How's Your 2023 List Going? (4 Viewers)

[Jon Turner]

66 on January 1st and several more since. This morning's Spoonbill makes it 104.

 

[Nightjar61]

Just one new addition to the Year List today.

55. Sharp-shinned Hawk

Dave

 

[Ghostborb]

For me!
1. American kestrel
2. Redwing black bird
3. House finch
4. Mallard
5. Canada Goose
6. Goldeneyes
7. Common Merganser
8. Red Tailed Hawk
9. Eurasian Collared Dove

 

[Jacana]

The Goldcrest was last week and the rest were from this afternoon in Debrecen's Botanical Gardens. Nuthatch is embarrassingly late... I don't know what happened there. If I'd seen Syrian Woodpecker I would have managed 6/6 for the local species.

88. Goldcrest
89. Black Woodpecker
90. Eurasian Nuthatch
91. European Green Woodpecker
92. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
93. Hawfinch
94. Black Redstart
95. Middle Spotted Woodpecker

 

[Nightjar61]

Birding has been a little slow lately. Only one new bird this afternoon.

56. Black Vulture

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Bird guiding around Miami)
105. Indian Peafowl
106. Chestnut-fronted Macaw
107. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
108. Red-legged Honeycreeper (First self-found ABA Code 5!)
109. Spot-breasted Oriole
110. Scaly-breasted Munia
111. Blue-headed Vireo
112. Rufous Hummingbird
113. Red-masked Parakeet
114. Lesser Black-backed Gull
115. Laughing Gull
116. Black-and-white Warbler
117. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
118. White-winged Dove

 

[Jacana]

96. Eurasian Treecreeper
97. Eurasian Bullfinch

Today in Debrecen's forest. Both are uncommon winter visitors here.

 

[Nightjar61]

A couple of new ducks this morning.

57. Bufflehead
58. Northern Pintail

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

One new bird this morning.

59. Killdeer

Dave

 

[Jacana]

98. Common Crane

A flock of about 30 circling over the office in Debrecen this morning.

 

[Nightjar61]

I had a new bird at my feeder this evening just before dark.

60. Brown-headed Cowbird.

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

So far, a very slow start to the year, with new birds difficult to find. Just one today.

61. Lesser Scaup

Dave

 

[Nightjar61]

Today I went to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to chase a potential state lifer, which at this point are becoming fewer and farther between. After almost two hours, I finally did get a brief glimpse.

62. Townsend's Solitaire

The bird was first found a week ago, and it fortunately stuck around long enough for me to chase it today, which was the first day I was able to get away. This is the first record of the species for the state.

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Bird guiding around Miami and Everglades National Park)
119. Cedar Waxwing
120. American Robin
121. Red-whiskered Bulbul
122. Mitred Parakeet
123. Black-throated Green Warbler
124. Summer Tanager
125. Yellow-throated Vireo
126. Gray-headed Swamphen
127. Brown Pelican
128. Magnificent Frigatebird
129. Royal Tern
130. Herring Gull
131. Sanderling
132. Piping Plover
133. Semipalmated Plover
134. Black-bellied Plover
135. Willet
136. Spotted Sandpiper
137. Common Loon
138. Red-breasted Merganser
139. White-eyed Parakeet
140. Indigo Bunting
141. Brown Thrasher
142. Cave Swallow
143. Least Flycatcher
144. Sharp-shinned Hawk
145. Limpkin
146. Sora
147. Purple Gallinule
148. Ovenbird
149. Roseate Spoonbill
150. Black Skimmer
151. Caspian Tern
Hybrid Bonus: Wurdermann's Heron

 

[Jacana]

A few more today in eastern Hungary

99. Long-eared Owl
100. Pygmy Cormorant
101. Common Pochard
102. Smew
103. Black-throated Loon
104. Velvet Scoter
105. Red-breasted Merganser

Seems strange seeing "coastal" birds like mergansers, divers and scoters in landlocked Hungary, but small numbers of these species overwinter in the country.

This will likely be my last outing in Hungary as I'm leaving the country in a couple of days. Might try and venture out between packing sessions to see if I can tick off Syrian Woodpecker before I leave...

 

[Nightjar61]

One new bird this morning.

63. Red-breasted Merganser

Dave

 

[lgonz1008]

(Everglades National Park)
152. Forster's Tern
153. American White Pelican
154. Reddish Egret
155. Nelson's Sparrow
156. Saltmarsh Sparrow

 

[Owene]

A few more today in eastern Hungary

99. Long-eared Owl
100. Pygmy Cormorant
101. Common Pochard
102. Smew
103. Black-throated Loon
104. Velvet Scoter
105. Red-breasted Merganser

Seems strange seeing "coastal" birds like mergansers, divers and scoters in landlocked Hungary, but small numbers of these species overwinter in the country.

This will likely be my last outing in Hungary as I'm leaving the country in a couple of days. Might try and venture out between packing sessions to see if I can tick off Syrian Woodpecker before I leave...

Some great birds there.

 

[Jon Turner]

Recent additions include: Snow Bunting, Ringed Plover, Grey Wagtail, Hen Harrier, Common Crane, Peregrine, and today, Common Sandpiper. Now up to 115.

 

[Jacana]

106. Syrian Woodpecker - final bird for the year from Hungary a couple of days ago.

107. Common Chiffchaff
108. Short-toed Treecreeper
109. Common Firecrest

Today in my new home- Oviedo, Spain.