Presently Unemployed Big Month (1 Viewer)

[borealowl47]

For the first time in twenty years have lots of time on my hand!B Instead of looking for a job,decided to do a big month!:eat:"All green" since I do not have a vehicle,and all in Winnipeg.:t:Went through every species occurrence in September on Ebird in Winnipeg and went through the posts on Manitobabirds for the same month.:scribe:Think I can get 150, up to 109 at this middle point.Warblers still heavy,sparrows starting,water birds next.Went for warblers yesterday,seen trees full,only got a Orange-crowned Warbler though.My patch had Ross's Goose and Crackling!:eek!: Went there today but only got a towhee. :clap:List to follow.

 

[kitefarrago]

When life gives you lemons ...

It's very heartening to see you take such a positive approach. I hope you have a lot of fun being out and about.

Best,

Andrea

 

[Brian2]

good luck
I just had a big week 122 birds in Norfolk and first day back in Essex I bagged a Baillon's Crake..mega for the country (In fact last London bird was 1874!)

enjoy your break from work and hapy birding B

 

[chris butterworth]

Go for it Darrell, you might never get the opportunity again. Lots of luck - records are made to be broken.

Chris

 

[borealowl47]

Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement!

Well in the last two days checked numerous retention ponds trying to find some nice birds.One that is good for gulls and terns I found a 110.Herring Gull.Today in a pond that escapes human attention I found 111.Ring-necked Duck,112.Northern Shoveler and close by in what I call the sparrow trap found 113.Golden-crowned Kinglet and 114.Hermit Thrush.In one pond there were over a thousand Canada Geese,but still no smaller or white ones!

Ebird alerts for Winnipeg,that I need, mentioned a Pine Warbler,Sharp-shinned Hawk and Black-throated Green Warbler.

 

[borealowl47]

List as of today;

1 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
3 Mallard
4 Blue-winged Teal
5 Northern Shoveler
6 Green-winged Teal
7 Canvasback
8 Redhead
9 Ring-necked Duck
10 Lesser Scaup
11 Bufflehead
12 Hooded Merganser
13 Common Merganser
14 Gray Partridge
15 Pied-billed Grebe
16 Horned Grebe
17 Double-crested Cormorant
18 American White Pelican
19 Great Blue Heron
20 Osprey
21 Cooper's Hawk
22 Swainson's Hawk
23 Red-tailed Hawk
24 Sora
25 American Coot
26 Sandhill Crane
27 Killdeer
28 Spotted Sandpiper
29 Solitary Sandpiper
30 Greater Yellowlegs
31 Franklin's Gull
32 Ring-billed Gull
33 Herring Gull
34 Rock Pigeon
35 Mourning Dove
36 Black-billed Cuckoo
37 Great Horned Owl
38 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
39 Belted Kingfisher
40 Red-headed Woodpecker
41 Downy Woodpecker
42 Hairy Woodpecker
43 Northern Flicker
44 American Kestrel
45 Merlin
46 Peregrine Falcon
47 Least Flycatcher
48 Eastern Phoebe
49 Great Crested Flycatcher
50 Blue-headed Vireo
51 Philadelphia Vireo
52 Red-eyed Vireo
53 Blue Jay
54 Black-billed Magpie
55 American Crow
56 Common Raven
57 Barn Swallow
58 Black-capped Chickadee
59 Red-breasted Nuthatch
60 White-breasted Nuthatch
61 House Wren
62 Marsh Wren
63 Golden-crowned Kinglet
64 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
65 Gray-cheeked Thrush
66 Swainson's Thrush
67 Hermit Thrush
68 American Robin
69 Gray Catbird
70 Brown Thrasher
71 European Starling
72 Cedar Waxwing
73 Ovenbird
74 Northern Waterthrush
75 Black-and-white Warbler
76 Tennessee Warbler
77 Orange-crowned Warbler
78 Nashville Warbler
79 Mourning Warbler
80 Common Yellowthroat
81 American Redstart
82 Magnolia Warbler
83 Bay-breasted Warbler
84 Blackburnian Warbler
85 Yellow Warbler
86 Chestnut-sided Warbler
87 Blackpoll Warbler
88 Palm Warbler
89 Yellow-rumped Warbler
90 Wilson's Warbler
91 Eastern Towhee
92 Chipping Sparrow
93 Clay-colored Sparrow
94 Vesper Sparrow
95 Savannah Sparrow
96 Fox Sparrow
97 Song Sparrow
98 Lincoln's Sparrow
99 Swamp Sparrow
100 White-throated Sparrow
101 Harris's Sparrow
102 White-crowned Sparrow
103 Dark-eyed Junco
104 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
105 Red-winged Blackbird
106 Western Meadowlark
107 Rusty Blackbird
108 Common Grackle
109 Baltimore Oriole
110 House Finch
111 Red Crossbill
112 Pine Siskin
113 American Goldfinch
114 House Sparrow

 

[borealowl47]

Employed Again!

Well my big month stalled within the last week,back at work!:CDid get some birding done and got,
115.Great Egret(wonderful bird for the city!)
116.Cackling Goose
117.Wilson's Snipe
118.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
119.Bald Eagle
Have the weekend for some intensive birding maybe 125 no 150.:C
Going to cheat and sit all afternoon on the Duff's Ditch,on the rim of Winnipeg, watching for hawks and all those species that love open areas.:t:
That's on Saturday 26'c sunny,and with lousy weather lately,should be interesting!

 

[Gretchen]

Well, good luck for the weekend! Hard to say "sorry to hear you got a job" - has it's downsides, but sounds like a good thing.

 

[borealowl47]

Well, good luck for the weekend! Hard to say "sorry to hear you got a job" - has it's downsides, but sounds like a good thing.

Thanks Gretchen!I'll say it though,easily, "I am sorry I got a job"B :eat:
Had another brick in the wall!Migration has stalled lately,today 30"c ,south winds!:eek!:Birds are not moving south now!
Scoured my patch yesterday and today,finally caught up with the geese that have been reported in the area for awhile.
120.Snow Goose
121.Was scoping a good candidate for a Ross's Goose, but I got flushed by a dog walker!
Will try tomorrow for a few more ticks,but my football club is playing presently and I'm anticipating a celebration!B