So how is your 2007 list going? (1 Viewer)

[Larry Lade]

It was quite foggy (with a little light rain) this morning as I birded Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri. Arriving at about 8:30 AM I was greeted by the sound of two Sandhill Cranes calling to one another somewhere out in the marsh. I was not able to see them, but it is always a joy just hearing them call. I tallied twenty (20) species of waterfowl (swans, geese and ducks) on the 10 mile drive around the refuge. On the mud flat areas I was able to gain three (3) new year birds for Missouri.

121. American Golden-Plover (x5)
122. American Pipit (x2)
123. Lesser Yellowlegs (x2)

* I also saw two (2) Greater Yellowlegs and forty (40) Wilson's Snipe, but I had seen both of these species earlier in March.

 

[Dranzer]

I hardly ever have a chance to go birding and I got to see like 5-10 Mourning Doves ||

1. Mourning Dove

 

[Jacamar]

I got up to the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this morning:

143. Sora (Lifer)
144. Long-tailed Duck (Lifer)

 

[Reader]

A day out got me three more for the year list.

158. Peregrine
159. Red Kite
160. Green-winged Teal

John

 

[Jacana]

picked up several smashing birds today. first off a treecreeper at home (119) followed by a trip to Ellesmere in search of the little gull that had turned up (not at all common in shropshire + a lifer for me) got it very quickly (120) then i got a call to tell me that a jack snipe was out in the open at a reserve only a few miles away, picked it up straight away, plus a second lifer for the day (121). plus a host of shropshire year ticks including, common gull, goldeneye, common snipe, pink footed goose & shelduck

 

[Mabel]

24-03-07
83. Pheasant
84. (Eurasian) Jay (Lifer)

 

[Dranzer]

An early morning day out in my backyard

2. Blue Jay x3
3. House Sparrow
4. Northern Cardinal
5. Tree Swallow x2
6. Common Grackle x3
7. European Starling x4

 

[Jacamar]

picked up several smashing birds today. first off a treecreeper at home (119) followed by a trip to Ellesmere in search of the little gull that had turned up (not at all common in shropshire + a lifer for me) got it very quickly (120) then i got a call to tell me that a jack snipe was out in the open at a reserve only a few miles away, picked it up straight away, plus a second lifer for the day (121). plus a host of shropshire year ticks including, common gull, goldeneye, common snipe, pink footed goose & shelduck

I too went in search of a Little Gull this morning, but I missed out. I also dipped on an Eared Grebe that had been seen the day before.

 

[Dave B Smith]

Went to the foothills / mountains yesterday and added ABA:
#84 Tundra Swan
#85 Golden Eagle (1 up close and 35 migrating north at the Mt Lorette Eagle Watch)
#86 American Dipper (see photo)

 

[Larry Lade]

Dave, I also enjoy seeing those American Dippers when we are out in Colorado!

 

[Nightjar61]

Broke the 500 mark with two new birds for the year. Now up to 501.

500. Louisiana Waterthrush
501. Pine Warbler

Dave

 

[Accipiter91]

Saw my first Blue-grey Gnatcatcher...Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dave B Smith]

Our Ducks are arriving now in good numbers as well as some of the other birds so my ABA year list is climbing:
#87 Ferruginous Hawk
#88 Ring-necked Duck
#89 American Coot
#90 Northern Shoveler
#91 Canvasback
#92 Western Meadowlark

 

[Gill Osborne]

Well, after a pretty good January and February I slowed to a dismal halt in March due to working six days a week and, three weeks ago, having my binoculars irreparably broken |=(|
Finally got the cash together by juggling the housekeeping (and staying OUT of our local second-hand book store which is like a second home to me!) and bought myself a new pair of bins this weekend so, at last, I can get back outdoors where I belong :bounce:

It was a long time coming *WHERE were these darned birds hiding?* but I finally, last night at dusk out of my living room window, caught up with.....

93: Song Thrush :t:

 

[AlexC]

97. Black Vulture

...I really want to break 100 before I leave for Texas on Tuesday... targets are... Double-crested Cormorant, Long-tailed Duck, Fox Sparrow, Tree Swallow, American Oystercatcher, Pectoral Sandpiper?, Wilson's Snipe, Blue-winged Teal?, Great Egret, Osprey, Glossy Ibis?, Cackling Goose? (reported), Piping Plover?, Eastern Meadowlark?

Of course, that "work" thing gets in the way... wish me luck, crew!

 

[Koen Verhoeyen]

96 Tundra Bean Goose 20-feb
97 Red-crested Pochard 20-feb
98 Red Kite 21-feb
99 White-tailed Eagle 20-feb
100 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 20-feb
101 Black Woodpecker 20-feb
102 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 20-feb
103 Mistle Thrush 20-feb
104 European Stonechat 21-feb
105 European Goldfinch 21-feb
106 Ruff 4-march
107 Common Ringed Plover 4-march
108 Barnacle Goose 4-march
109 Black-tailed Godwit 4-march
110 Common Chiffchaff 4-march
111 Eared Grebe 17-march
112 Black Kite 17-march
113 Firecrest 17-march
114 Whinchat 17-march
115 European Serin 28-march singing 10 minutes ago in the garden (makes new gardenbird, nr 69)

 

[JRE]

126. Hobby (!!!) Detais on my blog.

 

[jtibbetts]

3 more in the last couple of days:

297: Woodcock
298: Great Grey Shrike
299: Goshawk

 

[Larry Lade]

Two species of gulls this morning at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri, USA.

124. Franklin's Gull
125. Bonaparte's Gull

 

[JRE]

3 more in the last couple of days:

297: Woodcock
298: Great Grey Shrike
299: Goshawk

That's the highest current UK total. Do you use Surfbirds?