egosnell2002 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Haven't posted on this section of the forum in a while, but here I am! I felt inspired to share my own poor photo from today ? Bonus points if you can ID it without looking at the list it's from: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60947130 Not everyday you find two first and one second county records (Tern and Sabine's Gull, and Pacific Loon)! The tern is also a sixth provincial record, so extremely good! It had been seen the previous day one county over, and we coincidentally refound it while lakewatching! Talk about luck! Somewhat unrelated, but the results of the eBird October big day were compiled, and eBird mentioned me and my mom because we got first for Canada! Seems I've hit a little birding hot streak! Keep an eye out in the coming days/week as tropical storm Olga comes through the eastern states up to Ontario, it's going to bring some good birds! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird-Boys Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 @Bird-Boys Nice ***** Tern! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 38 minutes ago, egosnell2002 said: Haven't posted on this section of the forum in a while, but here I am! I felt inspired to share my own poor photo from today ? Bonus points if you can ID it without looking at the list it's from: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60947130 Not everyday you find two first and one second county records (Tern and Sabine's Gull, and Pacific Loon)! The tern is also a sixth provincial record, so extremely good! It had been seen the previous day one county over, and we coincidentally refound it while lakewatching! Talk about luck! Somewhat unrelated, but the results of the eBird October big day were compiled, and eBird mentioned me and my mom because we got first for Canada! Seems I've hit a little birding hot streak! Keep an eye out in the coming days/week as tropical storm Olga comes through the eastern states up to Ontario, it's going to bring some good birds! Wow! That's an incredible list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Wowwww...dude that list is amazing. 24 of those would have been lifers for me ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Before I saw the list I guessed Sooty Tern Incredible list @egosnell2002! 16/12 on the list. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, egosnell2002 said: Haven't posted on this section of the forum in a while, but here I am! I felt inspired to share my own poor photo from today ? Bonus points if you can ID it without looking at the list it's from: https://ebird.org/checklist/S60947130 Not everyday you find two first and one second county records (Tern and Sabine's Gull, and Pacific Loon)! The tern is also a sixth provincial record, so extremely good! It had been seen the previous day one county over, and we coincidentally refound it while lakewatching! Talk about luck! Somewhat unrelated, but the results of the eBird October big day were compiled, and eBird mentioned me and my mom because we got first for Canada! Seems I've hit a little birding hot streak! Keep an eye out in the coming days/week as tropical storm Olga comes through the eastern states up to Ontario, it's going to bring some good birds! Uhh, I'm gunna guess a bird? ? Edited October 27, 2019 by MerMaeve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 19 hours ago, egosnell2002 said: White-faced Stubtail. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 7:50 PM, Birding Boy said: 24 of those would have been lifers for me Same here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 First state record of Vermilion Flycatcher in Idaho was spotted yesterday. And I'm stuck at home because both my parents are sick and I have school. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Did you go get your VEFL, @Melierax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Happy All Hallow's Eve everybody! Is anybody doing anything? I'll try to remember to post a picture of my pumpkin. I am not doing anything, trick or treating, etc. Might see if I can get Mom to buy me some candy. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, MerMaeve said: Did you go get your VEFL, @Melierax? It was never seen again... it likely died because we had heavy winds right after it arrived. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 1 hour ago, MerMaeve said: Happy All Hallow's Eve everybody! Is anybody doing anything? I'll try to remember to post a picture of my pumpkin. I am not doing anything, trick or treating, etc. Might see if I can get Mom to buy me some candy. ? Yep! We did pumpkins and watched the end of the world series last night. Tonight I'm going to a party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, Melierax said: Yep! We did pumpkins and watched the end of the world series last night. Tonight I'm going to a party. Wow, very nice! Who were you rooting for in the WS? My whole family was hoping for the Astro's to win.......? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melierax Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, MerMaeve said: Wow, very nice! Who were you rooting for in the WS? My whole family was hoping for the Astro's to win.......? Haha I was rooting for the nationals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) We're in a Springhill Suites, vacationing in Nashville. We tried trick or treating but didn't even get rocks. Maybe we should have left the hotel? Last year we learned if you want to trip over more goths, Wiccans, and Keltic priestess wanna-bes than you can shake a wand at, make the mistake of forgetting it's October when you book a room in Salem, MA. I'd love to have the local concession on dark purple hair dye and fingerless black lace gloves. Edited October 31, 2019 by Charlie Spencer 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) I think ALL of the birds went to visit family elsewhere for Thanksgiving. Maybe they will be back by Monday. Edited November 30, 2019 by Kevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kevin said: I think ALL of the birds went to visit family elsewhere for Thanksgiving. Maybe they will be back by Monday. Deep frying that turkey in the yard often encourages them to reconsider migration. I had a good trip to Augusta GA yesterday. 3 hour, 3.5 miles, 33 species. Another birder put me on two immature Baldies and a high-flying flock of cormorants. Edited November 30, 2019 by Charlie Spencer 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 2:05 PM, Charlie Spencer said: Deep frying that turkey in the yard often encourages them to reconsider migration. I had a good trip to Augusta GA yesterday. 3 hour, 3.5 miles, 33 species. Another birder put me on two immature Baldies and a high-flying flock of cormorants. I saw you reported a Snow Goose. Can you tell me in which cell it was located? phinizycenter.org/park-trails-and-features Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 2:05 PM, Charlie Spencer said: Deep frying that turkey in the yard often encourages them to reconsider migration. I had a good trip to Augusta GA yesterday. 3 hour, 3.5 miles, 33 species. Another birder put me on two immature Baldies and a high-flying flock of cormorants. My bad. Looks like it was a Snowy Egret. LOL. I knew there was some icy precipitation involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, HamRHead said: I saw you reported a Snow Goose. Can you tell me in which cell it was located? I just double-checked my list S61892166, Nov 9, 7:48. There's no Snow Goose on it. There's a sighting for Phinizy back in 2012, and I have a couple locally back in '17. Sorry, not me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, HamRHead said: My bad. Looks like it was a Snowy Egret. LOL. I knew there was some icy precipitation involved. Yeah, that's me! I have to check the photos but I'm pretty sure about a black bill. Middle of the Equalization pond, east end in that wide strip of vegetation that cut across tne pond. Had the privilege of hanging out with Pete Stangel for half an hour or so. Great guy. He's responsible for the eagles and most of the cormorants. Blasted swallow wouldn't cooperate for photos, of course. Edited December 1, 2019 by Charlie Spencer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Charlie Spencer said: Yeah, that's me! I have to check the photos but I pretty sure about a black bill. Middle of the Equalization pond, east end in that wide strip of vegetation that cut across tne pond. Yeah, sounds right. One or more Snowy Egrets have been lingering around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Had a nice list of birds around my house today! One of which was a lifer, Hermit Thrush! https://ebird.org/checklist/S62018130 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 @Kevin, you had 45 species in 30 minutes? You suck, you know that, right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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