Napamatt's 2007 List (1 Viewer)

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Highway 99, south of Marysville, CA
403. White-faced Ibis (L)

Sleep Train Amphitheatre (waiting for start of Kenny Chesney concert)
404. Barn Owl

 

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Horsell Common, Woking, Surrey UK - a fleeting visit with no birding
405. Green Woodpecker (L)
406. Ring-necked Parakeet (L)

San Francisco Bay
407. Brown Pelican

 

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Pt. Isabel, Richmond
408. Black-bellied Plover (L)
409. Black Oystercatcher

 

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Mt. St Helena
410. Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (L)
411. California Thrasher (L)

 

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Albany Mudflats
412. Sanderling

 

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Finally Labor Day provides a small birding opportunity. Given reports of Baird's Sandpipers in CC county, I decide it might be worth checking out Sandpiper Point and the Napa Solano Marshes.

Sandpiper Point
413. Baird's Sandpiper (L)
414. Red-necked Phalarope (L)

 

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Off to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, with non-briding friends, but there's always a chance of something good at the cabin, or whilst out hiking. Well this weekend did not disappoint.

Family Cabin, Lake Tahoe
415. Red-breasted Sapsucker
416. Pygmy Nuthatch

Trail to Martlette Lake
417. Orange-crowned Warbler (L)
418. Hairy Woodpecker

Heavenly Ski Resort
419. Townsend's Solitaire (L)
420. Williamson's Sapsucker (L)

 

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Mala Mala Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa
421. Wire-tailed Swallow
422. Kurrichane Thrush
423. Neddicky
424. Melba Finch
425. Brubru
426. Greater Honeyguide
427. Red-crested Korhaan
428. White-crowned Shrike
429. Spectacled Weaver

Mombo Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana
430. Goliath Heron
431. Yellow-billed Egret
432. Black Egret
433. Slaty Egret
434. Squacco Heron
435. African Openbill
436. Yellow-billed Stork
437. Sacred Ibis
438. Glossy Ibis
439. African Spoonbill
440. Pink-backed Pelican
441. Yellow-billed Duck
442. Red-billed Teal
443. African Pygmy-goose
444. Spur-winged Goose
445. Hooded Vulture
446. White-headed Vulture
447. Lappet-faced Vulture
448. Pale Chanting Goshawk
449. African Marsh Harrier
450. Red-necked Falcon
451. Dickinsons Kestrel
452. Red-billed Francolin
453. Wattled Crane
454. Lesser Jacana
455. Long-toed Lapwing
456. Marsh Sandpiper (L)
457. Ruff
458. Black-winged Stilt
459. Collared Pratincole (L)
460. Whiskered Tern
461. Double-banded Sandgrouse
462. Red-eyed Dove
463. Meyer's Parrot
464. Coppery-tailed Coucal
465. White-browed Coucal
466. African Palm Swift
467. Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
468. Rufous-naped Lark
469. Pearl-breasted Swallow
470. Grey-rumped Swallow
471. Banded Martin
472. Hartlaub's Babbler
473. Pied Babbler
474. Yellow-bellied Greenbul (L)
475. Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler
476. Yellow-bellied Eremomela
477. Burnt-necked Eremomela
478. Grey-backed Camaroptera
479. Blue-grey Flycatcher
480. Marico Flycatcher
481. Buffy Pipit
482. Reed Cormorant
483. Swamp Boubou
484. Crimson-breasted Shrike
485. Black-crowned Tchagra
486. Meves's Starling
487. Marico Sunbird
488. White-browed Sparrow-weaver
489. African Darter
490. Lesser Masked-weaver
491. Golden Weaver
492. Brown Firefinch
493. Violet-eared Waxbill
494. Black-cheeked Waxbill

Kings Pool Camp, Linyanti River, Botswana
495. Purple Heron
496. Rufous-bellied Heron
497. Black-shouldered Kite
498. Shikra
499. African Wattled Lapwing
500. African Wood Owl
501. African Barred Owlet
502. Broad-billed Roller
503. Bradfields Hornbill
504. Arnot's Chat
505. African Stonechat
506. Yellow-throated Petronia
507. Red-headed Weaver
508. Scaly-feathered Finch

