Birding Boy Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, IKLland said: Four lifers this morning. @Clip I got incredible photos of the birds! I can’t wait to upload these! https://ebird.org/checklist/S99000713 Awesome, jealous of the Frigatebirds! Can't wait to see your photos man. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: Awesome, jealous of the Frigatebirds! Can't wait to see your photos man. Thanks! The frigatebirds weren’t in great light, so those shots are just ok. The hull shots are great. I got great turnstone snd sanderling shots too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, IKLland said: The hull How many species of hulls are common down there? Did you see a Slay-backed Hull? ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 54 minutes ago, IKLland said: I got great turnstone snd sanderling shots too! Gulf Coast in a nutshell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Boom! Four lifers! And I hit my goal to get 25 lifers this trip! @Clip this wasn’t even At wakodahatchee! I’m going tomorrow or Monday. https://ebird.org/checklist/S99032015 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Lifer black bellied whistling duck! @Clip https://ebird.org/checklist/S99132689 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 9 hours ago, IKLland said: Lifer black bellied whistling duck! @Clip https://ebird.org/checklist/S99132689 Awesome! What did you think of Wakadahatchee? How many lifers are you up to now? The first time I came to Florida to visit I was amazed and a bit saddened that there were so many birds here I had already seen in Colorado. Some were rare in Colorado but others common. Example I'd seen a Yellow-crowned Night Heron once in Colorado so no lifer for Florida. Then Loggerhead Shrike common both places except only in the summer in Colorado. Year round in Florida. My Colorado list 365 when we moved. My Florida list now 332. Total 697 yet My total life list 483. Almost all the difference is because of species found in both States. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Clip said: Awesome! What did you think of Wakadahatchee? How many lifers are you up to now? The first time I came to Florida to visit I was amazed and a bit saddened that there were so many birds here I had already seen in Colorado. Some were rare in Colorado but others common. Example I'd seen a Yellow-crowned Night Heron once in Colorado so no lifer for Florida. Then Loggerhead Shrike common both places except only in the summer in Colorado. Year round in Florida. My Colorado list 365 when we moved. My Florida list now 332. Total 697 yet My total life list 483. Almost all the difference is because of species found in both States. 483 on the life list??!!?? ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Clip said: Awesome! What did you think of Wakadahatchee? How many lifers are you up to now? The first time I came to Florida to visit I was amazed and a bit saddened that there were so many birds here I had already seen in Colorado. Some were rare in Colorado but others common. Example I'd seen a Yellow-crowned Night Heron once in Colorado so no lifer for Florida. Then Loggerhead Shrike common both places except only in the summer in Colorado. Year round in Florida. My Colorado list 365 when we moved. My Florida list now 332. Total 697 yet My total life list 483. Almost all the difference is because of species found in both States. Yeah, that happened to me too. I liked green cay a bit better, it was a longer walk less crowded, and i just saw more birds there. I did love wakodahatchee too. I’m at 26 lifers this trip. I’m leaving Wednesday afternoon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 17 hours ago, IKLland said: Yeah, that happened to me too. I liked green cay a bit better, it was a longer walk less crowded, and i just saw more birds there. I did love wakodahatchee too. I’m at 26 lifers this trip. I’m leaving Wednesday afternoon. Did you try for the Tropical Kingbird being reported in Palm Beach County? I wish I lived closer. I would like to see that one. It is a 4 1/2 hour drive though so it would make it an overnight trip for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 17 hours ago, IKLland said: I’m at 26 lifers this trip Favorite so far? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 17 hours ago, IKLland said: I liked green cay a bit better I have only been to Wakadahatchee once and it was nesting season (March) which is probably why I liked it better. There was not a lot of nesting at Green Cay visible. The other times we have been down that way Wakada was closed or we were chasing something elsewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Clip said: Did you try for the Tropical Kingbird being reported in Palm Beach County? I wish I lived closer. I would like to see that one. It is a 4 1/2 hour drive though so it would make it an overnight trip for us. This was a trip meant to visit my family, with a little birding. The only times I had time to bird I figured to try the two great places close to where I’m staying. 1 hour ago, Clip said: I have only been to Wakadahatchee once and it was nesting season (March) which is probably why I liked it better. There was not a lot of nesting at Green Cay visible. The other times we have been down that way Wakada was closed or we were chasing something elsewhere. 1 hour ago, Clip said: Favorite so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/19/2021 at 8:43 PM, IKLland said: Lifer black bellied whistling duck! @Clip https://ebird.org/checklist/S99132689 I picked up my first one the day before! It seems to be a good year for them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: I picked up my first one the day before! It seems to be a good year for them. Some times it more about knowing where to look. They are abundant in Florida but you still have to know where to look because they are not everywhere even in Florida. Congrats on the lifer! Edited December 21, 2021 by Clip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just now, Clip said: Some times it more about knowing where to look. For me, the BBWD was an easy one. They've been in the same corner of a pond in an Augusta park for a few weeks. I hadn't been there in over a year and was looking for any excuse; a Culex mosquito would have been sufficient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 4 hours ago, IKLland said: This was a trip meant to visit my family, with a little birding. The only times I had time to bird I figured to try the two great places close to where I’m staying. You may not be able to bird bird but you never know what you may find even on the sides of the highways/roads around here. Wood Storks can be seen right from highway for example. I do this a lot by the way bird by car. I'm not usually driving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 My last checklist for this trip, perhaps my favorite. Got INSANE looks at the Nanday parakeets, they were checking out some cavities in a palm tree, in great lighting. I got some great shots of them! I FINALLY got my lifer limpkin as well! They were a tad too far away, and there was a gator in the same pond, so I wasn’t up to getting any closer. https://ebird.org/checklist/S99270681 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 2:31 PM, Seanbirds said: How many species of hulls are common down there? Did you see a Slay-backed Hull? ? Haha. Why does that always happen to me???? Anyways, the most common ones in order that I saw were laughing, ring billed, herring , and lesser black backed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Today ? https://ebird.org/checklist/S99326545 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Seanbirds said: Today ? https://ebird.org/checklist/S99326545 LALOs!!! Wish I could see something like that! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, Aidan B said: LALOs!!! Wish I could see something like that! They were freakin’ invisible when they were on the ground! Very hard to photograph. Had fun though! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Just now, Seanbirds said: They were freakin’ invisible when they were on the ground! Very hard to photograph. Had fun though! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Seanbirds said: Today ? https://ebird.org/checklist/S99326545 Nice...Lapland Longspurs are much more uncommon in winter here. First time I saw a Great Blue Heron walking on ice! https://ebird.org/checklist/S99337965 Can't seem to get to 20 species these days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Seanbirds said: Awesome! ahhh how I long for a longspur... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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