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Ituri said:
A couple of deductions. My field identifications did not match up with the photo documentation for Trumpeter Swan and Common Grackle.

126 Tree Swallow
127 Bewick's Wren
128 Osprey
129 Great Egret
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Spring migrants have started to arrive. I've spent a couple mornings out on the Snake River looking for some new arrivals and attempting again to get a few overwintering rarities.

130 Burrowing Owl
131 Turkey Vulture
132 Virginia Rail
133 Sora
134 Violet-green Swallow
135 American White Pelican
136 American Pipit
137 Swamp Sparrow
138 Sage Thrasher

Those last two were life birds I picked up today. It's not that often that I get lifers close to home, and even less often that I get two of them!
 
DesertRhino150 said:
Over the weekend I have been able to add a number of new species:

Birds:
60. Great crested grebe

Mammals:
8. Brown rat
9. Reeve's muntjac deer
10. Common shrew
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Went on a field trip to Wicken Fen yesterday and managed to pick up a nice number of new species:

Birds:
61. Eurasian chiffchaff
62. Reed bunting
63. Northern shoveler
64. Meadow pipit

Mammals:
11. Roe deer

Reptiles:
1. Grass snake

Fish:
1. Common rudd

Also heard tons of Cetti's warbler and some sort of amphibian (possibly a common toad) but saw neither.
 
mstickmanp said:
According to Ebird there have been some reported in your area (Connecticut) in the last month or so.
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Excellent! I saw a raptor flying yesterday and the calls were identical to that of the hawk but I wanted to make sure they were still around.

In that case:

Birds
20) Rough-Legged Hawk Buteo lagopus

~Thylo:cool:
 
Spring migration is in full effect. The mecca of the annual North American migration is a small place called High Island, TX. I'm sitting right now in a motel in High Island that has bird posters on every single wall. I did a little birding this afternoon and have picked up a few good year birds, but nothing overly exciting that I could not have gotten back home. I have high hopes for some adventure tomorrow though.

178 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
179 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
180 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
181 Purple Martin - Progne subis
182 Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
183 Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
184 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
 
Non-bird addition:

Amphibians:

2. Smooth Newt - Lissotriton vulgaris
 
Some after dinner birding along the Gulf Coast.

185 American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
186 Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus
187 Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
 
mstickmanp said:
Didn't get any sparrows, but I did get two new birds while birding at the University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens.

162. Western Tanager
163. Hooded Oriole
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Did some after work birding today and I got four new birds:

164. Clay-colored Sparrow
165. Nashville Warbler
* Red-whiskered Bulbul
* Lilac-crowned Parrot

So far I have 5 ABA non countable birds.
 
This morning, I trekked out to Anahuac NWR in hopes of tracking down Yellow and Black Rails. These are two of the most difficult birds to get in North America. I had high hopes though because there was an expert field hike that almost gauranted to get the Yellow Rail.

Alas, neither species was found. But I did pick up a few year birds and two lifers.

188 Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
189 Green Heron - Butorides virescens
190 White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
191 Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
192 Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
193 Merlin - Falco columbarius
194 Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
195 Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
196 Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
197 Seaside Sparrow - Ammodramus maritimus
 
I'm now finishing up my trip to High Island and Galveston. I've added 30 year birds and 7 lifers in the past 26 hours. Not too shabby.

198 Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla
199 Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina
200 Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
201 Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
202 Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
203 Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
204 Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia
205 Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
206 American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
207 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
208 Short-billed Dowitcher

To put it in perspective, last year, I hit 208 on September 28th.
 
Ituri said:
Spring migrants have started to arrive. I've spent a couple mornings out on the Snake River looking for some new arrivals and attempting again to get a few overwintering rarities.

130 Burrowing Owl
131 Turkey Vulture
132 Virginia Rail
133 Sora
134 Violet-green Swallow
135 American White Pelican
136 American Pipit
137 Swamp Sparrow
138 Sage Thrasher

Those last two were life birds I picked up today. It's not that often that I get lifers close to home, and even less often that I get two of them!
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139 Wilson's Snipe
140 Black-necked Stilt
141 Savannah Sparrow
142 Bushtit

15 Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel
 
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Birds
176. Southern Emuwren
177. White-cheeked Honeyeater
178. Yellow-throated Scrubwren

:p

Hix
 
mstickmanp said:
Did some after work birding today and I got four new birds:

164. Clay-colored Sparrow
165. Nashville Warbler
* Red-whiskered Bulbul
* Lilac-crowned Parrot

So far I have 5 ABA non countable birds.
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Got two new birds while on a walk with the local Audubon Society chapter.

166. Black-throated Gray Warbler
167. Oak Titmouse
 
You know the stereotype that Aussies have kangaroos in their backyards and ride them to school? Well, although I never rode them to school, I did see a family of 4 Eastern Grey kangaroos from my front window over the weekend. This is always a treat, given that I live in suburbia just 30mins from the city centre.
 
KAENG KRACHAN NATIONAL PARK (THAILAND)

BIRDS:

361) Fork-tailed swift Apus pacificus
362) Forest wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
363) Greater necklaced laughing thrush Garrulax pectoralis
364) Large-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
365) Ochraceous bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus
366) Yellow-vented green pigeon Treron seimundi
367) Dark-necked tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
368) Ratchet-tailed treepie Temnurus temnurus
369) Eastern crowned warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
370) Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica
371) Great barbet Megalaima virens
372) Black-throated laughing thrush Garrulax chinensis
373) Radde's warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
374) White-hooded babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus
375) Lesser cuckoo-shrike Coracina fimbriata
376) Heart-spotted woodpecker Hemicircus canente
377) Tickell's brown hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli
378) Tickell's blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae
379) Chestnut-winged cuckoo Clamator coromandus
380) Banded broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
381) Black and red broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchus
382) Red-bearded bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
383) Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
384) Common goldenback woodpecker Dinopium javanense


MAMMALS:

42) Crab-eating macaque Macaca fascicularis
43) Dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus
44) Asian brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus macrourus
45) White-handed gibbon Hylobates lar
46) Red-cheeked ground squirrel Dremomys rufigenis
47) Polynesian rat Rattus exulans
48) Banded leaf monkey Presbytis femoralis


(This time last year I was on 35 birds for the year and one mammal....)
 
KRABI (THAILAND)

385) Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
386) Brahminy kite Haliastur indus
387) Ashy tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
388) Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
389) Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
 
Maguari said:
No adventurous story for this one; was just walking alongside a churchyard and spotted...

89. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
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A few new additions today:

90. Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus - lifer
91. American Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
92. Crimson-fronted Conure - Aratinga finschii - lifer
93. White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica - lifer
94. Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus - lifer
95. Clay-coloured Robin - Turdus grayi - lifer


The more observant of you may detect that I've not been in Derbyshire today! These specieswere since my arrival this afternoon in San Jose, Costa Rica. Lack of formatting is due to posting via phone and hotel WiFi. Hopefully an interesting 11 days to follow!
 
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