Yardbirds

[Kevin]

1 minute ago, Kevin said:

Now if you will not laugh, I'll tell y'all what my latest yardbird is, American Coot. 

It was yardbird 185.

[Seanbirds]

American Pipit this morning!

[chipperatl]

Whoo-hoo - Yard bird #157 - Merlin hanging out on a treetop.  Was gone by time I went in and got the camera.  Thankfully it was fanning its tail, or I might not have been able to call it for sure.  

[chipperatl]

Advantage to being awake since 3, with windows wide-open....you get to hear yard bird #158 Greater Yellowlegs calling as it flew over at 5 a.m.  

[IKLland]

DEJU, somehow.

[neilpa]

#58 - Yellow Warbler

Been nice finally getting some new yardbirds the past few weeks

[blackburnian]

9 hours ago, neilpa said:

#58 - Yellow Warbler

Been nice finally getting some new yardbirds the past few weeks

Also got YEWA recently in my small residential yard. House Wren and American Redstart are also recent additions. Somewhere around 105. 

[Seanbirds]

I FINALLY counted up and my yard list is 153.

[neilpa]

#59 - Olive-sided Flycatcher

[neilpa]

#60 - Common Nighthawk

Random and unexpected flyover that I wouldn’t have noticed if not for the call I didn’t recognize. Also my 250th state bird.

[Seanbirds]

Red-shouldered Hawk!

Very much an oddball bird here, considering habitat. They just don't come here. They're common in forests (mainly riparian) but anywhere else in my area they're basically nonexistent. Kind of cool to see.

Edited January 9 by Seanbirds

[Birds are cool]

On 1/9/2023 at 10:40 AM, Seanbirds said:

Red-shouldered Hawk!

Very much an oddball bird here, considering habitat. They just don't come here. They're common in forests (mainly riparian) but anywhere else in my area they're basically nonexistent. Kind of cool to see.

Nice!

[Connor Cochrane]

#114 for the non-NFC list flew over this afternoon, a nice immature Bald Eagle. That puts me somewhere in the high 130s or low 140s with NFCs.

[IKLland]

I’m at 43, and 44 if you count the certainly non-native Northern Cardinal. My yard is really tiny, so I don’t get many birds other then the WCSPs, SOSPs, BEWRs, MODOs, HOFIs, LEGOs, AMCRs, and OCWA. Those are here every day, but other than that it’s pretty random. 

[Birds are cool]

62 for the year, 180 all time.

[Zoroark]

I'm still impressed by folks who have yard lists with over 100 species. Even with 558 lists in my yard, I only have 50 species, and around 10 of those were fly-overs. Oh well, guess that's what being in the suburbs is like. Here's what my bar charts look like.

Meanwhile, at my aunt's house in South Carolina, I've seen 58 different birds on only 33 checklists.

[Connor Cochrane]

My diurnal bar charts are too long to share easily, but here's a snapshot form NFCs. I hope to get the recorder out more this next spring and fall to fill in some gaps and hopefully get some new birds over the yard.

[Birds are cool]

11 hours ago, Zoroark said:

I'm still impressed by folks who have yard lists with over 100 species. Even with 558 lists in my yard, I only have 50 species, and around 10 of those were fly-overs. Oh well, guess that's what being in the suburbs is like. Here's what my bar charts look like.

Meanwhile, at my aunt's house in South Carolina, I've seen 58 different birds on only 33 checklists.

I have twenty acres as my backyard, so getting 180 is just a matter of getting out there.

[IKLland]

Golden-crowned Sparrow.

[Birds are cool]

Two new year birds today puts me up to 65 for the year. 38 in the US!

 

[chipperatl]

My biggest missing yard birds are

• Swamp Sparrow
• Willow Flycatcher
• Rough-legged Hawk (as a flyover)
• Red-shouldered Hawk (as a flyover)
• Peregrine Falcon (as a flyover)

Most others I am "missing" wouldn't fit for the habitat I have around me.  

[Connor Cochrane]

I don't really bird my yard that much, it seems like I'm never home when it's light outside. I have most of the expected easy birds but there's definitely a few noticeable misses.

Most ducks -- Only have Mallard and Pintail as flyovers

Golden Eagle -- Have had them flying over the road, but never from the yard

Olive-sided Flycatcher -- My dad's had one in the yard while I was gone

Say's Phoebe

Lazuli Bunting -- might be a stretch but they breed a quarter of a mile away.

[IKLland]

18 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said:

 

I don't really bird my yard that much

 

Me too, and my yard is tiny. There’s only like 2 decently sized trees in the yard(I’m not sure what kind of tree they are, probably some introduced thing that doesn’t attract many songbirds), and a few hedges and tiny trees. There’s not really any grass in the yard except for the small patch under the feeder. I’m only at 44 species for my yard. I’m missing a ton of “easy” flyovers(ducks and shorebirds, specifically, as well as others). I’m also not in a good habitat at all in my neighborhood.  

[Snake Fingers]

2 hours ago, IKLland said:

Me too, and my yard is tiny. There’s only like 2 decently sized trees in the yard(I’m not sure what kind of tree they are, probably some introduced thing that doesn’t attract many songbirds), and a few hedges and tiny trees. There’s not really any grass in the yard except for the small patch under the feeder. I’m only at 44 species for my yard. I’m missing a ton of “easy” flyovers(ducks and shorebirds, specifically, as well as others). I’m also not in a good habitat at all in my neighborhood.  

I have zero trees, zero shrubs, and no grass. I gave up backyard birding when we moved. *sighs*

Edited January 31 by Snake Fingers

[neilpa]

#66 Pacific Wren - a vocal singer when letting the dog out this morning