Your Most Recent "Life" Bird (36 Viewers)

[Jeff Hopkins]

Ended the Bolivia trip with 128 lifers. The last of the 128 was Andean Negrito.

Even better was the second-last. That was an Andean Flamingo. It was world bird number 6000 for me. Yay!

 

[Lisa W]

It was world bird number 6000 for me. Yay!

Congratulations!

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Congratulations!

Thanks.

 

[Warixenjalka]

At yesterday on my way home from a couple weeks work trip I twitched Richard´s Pipit from Muurame, Central Finland. Attached clear picture

 

[Rob Hunt]

Sinai Rosefinch this morning in the magnificent setting of Wadi Rum, Jordan. 30+ seen.

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Cinnamon-breasted Warbler, last of 125+ lifers in South Africa.

 

[la_ravachol]

A trip to the Pyrenees at the end of August produced just the one but very satisfying lifer in Lammergeier.

Added bonus was I first glimpsed it on the French side of the border and then shortly later saw (probably) the same bird on the Spanish side - so it goes on both country lists. Not so much two birds with one stone as two countries with one bird.

 

[la_ravachol]

A trip to the Pyrenees at the end of August produced just the one but very satisfying lifer in Lammergeier.

Added bonus was I first glimpsed it on the French side of the border and then shortly later saw (probably) the same bird on the Spanish side - so it goes on both country lists. Not so much two birds with one stone as two countries with one bird.

Completely forgot the Pallid Harrier I saw in Dorset last month was actually my last lifer! (Oops)

 

[YuShan]

Just back from Brazil, where I got 175 lifers. But the last lifer of a trip is usually not the most exciting one, because it is one that you see along the road back to the airport

So here it is: Chestnut-capped Blackbird

 

[TicoTyler]

I managed to snag a pre-lifer today, depending on which checklist you use. The Brown Booby split has already been accepted, but I use Clement's/eBird taxonomy for convenience. The updates for it go into effect in one week, but I managed to see a Brown Booby in the Caribbean today which will now be my lifer "Brown Booby" as all the Brown Boobys I've seen before today have been in the Pacific and will now be Cocos Boobys starting next week.

 

[TicoTyler]

Ended the Bolivia trip with 128 lifers. The last of the 128 was Andean Negrito.

Even better was the second-last. That was an Andean Flamingo. It was world bird number 6000 for me. Yay!

I just got my lifer American Flamingo. It's also the first for Costa Rica and for southern Central America. But it was only 1,163 for me haha

 

[Frank van Drogen]

Just went to see the Pectoral Sandpiper which has been around for the last 10 days. I was just wondering, if one waits 10 days, is it still a twitch?

 

[Oregonian]

3754. Pink Footed Goose at Culbin Sands RSPB Preserve near Inverness, Scotland.

 

[timsg80]

Two lifers on a recent work trip to the UAE - Menetries's Warbler at Al Noor Island in Sharjah and then three wonderful Greater Spotted Eagles at Ra's al-Khor in Dubai.

 

[kb57]

Just went to see the Pectoral Sandpiper which has been around for the last 10 days. I was just wondering, if one waits 10 days, is it still a twitch?

If everyone else has lost interest and gone home, it almost qualifies as self-found

 

[Owene]

Isabelline shrike yesterday in North Dorset. Lovely bird.

 

[Ornitheologist]

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Mustang, OK, USA on my first business trip to the US.

Sorry for the intrusion but I am visiting Dubai for a 3 day conference in January and am looking for some advice re birding Dubai without a car. I am staying at the Holiday Inn at the airport. Are there any accessible spots that don’t involve too many taxis?
Pharaoh Owl and or Pallid Scops would be amazing but assuming they would require a car.
Thank you in anticipation.

 

[dwallace]

Red-Eyed Vireo at Durlston Country Park, Dorset last Sunday.

Dave W

 

[Rob Hunt]

Red-breasted Goose in the Hortobagy, Hungary.

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Crested Kingfisher, today near Gelephu, Bhutan, is the most recent of 25 lifers in Bhutan so far.