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Straining, but not bursting :p of all the vontsira species this is the one which makes me least envious, as I'll hopefully be seeing it in Berlin in a few months time.

Still envious though.
 
112 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus

Normally, birders keep the locations of owls and owl nests secret, but for the past several years a pair of GHOs has been returning to the same spot in my local wetlands area. They've been easy to spot, and are a good distance from any place accessible on foot, so their nest has been well documented.
 
@TLD, you cannot miss the ringtails in Berlin. I will try to make you more jealous as in april the grandidiers vontsira is on the program, or at least I will visit the only place where it occurs and maybe if things do not turn out as I want, I will try to see Durrels vontsira as well, but that is plan C at the moment :p
 
jbnbsn99 said:
112 Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus

Normally, birders keep the locations of owls and owl nests secret, but for the past several years a pair of GHOs has been returning to the same spot in my local wetlands area. They've been easy to spot, and are a good distance from any place accessible on foot, so their nest has been well documented.
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I've actually found that less true with Great Horned Owls than any other species. Perhaps its because they are so common and they nest so close to people that birders aren't particularly concerned.
 
boof said:
I got up at early this morning (3am) and headed to Hexham swamp in the newcastle area. Get up there hix, it's a great day. I got 21 birds there plus 5 others at Stockton and wallsend. I also got 7 lifers.
88. Cattle Egret
89. Royal Spoonbil
90. Australian Spotted Crake

Boof I couldn't believe it when I read Spoon bills in Hexham then I saw number 90 and realised It wasn't the Hexham, Newcastle, Wallsend or even the Stockton I know from my native Northeast of England.:o Funny how they are the same names and obviously close together must have been founded my a Geordie explorer:p
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dean said:
Boof I couldn't believe it when I read Spoon bills in Hexham then I saw number 90 and realised It wasn't the Hexham, Newcastle, Wallsend or even the Stockton I know from my native Northeast of England.:o Funny how they are the same names and obviously close together must have been founded my a Geordie explorer:p
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I had the same double-take :p
 
dean said:
boof said:
I got up at early this morning (3am) and headed to Hexham swamp in the newcastle area. Get up there hix, it's a great day. I got 21 birds there plus 5 others at Stockton and wallsend. I also got 7 lifers.
88. Cattle Egret
89. Royal Spoonbil
90. Australian Spotted Crake

Boof I couldn't believe it when I read Spoon bills in Hexham then I saw number 90 and realised It wasn't the Hexham, Newcastle, Wallsend or even the Stockton I know from my native Northeast of England.:o Funny how they are the same names and obviously close together must have been founded my a Geordie explorer:p
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I think so. :D:D
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Chlidonias said:
yellow wagtail must be a good bird for NSW?
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Great bird. There's reports that there is about 7 birds in the area. One may be a green headed yellow wagtail ( Motacilla taivana) I didn't see it. I got about a 10 second look at an eastern. They are a regular migrant to the swamp.
 
Birds:
1 Little Raven Corvus mellori
2 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
3 Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
4 Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
5 Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
6 Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
7 Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
8 Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis
9 Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata
10 Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
11 Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
12 Australasian Coot Fulica atra australis
13 Magpie Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
14 Feral Pigeon Columba livia
15 Spotted Turtle Dove Spilopelia chinensis
16 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
17 Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
18 Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
19 Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novehollandiae
20 Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
21 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
22 Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
23 Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
24 Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
25 Australian Shoveller Anas rhynchotis
26 Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
27 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
28 Great Egret Ardea modesta
29 Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
30 Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
31 Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
32 Grey Teal Anas gracilis
33 Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
34 Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti
35 Common Blackbird Turdus merula
36 Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
37 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
38 Hardhead Aythya australis
39 Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
40 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
41 White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus
42 Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
43 Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
44 Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
45 Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae

These have all been seen in Victoria, in Melbourne City, or on day trips to the Mornington Peninsula, Great Ocean Road and Dandenong Ranges.

Mammals:
1 Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
2 European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
3 Australian Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus
4 Koala Phascolarctos cinereus
5 Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus
 
mstickmanp said:
So I went to Fairmount Park again to see if I can see the single Greater White-fronted Goose and Ross's Goose that have been there for a while, but I failed again. However, I did get some new species, including a single Cackling Goose.

41. Cackling Goose
42. Great Egret
43. Snowy Egret
44. Bonaparte's Gull
45. Band-tailed Pigeon
46. Western Bluebird
47. American Robin
48. Common Yellowthroat
49. Nutmeg Mannikin (Countable in California)

And I was able to finally ID another species from one of my photos.

50. Fox Sparrow
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Got six new species today:

51. Greater White-fronted Goose
52. Hooded Merganser
53. Eurasian Collared-dove
54. Downy Woodpecker
55. House Wren
56. Townsend's Warbler
 
Quick update...got a couple hawks this week, one expected to be here, the other not.

76 Red-shouldered Hawk
77 Rough-legged Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawks normally occur west of here on the Oregon coast. Not too common for them to be in this area.
 
mstickmanp said:
Got six new species today:

51. Greater White-fronted Goose
52. Hooded Merganser
53. Eurasian Collared-dove
54. Downy Woodpecker
55. House Wren
56. Townsend's Warbler
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Went birding again today, which unfortunately was cut short when I realized that I had lost my glasses...I didn't find them.

57. Allen's Hummingbird
58. Nuttal's Woodpecker
59. Hermit Thrush
60. Orange-crowned Warbler
61. Savannah Sparrow
62. Lincoln's Sparrow
63. Ross's Goose
 
113 Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii

Seen driving in to work today flying over the highway.
 
Birds
1. american crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
2. american robin Turdus migratorius
3. brown creeper Certhia americana
4. black capped chickadee Poecile atricapillus
5. blue jay Cyanocitta cristata
6. northern cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
7. mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. dark-eyed junco junco hyemalis
9. cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii

Mammals
1. eastern cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus
2. eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger
 
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