IKLland Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Seanbirds said: All my best photos come from when I'm not making a checklist! Why don’t you make an incidental list? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, IKLland said: Why don’t you make an incidental list? Yeah, you could just make an incidental for the day you took the photos or something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Yeah, you could just make an incidental for the day you took the photos or something. Yeah. I do it all the time Edited December 9, 2021 by IKLland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Lifer black and white warbler! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 hours ago, IKLland said: Lifer black and white warbler! I guess it's back. I saw that bird two years ago https://ebird.org/checklist/S64295707 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 48 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: I guess it's back. I saw that bird two years ago https://ebird.org/checklist/S64295707 Yeah. It was there last winter, too. Some people have seen two there this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 abieticola are definitely one of my favorite birds. Always like trying to find them during the winter around here. My first one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Krider's RTHA yesterday! Always a cool bird to see. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 And an interesting bird this morning: a lone female Great-tailed Grackle. Very strange to see one here in the middle of winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 FOW “Blue” Snow Geese! Saw at least 3. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 I'm looking to bring this thread back! @Kevin would you mind changing the title of the thread to "Your Favorite Bird of The Day!!" Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 7 hours ago, IKLland said: I'm looking to bring this thread back! @Kevin would you mind changing the title of the thread to "Your Favorite Bird of The Day!!" Thanks! Okay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Didn't get out birding today, but my favorite birds I saw today was a couple of Lewis's Woodpecker that hung around in a big oak across the street from my house for a couple hours. I've had Lewis's fly over my house several times before this fall, but this was the first time I've actually had them perched. It's crazy how many Lewis's are around the valley this year! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 My favorite from yesterday was a late Pacific-slope flycatcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Since the last time I was out birding was last weekend, I’ll go with that trip. I went to a hotspot in northern Alabama that I saw had fields next to a river, and historically has had good sparrows. So I thought I’d give it a try! Immediately upon starting the trail I was met with huge numbers of swamp sparrows. First good sign. Farther along the trail I find some ducks and get some practice there. Two other birders greet me then move along the trail. I’m still looking through a group of sparrows. I keep going and spy a good sized patch of panicum grass in the trail, that had little patches of a darker, heavier grass. My first thought is to look for LeConte’s and Nelson’s. Literally the second I entered the panicum, that the two other birders has walked through minutes before, I see 2 LeConte’s flush and dive down in the darker grass. They then take turns popping up and perching OUT IN THE OPEN for me. Literally 8 feet in front of me. I wave the other birders back, AND THEY STAY. A Sedge Wren joins them, and as we are marveling in the glory of the friendly sparrows, I see movement at my feet, and the wren has crawled almost onto my leg, and I just see it’s little face peeking out at me from a clump of grass😆. I love sparrow season. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, Avery said: I love sparrow season. Me too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Female Northern Cardinal perched on a flowering witch hazel bush. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernKeys Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) A Yellow Palm Warbler stole the show for me this morning. :) Spent a good while watching it forage in a bush (where it really matched the leaves) along with a couple of Western Palm Warblers, which made for a great comparison. Only my second time seeing one, so even though it's not a different species or anything, it still feels special. Honourable mention for a seemingly late Grasshopper Sparrow too. Honestly thought I'd missed them for the year once they stopped singing, so actually seeing a silent one was a real surprise. Edited October 29, 2022 by NorthernKeys Embed image from Ebird instead of upload a file 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, NorthernKeys said: A Yellow Palm Warbler stole the show for me this morning. 🙂 Spent a good while watching it forage in a bush (where it really matched the leaves) along with a couple of Western Palm Warblers, which made for a great comparison. Only my second time seeing one, so even though it's not a different species or anything, it still feels special. Honourable mention for a seemingly late Grasshopper Sparrow too. Honestly thought I'd missed them for the year once they stopped singing, so actually seeing a silent one was a real surprise. Ooo, yellow Palms are the best, nice sighting! (And photo) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Yellow-billed Magpie was today's best bird, they're nothing special or rare around here, but they're such cool looking birds that don't really live anywhere not near California's Central Valley. Had one come up on the front porch this morning about five feet from the window which was really fun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Definitely the continuing Painted Redstart for me! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Probably a calling House Wren this morning. Nothing too special today though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Rusty Blackbird singing in a tree ten feet away from me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 A Common Raven seen from our car on the interstate this morning was my favorite bird of the day. Unfortunately my wife, who was driving, wasn't able to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Zone-tailed Hawk! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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