ZooChat Big Year 2013

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Only managed to add two new species this week- now that I'm back in Cambridge I expect birdwatching opportunities to be rather limited:

57- Common buzzard
58- Pied wagtail
 
8. Steller's Jay.

2013 recap:
1. Common Raven
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Rock Pigeon
4. Bohemian Waxwing
5. Mallard
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. European Starling
8. Steller's Jay
 
13 new adds this weekend.

Trumpeter Swan
Carolina Chickadee
Bonaparte's Gull
Eastern Meadowlark
Wilson's Snipe
Savannah Sparrow
Greater Scaup
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Franklin's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mew Gull

Good weekend for gulls! Had three Kansas review species (less than 10 records) today!
 
KCZooFan said:
Connecticut in February...Bonaparte's, Ring-billed, Herring, Iceland, Lesser Black-backed, Glaucous, Great Black-backed.
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Well I can't really eliminate enough of those (since I saw the gull from a distance) to figure out which species I saw.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Gulls are tough. Different plummage based on year, season, breeding etc. Sometimes even bills and leg color changes (I might have made that part up). a Sibley Guide is crucial if you are gonna be serious about it. Range, size, and habitat can help eliminate some similar species (Bonaparte's and Sabine for example).
 
Pleistohorse said:
Gulls are tough. Different plummage based on year, season, breeding etc. Sometimes even bills and leg color changes (I might have made that part up). a Sibley Guide is crucial if you are gonna be serious about it. Range, size, and habitat can help eliminate some similar species (Bonaparte's and Sabine for example).
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Sibley's is too basic for in depth gull study, especially considering Herring, Thayer's, Iceland, and some others. Sibley doesn't cover the different cycles well. Gulls of the America's is an amazing reference for that.
 
Gulls are tough. There was an Icelandic sighted in Anchorage last summer. It was a juvenile flocking with a Glaucous, Glaucous/Herring Hybrid group. I was a newcomer to the Sport, and was amazed at the knowledge expressed by the Pros as they were sifting through the mass trying spot that Iceland Gull. Green legs? Mew and Bonaparte's have some distinct looks and known nesting sites in the area and were much easier for me.
 
a few new year-birds in the last two mornings after the gym:

31) Weka Gallirallus australis
32) Waxeye (Silvereye) Zosterops lateralis
33) Australasian harrier Circus approximans
34) Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
35) Pukeko (Purple gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio
 
Chlidonias said:
a few new year-birds in the last two mornings after the gym:
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What is the definition of "gym" in your country? Just making sure I undertand you.

I added 5 new birds for my Kansas year over the weekend. Two have under 10 records:

Thayer's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull*
Franklin's Gull
Iceland Gull*

Currently residing at 113
 
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