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[foresttwitcher]

Northern Waterthrush - Essex, UK.

 

[lammergeier05]

4689 White-lored Tyrannulet, Arua Forest, Bahia, Brazil (topping off a NE Brazil trip loaded with rare and highly local endemics like Indigo Macaw, Araripe Manakin, Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner, Orange-bellied Antwren and Banded Cotinga) as well as a second chance at some bogey birds from SE Brazil like Buff-throated Purpletuft

 

[dwallace]

Northern Waterthrush in Essex.

Dave W

 

[Bewick]

Long-billed dowitcher, finally caught up with the species after dipping the Norfolk dowitcher last January.

 

[jcpjung]

A black swift, right where it was supposed to be, right behind a waterfall in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada last August 2023. There were numerous signs at the trailhead advising visitors to stay on the trail because the area was a known nesting area for the threatened/endangered swift. Having never seen one, I left my ailing hiking partners behind to reach a large waterfall a couple of miles upstream in a steep and narrow canyon that looked like a possible nesting site. Sure enough, a black swift flew out from behind the water, down the stream, and returned to disappear behind the waterfall. How cool was that!

 

[Lisa W]

A Common Loon and a White-winged Scoter at Charleston Harbor in Coos Bay, Oregon.

 

[Lisa W]

Pelagic Cormorant, a juvenile at Charleston Harbor in Coos Bay, Oregon.

 

[SueO]

Haven't done real birding for some time. A trip to Texas solved that. Whooping Crane. Lifer, but I have no idea what number it is because I'm too lazy to update my spreadsheet. Crappy shots due to distance--my little Sony RX10 has its limitations. What an awesome bird. A Sandhill as a side dish. Hope to see an Aplomado Falcon this trip.

 

[SueO]

Couch's Kingbird

 

[SueO]

Aplomado Falcon

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Santa Marta Antbird - Upslope from Minca, Colombia, was the 48th lifer of my Colombia trip.

 

[foresttwitcher]

White-billed Diver - Essex, UK.

 

[Paul Chapman]

My first lifer of the year was Black-capped Petrel from Ponta do Sol, Santo Antao, Cape Verde on 3rd February. (One of five sightings from northern Santo Antao over a five day period. A small number of individuals appears to be present on the island.) A WP tick this morning was Scaly-breasted Munia from the Sado Estuary, Zambujal, Portugal.

All the best

Paul

 

[SueO]

Green Jay

 

[Lisa W]

Green Jay

Congratulations! Saw my one and only on the Texas Coast a few years ago.

 

[SueO]

Congratulations! Saw my one and only on the Texas Coast a few years ago.

Such a beauty!

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

Yellow Bunting on the 3rd January at Tempasuk Plain, Kota Belud not far from home. It was a vagrant from Japan and seen only once with picture. My Borneo List no 546.

 

[Owene]

Ring Billed Gull yesterday at the Hayle Estuary. Not a sociable lapwing unfortunately but nice to knock off a bird thats always at the top of the 'most common bird you haven't seen' lists for me. Big Thanks to Amy Schwartz for really grilling common gulls and getting it head down on white feather pattern

 

[SueO]

Long-billed Thrasher & White-eyed Vireo

 

[Chris Pringle]

Earlier today right outside the apartment window in Mumbai - TWO Indian Grey Hornbills.