Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, dragon49 said: https://ebird.org/checklist/S108624452 Would have been 15 lifers for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, dragon49 said: Another great day! The Black-bellied Whistling Duck was a FOY. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108624452 Oh, and by the way your Blue Jay was dust bathing. Birds do that sometimes. https://www.thespruce.com/how-and-why-birds-take-dust-baths-386438 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 28 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Oh, and by the way your Blue Jay was dust bathing. Birds do that sometimes. https://www.thespruce.com/how-and-why-birds-take-dust-baths-386438 Ty - I removed my silly comment from the checklist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Didn't have any great list, but went biking today and got a few decent species including a county FOY Western Tanager https://ebird.org/tripreport/51286 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: Didn't have any great list, but went biking today and got a few decent species including a county FOY Western Tanager https://ebird.org/tripreport/51286 how common are WETAs up there? They’re everywhere down here, had about 30 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, IKLland said: how common are WETAs up there? They’re everywhere down here, had about 30 today. As breeders like this one is they’re uncommon throughout most of the higher elevations in the county. However during migration they can become pretty common at certain costal locations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: As breeders like this one is they’re uncommon throughout most of the higher elevations in the county. However during migration they can become pretty common at certain costal locations. Mostly breeders down here, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: Mostly breeders down here, right? All migrants. I bet only a few pairs even breed in Orange County. Closest real breeding population to you is probably in the San Gabriel mountains. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Connor Cochrane said: All migrants. I bet only a few pairs even breed in Orange County. Closest real breeding population to you is probably in the San Gabriel mountains. Huh. Never knew that! You are right, though. Wonder why very few breed. Habitat? https://ebird.org/barchart?r=US-CA-059&bmo=1&emo=12&byr=1900&eyr=2022&spp=westan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 52 minutes ago, IKLland said: Huh. Never knew that! You are right, though. Wonder why very few breed. Habitat? https://ebird.org/barchart?r=US-CA-059&bmo=1&emo=12&byr=1900&eyr=2022&spp=westan They breed up in higher elevations. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Really like the crane shot.  https://ebird.org/checklist/S108376973?_gl=1*1wvp5s7*_ga*MTk0OTY1OTIyOC4xNjUwODY1Mzcz*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTY1MTUxMjY3OS4yNC4xLjE2NTE1MTMyOTIuNjA.#_ga=2.16341430.183730401.1650865373-1949659228.1650865373 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Found a Clay-colored Sparrow at a place 10 minutes from my house this afternoon. Pretty good bird for the county, as a rare migrant and with only two known breeding locations. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108753547 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Warbler heaven at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve today. 66 species is one of my largest single checklists. No lifers, 2 FOY (Wilson's Phalarope and Least Bittern). https://ebird.org/checklist/S108787887 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Normal day in the neighborhood. Always good to see and hear the Nanday Parakeets, but I couldn't get any photos to share: https://ebird.org/checklist/S108815002 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 lifers, one which is a self-round rarity!! Plus I broke my species record! https://ebird.org/checklist/S108829464 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Avery said: 2 lifers, one which is a self-round rarity!! Plus I broke my species record! https://ebird.org/checklist/S108829464 Incredible list! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Highest list I’ve gotten so far in Alberta! Funny how I’ve never managed to see an eared grebe, but got to see ~80 of them at once today. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108875223  5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Avery said: 2 lifers, one which is a self-round rarity!! Plus I broke my species record! https://ebird.org/checklist/S108829464 That's one nice list! Very jealous of that Connecticut warbler. Nice find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Anyone know an easy way to find your checklist with the most species for a location? Besides exporting the data and crunching it in Excel... Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) It was an above average day in the neighborhood. It's nice to see Black Vultures back in town. They had disappeared for months. I'm reasonably sure I spotted 10 or so Swallow shaped birds flying in the pattern that I see Tree Swallows fly, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to report Swallow.sp. I positively identified everything else I saw and heard except for two flyovers. My best guess for both is White Ibis, but the angle and lighting make positive IDs impossible. These are the first Muscovy Duck chicks I've spotted since the twelve I saw last week, so if this is the same family, either an alligator or a raptor probably took the others. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108924655 Edited May 4, 2022 by dragon49 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, dragon49 said: It was an above average day in the neighborhood. It's nice to see Black Vultures back in town. They had disappeared for months. I'm reasonably sure I spotted 10 or so Swallow shaped birds flying in the pattern that I see Tree Swallows fly, but I'm not confident enough in my abilities to report Swallow.sp. I positively identified everything else I saw and heard except for two flyovers. My best guess for both is White Ibis, but the angle and lighting make positive IDs impossible. These are the first Muscovy Duck chicks I've spotted since the twelve I saw last week, so if this is the same family, either an alligator or a raptor probably took the others. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108924655 The other also might have moved somewhere else. This could be a different group. Edited May 4, 2022 by IKLland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Broke my species record AGAIN! This place continues to amaze. Could have easy gotten to probably 95 with a full loop of the lake. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108923901 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 1 hour ago, IKLland said: The other also might have moved somewhere else. This could be a different group. Quite possible. South Florida has thousands of canals and lakes that are all joined together. There are lots of nearby areas amenable to Muscovy Duck life. ?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Anyone know an easy way to find your checklist with the most species for a location? Besides exporting the data and crunching it in Excel... I feel like downloading the data and processing it is the only way to answer a few of the really interesting questions, like: What is the greatest number of species I've seen in one list? In one day? Can I see this graphically? What is the greatest number of individuals I've seen in one list? What is my high count for every bird [overall/in a location/this year] without going to every individual list (upper-right)? What bird have I observed the most times [overall/in a location/this year] without going to every species page or list (same link)? What birds have I photographed/recorded? (The inverse is easy to see on the targets page.) And one that I wish eBird would make a little easier: Which hotspot is the best location to see a specific bird? (If you bring up the map for a species, you have to click every hotspot until you see the popular ones. I've used the option to only show results from the last year or two to hide fluke visits from 1973, but that doesn't help in areas with a lot of hotspots and migratory species.) Edited May 4, 2022 by Zoroark Changed species to something most of us have probably seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 From a couple days ago with @Birding Boy Please rate photos. Thanks! https://ebird.org/checklist/S108425821 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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