I once did now that we've got a little one around: 83. American Kestrel 84. Sharp-shinned Hawk -
How's your 2022 list going?
New bird for the new yard, since moving in August: 71. Orange-crowned Warbler A long and steep hike today into some mountainous territory to help contribute survey hours for the LA Trial Winter Bird Atlas. 72. California Scrub-Jay 73. Wrentit 74. California Quail 75. California Thrasher 76... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Short neighborhood walk last week: 43. Oak Titmouse 44. Ruby-crowned Kinglet A weekend beach birding walk with friends: 45. Bufflehead 46. Ring-billed Gull 47. Lesser Scaup 48. Heermann’s Gull 49. Short-billed Gull 50. Long-billed Dowitcher 51. Surf Scoter 52. Royal Tern 53. Brown Pelican 54... -
How's your 2022 list going?
One heard, and a few at quick park stops off on the way home yesterday and today: 27. Killdeer 28. European Starling 29. Canada Goose 30. Egyptian Goose 31. Snowy Egret 32. American Wigeon 33. American Coot 34. Great Egret 35. Mallard 36. California Gull 37. Red-tailed Hawk 38. Northern Pintail... -
How's your 2022 list going?
Getting used to birding with a kid! Only chance to get out so far was a walk around the neighborhood on January 1st, plus a few pickups driving today: 1. Allen’s Hummingbird 2. Northern Mockingbird 3. Yellow-rumped Warbler 4. House Finch 5. American Crow 6. Acorn Woodpecker 7. Band-tailed...