Two more from yesterday:
56 Redwing
57 Peregrine Falcon
56 Redwing
57 Peregrine Falcon
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How's your 2021 list going? (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Jacana
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Nightjar61
David Daniels
Two more today from another neighboring county.
62. Northern Flicker
63. Eastern Phoebe
Dave
62. Northern Flicker
63. Eastern Phoebe
Dave
A casual stop at a local haunt yesterday (in fact the large "Eagle Rock" boulder of which my Los Angeles neighborhood Eagle Rock derives its name) produced its actual namesake!
152. Golden Eagle
And a few hours out this afternoon mostly traversing the San Gabriel River area:
153. Mountain Chickadee
154. Phainopepla
155. Violet-green Swallow
156. Tree Swallow
157. Hooded Merganser
158. Snow Goose
159. Greater White-fronted Goose
160. Common Gallinule
161. Canvasback
162. Redhead
152. Golden Eagle
And a few hours out this afternoon mostly traversing the San Gabriel River area:
153. Mountain Chickadee
154. Phainopepla
155. Violet-green Swallow
156. Tree Swallow
157. Hooded Merganser
158. Snow Goose
159. Greater White-fronted Goose
160. Common Gallinule
161. Canvasback
162. Redhead
pbjosh
missing the neotropics
Jacana, did you get a lifer from your office window? That's awesome! I am guessing you've just moved and gotten straight to work which is what allows you to pick up life bird 2000+ out an office window?
eBird tells me I'm on 158 for the year. #1-85 were a few hours birding in Buenos Aires. #86+ have been in and around Zürich (we've just moved). I've had some embarrassingly common birds as lifers lately, but it's also enjoyable to be picking up new birds at local patches instead of targeted trips to remote parts of your continent. No out-the-window lifers for me though. I think I've only ever pulled that off once, my lifer Eurasian Tree Sparrow out of a hotel window in Kyoto long ago is all I can recall?
eBird tells me I'm on 158 for the year. #1-85 were a few hours birding in Buenos Aires. #86+ have been in and around Zürich (we've just moved). I've had some embarrassingly common birds as lifers lately, but it's also enjoyable to be picking up new birds at local patches instead of targeted trips to remote parts of your continent. No out-the-window lifers for me though. I think I've only ever pulled that off once, my lifer Eurasian Tree Sparrow out of a hotel window in Kyoto long ago is all I can recall?
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Only one new bird this morning.
64. Eastern Towhee
Dave
64. Eastern Towhee
Dave
Jacana
Will Jones
Well sort of. The Syrian Woodpeckers I saw a few days ago were not lifers, but I moved to Hungary last summer and I did life tick them from my office window then.
Syrian Woodpecker is a weird one because it quite likes urban environments and as I'd never been in its range before coming here, it was always likely that I would tick it from my work place.
30 Jan
A visit to the Dummer See, east of Osnabrück and surrouding moors revealed:
58 Eurasian Wigeon
59 Common Shelduck
60 European Tree Sparrow
61 Common Crane (very close and plentiful in the fields near the Geestmoor)
62 Whooper Swan (mixed group with 63)
63 Tundra (Bewick's) Swan
64 Eurasian Bullfinch
65 Eurasian Collared Dove
66 Fieldfare
67 Eurasian Siskin
68 Common Stonechat
A visit to the Dummer See, east of Osnabrück and surrouding moors revealed:
58 Eurasian Wigeon
59 Common Shelduck
60 European Tree Sparrow
61 Common Crane (very close and plentiful in the fields near the Geestmoor)
62 Whooper Swan (mixed group with 63)
63 Tundra (Bewick's) Swan
64 Eurasian Bullfinch
65 Eurasian Collared Dove
66 Fieldfare
67 Eurasian Siskin
68 Common Stonechat
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31 Jan at the icy and snow covered NSG Kleinenberg :
69 Rough-legged Buzzard
There are normally lots of Yellowhammer here, but this year, I have yet to see them in any of their usual haunts locally
69 Rough-legged Buzzard
There are normally lots of Yellowhammer here, but this year, I have yet to see them in any of their usual haunts locally
connorco
Well-known member
My 216 species for Marin County (and the world I guess) so far for the year. Uploading a spreadsheet since writing all these out would take ages. Have to split this into two since it's so long.
| Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis |
| Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii |
| Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi |
| Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia atricapilla |
| Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria |
| Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus |
| American Robin - Turdus migratorius |
| Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus |
| Varied Thrush - Ixoreus naevius |
| Brown Creeper - Certhia americana |
| Oak Titmouse - Baeolophus inornatus |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Poecile rufescens |
| American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| California Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma californica |
| Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus |
| Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens |
| Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna |
| Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura |
| Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata |
| Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas |
| Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus |
| California Towhee - Melozone crissalis |
| Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii |
| Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia |
| Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis |
| White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus |
| American Pipit - Anthus rubescens |
| Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos |
| European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris |
| Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula |
| Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus |
| Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina |
| Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor |
| Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya |
| Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans |
| American Kestrel - Falco sparverius |
| Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis |
| Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus |
| Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius |
| White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus |
| Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Green Heron - Butorides virescens |
| Snowy Egret - Egretta thula |
| Great Egret - Ardea alba |
| American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| California Gull - Larus californicus |
| Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis |
| Mew Gull - Larus canus |
| Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca |
| Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata |
| Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla |
| Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus |
| Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus |
| American Coot - Fulica americana |
| Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata |
| Sora - Porzana carolina |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto |
| Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis |
| Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps |
| California Quail - Callipepla californica |
| Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula |
| Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola |
| Canvasback - Aythya valisineria |
| Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca |
| Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos |
| American Wigeon - Mareca americana |
| Gadwall - Mareca strepera |
| Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata |
| Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera |
| Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors |
| Mute Swan - Cygnus olor |
| Canada Goose - Branta canadensis |
| Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo |
| Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus |
| Nuttall's Woodpecker - Dryobates nuttallii |
| Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius |
| American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis |
connorco
Well-known member
Continued from above...
| Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana |
| White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis |
| Dunlin - Calidris alpina |
| Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa |
| Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola |
| American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana |
| Rock Pigeon - Columba livia |
| Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias |
| Western Gull - Larus occidentalis |
| Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri |
| Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus |
| Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus |
| Northern Pintail - Anas acuta |
| Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens |
| Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus |
| Greater Scaup - Aythya marila |
| Common Loon - Gavia immer |
| Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis |
| Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca |
| Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii |
| House Wren - Troglodytes aedon |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa |
| Wrentit - Chamaea fasciata |
| Common Raven - Corvus corax |
| Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus |
| Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus |
| Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata |
| Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides |
| Common Murre - Uria aalge |
| Black Turnstone - Arenaria melanocephala |
| Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata |
| Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris |
| Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea |
| Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri |
| Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus |
| Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis |
| Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica |
| Herring Gull - Larus argentatus |
| Heermann's Gull - Larus heermanni |
| Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus bachmani |
| Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon |
| Willet - Tringa semipalmata |
| Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator |
| Pacific Wren - Troglodytes pacificus |
| Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus |
| Hutton's Vireo - Vireo huttoni |
| Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus |
| House Sparrow - Passer domesticus |
| Merlin - Falco columbarius |
| Barn Owl - Tyto alba |
| Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Osprey - Pandion haliaetus |
| Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl - Aegolius acadicus |
| Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus |
| Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri |
| Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| White-throated Swift - Aeronautes saxatalis |
| Clark's Grebe - Aechmophorus clarkii |
| Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Redhead - Aythya americana |
| Common Merganser - Mergus merganser |
| Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus ruber |
| American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow - Aimophila ruficeps |
| Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis |
| Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana |
| Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra |
| Williamson's Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus thyroideus |
| Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus |
| Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope |
| Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta |
| Orange-crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata |
| Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni |
| Marbled Murrelet - Brachyramphus marmoratus |
| Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena |
| Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus |
| White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis |
| Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius |
| Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus |
| Wood Duck - Aix sponsa |
| Spotted Owl - Strix occidentalis |
| Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater |
| Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus |
| Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris |
| Allen's Hummingbird - Selasphorus sasin |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea |
| White-winged Scoter - Melanitta deglandi |
| Brant - Branta bernicla |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea |
| Ridgway's Rail - Rallus obsoletus |
| Lawrence's Goldfinch - Spinus lawrencei |
| Evening Grosbeak - Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus |
| Yellow-billed Loon - Gavia adamsii |
| Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia |
| Barrow's Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica |
| Tricolored Blackbird - Agelaius tricolor |
| Black Scoter - Melanitta americana |
| Rhinoceros Auklet - Cerorhinca monocerata |
| Ancient Murrelet - Synthliboramphus antiquus |
| Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Sanderling - Calidris alba |
| Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica |
| Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus |
| Black Rail - Laterallus jamaicensis |
| Vaux's Swift - Chaetura vauxi |
| Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii |
| Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons |
| Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides |
| Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum |
| Pink-footed Shearwater - Ardenna creatopus |
| Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes |
| Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla |
| Slaty-backed Gull - Larus schistisagus |
| Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia |
| Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis |
| Snowy Plover - Charadrius nivosus |
| Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger |
Picked up a few established non-natives this week who call Los Angeles home:
166. Mandarin Duck
167. Yellow-headed Parrot
168. Mitred Parakeet
And some coastal birding yesterday:
169. Long-billed Dowitcher
170. Red-throated Loon
171. Red-breasted Merganser
172. Marsh Wren
173. Sage Thrasher (LA County lifer)
166. Mandarin Duck
167. Yellow-headed Parrot
168. Mitred Parakeet
And some coastal birding yesterday:
169. Long-billed Dowitcher
170. Red-throated Loon
171. Red-breasted Merganser
172. Marsh Wren
173. Sage Thrasher (LA County lifer)
Nightjar61
David Daniels
Birding has been practically dead around here lately, possibly the worst start to the year that I’ve ever had.
To get out of this slump, this morning I went to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to try for some birds that will be common here in the spring, but just aren’t around right now.
Not a bad morning, with five new birds for the year.
65. Northern Harrier
66. Savannah Sparrow
67. Red-winged Blackbird
68. Rusty Blackbird
69. Eastern Meadowlark
Dave
To get out of this slump, this morning I went to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to try for some birds that will be common here in the spring, but just aren’t around right now.
Not a bad morning, with five new birds for the year.
65. Northern Harrier
66. Savannah Sparrow
67. Red-winged Blackbird
68. Rusty Blackbird
69. Eastern Meadowlark
Dave
Around Paderborn 06 Feb:
70 Black Woodpecker
71 European Greenfinch
70 Black Woodpecker
71 European Greenfinch
