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  1. cloudedleopard

    cloudedleopard Well-Known Member

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    Birds (9)-
    Dark-eyed junco
    White-throated sparrow
    Northern cardinal
    Canada goose
    Cooper's hawk
    Tufted titmouse
    Black-capped chickadee
    White-breasted nuthatch
    Downy woodpecker
    Mammals (3)-
    Eastern gray squirrel
    Whitetail deer
    Thylacine
     
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  2. AverageWalrus

    AverageWalrus Well-Known Member

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    Also, I forgot that earlier today, I saw a flock of

    9) Dark Eyed Junco
     
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  3. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    39. Australian Koel
    40. Little Lorikeet
    41. Musk Lorikeet

    :p

    Hix
     
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  4. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    This morning, saw a large flock of another new bird species passing overhead:

    41. Canada goose Branta canadensis
     
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  5. jbnbsn99

    jbnbsn99 Well-Known Member

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    45 Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
    46 Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
    47 Orange-crowned Warbler - Oreothlypis celata
    48 Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
    49 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
    50 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
    51 Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
    52 Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
    53 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
    54 Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
     
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  6. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    42. Royal Spoonbill
    43. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
    44. Superb Blue Wren
    45. Nankeen Kestrel
    46. Satin Bowerbird
    47. Silvereye
    48. Red-whiskered Bulbul
    49. Eastern Spinebill
    50. Eastern Yellow Robin
    51. Eurasian Blackbird
    52. Yellow Thornbill
    53. Fantail Cuckoo
    54. Spotted Turtledove
    55. Kookaburra
    56. Bell Miner
    57. Little Wattlebird
    58. Australasian Figbird

    :p

    Hix
     
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  7. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Since it was Sunday and I had nothing better to do, I took a bus to a nature reserve all the way on the edge of Warsaw and managed to see a few year birds and my first lifers of the year :):

    40) Rough-legged Buzzard
    41) Greenfinch
    42) Nuthatch
    43) Siskin
    44) Waxwing
    45) Grey Heron
    46) Redpoll
    47) Treecreeper

    I still haven't seen a chaffinch this year!

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  8. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    BIRDS
    92 Western Screech-Owl
    93 Evening Grosbeak
    94 Northern Shrike

    MAMMALS
    8 Common Muskrat
     
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  9. Pleistohorse

    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Mammals:
    1) Northern Red-backed Vole
    2) Red Fox
     
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  10. robmv

    robmv Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Three from yesterday at Venus Pool:
    82. Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
    83. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
    84. Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

    This morning I woke up early and set off for an impromptu Slimbridge outing:
    85. White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
    86. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
    87. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
    88. Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
    89. Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
    90. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
    91. Crane (Grus grus)
    92. Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
    93. Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
    94. Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

    I'm not entirely comfortable with counting the Great Crane Project birds, but they'll do until I get to Norfolk.

    Still no pheasant!
     
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  11. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Birds
    8) Red-Tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

    Mammals
    2) Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
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  12. Hevden

    Hevden Well-Known Member

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    A few hours birding this weekend gave me another life tick.

    71. Shelduck
    72. Smew
    73. Caspian Gull
    74. Glaucous Gull
    75. Jay
    76. Long-tailed Tit
    77. Treecreeper
    78. Grey Wagtail
    79. Meadow Pipit
    80. Siskin
    81. Hawfinch
     
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  13. mstickmanp

    mstickmanp Well-Known Member

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    Made a trip to the Salton Sea yesterday with my local Audubon group. Before yesterday I had only been to the Salton Sea on two occasions, and both during the Summer. The first time with jbnbsn99 was an "okay" day as it wasn't terribly hot or smelly, but the second time it was around 115 degrees and the smell was worst than the first time. On the other hand, the high yesterday was around 75 degrees and no smell, making it a very pleasant day for birdwatching.

    The highlights were hundreds of Sandhill Cranes, thousands of Ross' and Snow Geese, a Yellow-footed Gull, and a Roseate Spoonbill.

