Birds are cool Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 13 hours ago, Aidan B said: This is about as good as mountain birding in the Sierra gets, it would be hard to have a better morning than this. Seriously, this was one of my best trips up to Wright's Lake, and I've come up here for birding so many times! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141869160 Wow, a Goshahwk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Birding wasn’t the primary focus of this trip but still got some fun mountain birds while fishing. https://ebird.org/checklist/S141885914 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, Connor Cochrane said: Birding wasn’t the primary focus of this trip but still got some fun mountain birds while fishing. https://ebird.org/checklist/S141885914 'Birding wasn't the primary focus, still takes a great photo' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 I had planned on chasing a nearby Roseate Tern lifer at sunrise, but it was raining when I left my apartment, so I switched to plan B and went after an Eastern Towhee lifer, praying it wouldn’t be raining when I arrived after a 60–90-minute trip. I got the lifer with great photos and great audio! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141934983 On the way home, just down the road from the first checklist, I stopped by a known location, looking for a Dickcissel lifer that would have made the county rare bird alert as well. I had a feeling it was gone, as nobody had seen it there since April 9th. https://ebird.org/checklist/S141945610 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 This would be my best list today https://ebird.org/checklist/S142004228 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 (edited) It was a relief to finally get my Cliff Swallow Lifer, which is the only reason I came here. Like my two previous trips to this hotspot, I spent a long time struggling to take photos and videos of swallows, and then spent hours at home going through photos and videos. So, I'm done with this hotspot for the year, as it doesn't offer anything else I need. If I care about county year lists after this year, (probably 🙂 ) I'll have to come back and repeat the exercise at least once a year. https://ebird.org/checklist/S142132479 Edited June 20 by dragon49 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Pretty good for a parking lot checklist. I probably could have gotten more species had I not spent so much time in one spot, trying to get good photos of the Monk Parakeets. Unfortunately, I couldn't get anything in focus: https://ebird.org/checklist/S142354088 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Got some halfway decent photos of an Eastern Meadowlark! https://ebird.org/checklist/S142364142?view=photos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 https://ebird.org/checklist/S142470045 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Not as good as the checklist above ⬆️, but still worth sharing here since this park is a lot smaller and not birded often. https://ebird.org/checklist/S142498092 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed hogg Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 (edited) On 6/12/2023 at 9:48 PM, dragon49 said: I do wonder though why the spectrogram goes blank after 4:22 of the long Parula clip. Here is another example I found on Ebird doing some research for another post where it cuts out at 4:22. @dragon49 Macaulay Library ML176241 Edited June 24 by Ed hogg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed hogg Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Actually now that I look, all the clips longer than 4:22 go blank after that time... I didn't think this used to be the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 8 hours ago, Ed hogg said: Here is another example I found on Ebird doing some research for another post where it cuts out at 4:22. @dragon49 Macaulay Library ML176241 8 hours ago, Ed hogg said: Actually now that I look, all the clips longer than 4:22 go blank after that time... I didn't think this used to be the case. Ty 4 the research. I just opened up a support ticket with Ebird and inquired about the issue. I'll write back with their answer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) I was on my way to a different spot two miles away, however, the road was closed, so I stopped for a brief stationary checklist. Something did work out though, as I hadn't previously heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and was able to capture some audio: https://ebird.org/checklist/S142590560 I was planning on visiting the American Crows on the way back anyway. I actually started what was to be the new main checklist, but never submitted it, as I had just gotten started, and it was so small. I saw one of the crows across the canal in a different county, so I took a quick stroll and submitted my first Broward County Checklist. The American Crow observation will make that county's Rare Bird Alert: https://ebird.org/checklist/S142612179 On to the main checklist. It was getting very hot, and I was getting tired, but after more than three and a half hours, the American Crows finally crossed over to my county, so I got what I came for, and also made the Rare Bird Alert for my county. https://ebird.org/checklist/S142606128 At the very end of the checklist, I submitted an incidental one for the neighboring county; this one with audio of one of the American Crows. Not sure how much the Broward reviewers know about that specific area, but I thought the audio might lend more credit to the first Broward checklist, where the bird wasn't calling: https://ebird.org/checklist/S142610363 Edited June 25 by dragon49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 https://ebird.org/checklist/S142694537 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Just a lot of Backyard Birds for the region, but had some fun photo opportunities. https://ebird.org/checklist/S142661595 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 https://ebird.org/checklist/S142875846 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 I enjoy these parking lot checklists. Never under pressure to get a lot of species, and I'm often surprised by what I do find. In my county, it's rare to find Common Mynas this far east, and it was nice to find the Least Tern fishing in the water retention pond. https://ebird.org/checklist/S143030451 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Here’s the first list of the day https://ebird.org/checklist/S143245411 And the second, better list https://ebird.org/checklist/S143263293 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 3 minutes ago, IKLland said: Here’s the first list of the day https://ebird.org/checklist/S143245411 And the second, better list https://ebird.org/checklist/S143263293 Jealous! REVI is one of my biggest nemesis birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 25 minutes ago, Aidan B said: Jealous! REVI is one of my biggest nemesis birds. Thanks! I got real lucky that I was able to get this bird! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Awesome day! I got the Bronzed Cowbird lifer I was after! Also, decent number of species for the short distance covered: https://ebird.org/checklist/S143286559 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, dragon49 said: Awesome day! I got the Bronzed Cowbird lifer I was after! Also, decent number of species for the short distance covered: https://ebird.org/checklist/S143286559 Your nighthawk photos are all great! However, that is the type of media that you should NOT upload to eBird. I’m fine uploading 18-20 photos per species if all the photos are mainly unique and different-the majority of these photos are very similar. Only upload many photos per species if they’re mostly different. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 I woke up late and took a light day. I was hoping, but not expecting to get a Bobolink lifer. No rush, as come September, hundreds, if not thousands of these birds will be flying over the same fields daily. Decent number of species, considering I was walking around in the 90° heat of the afternoon: https://ebird.org/checklist/S143366494 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) I took another light day. I hadn't been here in a while. Prettty boring, but I was out in the middle of a hot summer day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S143466291 Edited July 3 by dragon49 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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