Also seen Rock Kestrel (Falco Rupicolis) race of Common Kestrel

 

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Weekend visit to Charlotte, NC
509. Brown-headed Nuthatch (L)
510. Red-breasted Nuthatch (L)
511. Blue Jay

 

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Anna Springs Close SC
512. American Tree Sparrow (L)

 

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Montpellier, France for a work conference, no time to bird but...
513. Yellow-legged Gull (L)
514. Greater Flamingo (L)
515. Sardinian Warbler (L)

In London at the Barnes Wetlands, what a great spot, and very handy for long layovers at Heathrow.
516. Little Grebe
517. Eurasian Wigeon

And of interest
Hybrid Ring Necked x Tufted Duck

 

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Weekend in Carmel, with birding at Point Lobos, Carmel River State Beach, and along 17 mile drive.
518. Hutton's Vireo
519. Townsend's Warbler
520. Brandt's Cormorant
521. Spotted Sandpiper (L)
522. Surfbird (L)
523. Heermann's Gull

Also seen Mew Gull (Larus Canus)

 

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I read a report on Surfbirds of Lewis's Woodpeckers at the northern end of Lake Berryessa in Napa county, so I resolved to head up there before work. As promised there were lots of them flitting around a small stand of oak trees just along Eastside Road. A lifer and also #12 of 20 woodpeckers in Sibley. Lifer #143 for the year.

524. Lewis's Woodpecker (L)

 

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The day before Thanksgving, I take the day off work and after buying a new TV (LONG STORY) I head down to the Marin Headlands overlooking the Golden Gate and San Francisco to visit Hawk Hill, where the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and its volunteers do such great work. An amazing morning produces a life Rough-legged Hawk and unbelievable visual of two Peregrine's, talons locked, plummeting towards the earth, only to disengage at the last moment - wow! From there I visited Bolinas, and the PRBO. A great day. Forgot to mention Bobcat near Olema!

525. Rough-legged Hawk (L)

 

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In reviewing my records I saw the following at Bodega Bay in April, but failed to note it at the time, here.

526. Semipalmated Plover (L)

 

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Further review produced records from my Disneyland trip earlier in the year.

527. Allen's Hummingbird (L)
528. Wood Duck

 

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And from our second Africa trip we also saw.

529. White-winged Widowbird

 

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Discovery Park, Seattle

530. Northwestern Crow (L)
531. Barrow's Goldeneye (L)

And my first US Winter Wren, seen in England in May.

This has been a really good year, I've had amazing help from some terrific birders and I am thrilled to have passed the 500 target I set, particularly because I saw many more birds than I expected in the States without help, always satisfying.
Particular thanks go to Jane Turner who spent a very long morning with me driving from one side of Cheshire to the other and back, showing me birds I would never have got alone. And in Botswana, Grant Atkinson of Wilderness Safari's who made sure we got a terrific list including some new lifers in an area I've visited a number of times previously.

Roll on 2008.

 

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One last bird, while walking at Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe
532. Red-naped Sapsucker (L)

And what looked like a hybrid Glaucous*Western Gull.

 

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In reviewing my spreadsheet record, my final total was 540. So for the sake of completeness I have a series of edits.

Some birds were missed originally, and some have already been included twice.
But here's the list I missed originally.


Short-billed Dowitcher - Corte Madera
European Herring Gull - UK
Rock Dove - Bempton
Mourning-Collared Dove - Mala Mala
Red-eyed Bulbul - Mombo
White-breasted Nuthatch - Napa
American Goldfinch - Napa
Purple Finch - Napa
Spotted Towhee - Napa
Dark-eyed Junco - Napa (noted in Canada trip in April, assumed already recorded, Project Feederwatch confimed seen in January)

Birds counted twice - Barn Swallow, House Sparrow