    109. Ross' Goose
    110. Lesser Scaup
    111. Bufflehead
    112. Gambel's Quail
    113. Horned Grebe
    114. Eared Grebe
    115. Brown Pelican
    116. American Bittern
    117. Cattle Egret
    118. Roseate Spoonbill
    119. Ridgway's Rail
    120. Sandhill Crane
    121. American Avocet
    122. Greater Yellowlegs
    123. Willet
    124. Lesser Yellowlegs
    125. Marbled Godwit
    126. Western Sandpiper
    127. Yellow-footed Gull
    128. Caspian Tern
    129. Forster's Tern
    130. Common Groud-dove
    131. Greater Roadrunner
    132. Burrowing Owl
    133. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
    134. Verdin
    135. Loggerhead Shrike
    136. Tree Swallow
    137. Marsh Wren
    138. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
    139. Abert's Towhee

    There have been at least 4-5 Lesser Flamingos living at the sea for the last 5-10 years and yesterday we saw one in the same place as the Roseate Spoonbill. For the purpose of this list I will count exotics as it gets me confused since Ebird includes them.

    140. Lesser Flamingo

    I also forgot to include two more from earlier in the week.

    141. Mute Swan
    142. Indian Peafowl
     
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  14. jbnbsn99

    jbnbsn99 Well-Known Member

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    55 Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
    56 Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
    57 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
    58 Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
    59 Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
    60 Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia A
    61 Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
    62 Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
    63 Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
    64 Rusty Blackbird - Euphagus carolinus
     
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  15. zooboy28

    zooboy28 Well-Known Member

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    I'm on the board now, with a few species from around Melbourne, including some seen around the Yarra Valley yesterday:

    Birds:
    1 Spotted Turtle Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    2 Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis
    3 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
    4 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
    5 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
    6 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novehollandiae
    7 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    8 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    9 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    10 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    11 Australasian Coot Fulica atra australis
    12 Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
    13 Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
    14 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    15 Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
    16 Little Raven Corvus mellori
    17 Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
    18 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
    19 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    20 Great Egret Ardea modesta
    21 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    22 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    23 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
    24 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    25 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
    26 Suberb Fairy Wren Malurus cyaneus
    27 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
    28 Bronzewing Pigeon Phaps chalcoptera
    29 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
    30 Galah Elophus roseicapillus
    31 Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
    32 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
    33 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
    34 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
    35 Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
    36 Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis

    Mammals:
    1 Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
    2 European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
    3 Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
     
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  16. mstickmanp

    mstickmanp Well-Known Member

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    Added 4 more birds today.

    143. Common Merganser
    144. Hooded Merganser
    145. Common Goldeneye
    146. Canvasback
     
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  17. DesertRhino150

    DesertRhino150 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Saw three new bird species yesterday:

    42. Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
    43. Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    44. Greylag goose Anser anser

    And today, managed to go on my first trip to Abberton Reservoir this year. Unfortunately, I just happened to pick a day with high winds so the smew, Bewick's swans, scaup, black-necked grebe and bittern that have all been hanging around on the reservoir over the past week or so were absent (all apart from the bittern would have been lifers). Fortunately however, did manage to get a lot of new birds for the year list:

    45. Common gull Larus canus
    46. Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
    47. Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
    48. Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
    49. Stock dove Columba oenas
    50. Red-crested pochard Netta rufina
    51. Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
    52. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
    53. Common teal Anas crecca
    54. Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
    55. Common skylark Alauda arvensis
    56. Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
    57. European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
    58. Goosander Mergus merganser
    59. European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria
    60. Gadwall Anas strepera
    61. Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis
     
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  18. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Another week or so, another batch of bird sightings, from Redcar, Darlington, Northumberland National Park and the Northumberland coastline......

    16) Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
    17) Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
    18) Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
    19) Common Gull (Larus canus)
    20) Coot (Fulica atra)
    21) Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
    22) Eurasian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    23) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    24) Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
    25) Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    26) Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
    27) Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
    28) Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
    29) Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
    30) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
    31) Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
    32) Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
    33) Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
    34) Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    35) Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
    36) Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)
    37) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    38) Magpie (Pica pica)
    39) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    40) Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
    41) Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
    42) Mealy Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
    43) Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
    44) Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
    45) Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
    46) Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
    47) Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
    48) Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
    49) Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    50) Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
    51) Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    52) Sanderling (Calidris alba)
    53) Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
    54) Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
    55) Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
    56) Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
    57) Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
    58) Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

    And an honorary one which I don't think counts for the total, and which I only realised I had spotted having checked my photographs....

    a) "Viking" Gull (Larus hyperboreus x L. argentatus)
     
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  19. mstickmanp

    mstickmanp Well-Known Member

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    Missed two from the Salton Sea.

    147. Semipalmated Plover
    148. Long-billed Curlew
     
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  20. boof

    boof Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    68. purple swamphen
     
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