chipperatl Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 40 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: The redshank is the fifth first for the state this year, right? Townsend’s Warbler Cassin’s Kingbird Southern Lapwing (if accepted as natural vagrant) Red-cockaded Woodpecker Common Redshank Limpkin (?) - https://ebird.org/checklist/S114392059 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 The Limpkin on that checklist has turned into a King Rail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Peromyscus said: The Limpkin on that checklist has turned into a King Rail. Must have just done it. I think the debate was still ongoing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 minute ago, chipperatl said: Must have just done it. I think the debate was still ongoing on it. Yup. I read the original text of that checklist with the (self) debate as to whether it was King Rail or Limpkin, about 55 minutes ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 8 hours ago, DLecy said: Early July tends to be the slowest time of year in CA, but by the end of the month southbound shorebirds start to shake things up. As a school administrator, it’s always a little painful to have this (July) be my biggest chunk of time off. It would be so sweet to have time off in September and October! That’s what I’ve noticed too, in my first year and a half of birding. I’m trying to just get some decent images right now when there’s not much to see. I have free time now for other reasons, but also would live to have free time in September and October! That just happens to be my busiest time of year, unfortunately. Looking forward to my trip to NY in a couple weeks. I won’t be there in time for warbler migration, but can still hopefully get some lifers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 26 minutes ago, IKLland said: That’s what I’ve noticed too, in my first year and a half of birding. I’m trying to just get some decent images right now when there’s not much to see. I have free time now for other reasons, but also would live to have free time in September and October! That just happens to be my busiest time of year, unfortunately. Looking forward to my trip to NY in a couple weeks. I won’t be there in time for warbler migration, but can still hopefully get some lifers. Yes, you WILL get some lifers in NY...many, I predict! Right now is the time for all the mundane but important birding tasks...such as studying young/juvenile birds. Many birds are also molting after having bred, providing good/unique ID challenges. For example, here in the North Bay I have been engaged in discussion with others about how often mis-reported "Red-winged" subspecies of Red-winged Blackbirds are in June/July, as our local "Bicolored" RWBLs are molting their coverts, making them appear like nominate RWBLs, but they typically aren't and they are being reported as such. Anyways, there is always something to be learned. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Welp, it looks like another Steller's Sea Eagle is in coastal south-central Alaska (Valdez) https://twitter.com/WanderingSTSE/status/1544359672018354176 Will it follow in the footsteps (wingbeats?) of its famous relative? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Yes, stellers see eagle in north america Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Grey/Gray Heron - Prince Edward Island 8/6.....(yeah I'd just call it a GBHE if I saw it) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Sellers Sea Eagle in Canada! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Birds are cool said: Sellers Sea Eagle in Canada! Which province? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 https://ebird.org/checklist/S116626985 Here is the checklist with photos and details. If I remember correctly the eagle was seen on a bird tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Peromyscus said: Which province? It’s on the Newfoundland island. Need to take a ferry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Thanks, Avery and Birds are cool! It's actually been in Newfoundland since May. I was wondering from Birds are cool's post if it had flown off the island. eta: I'm hoping it heads to New Jersey or Maryland this winter. https://twitter.com/WanderingSTSE/status/1556408839444070400 Edited August 10, 2022 by Peromyscus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I can no longer see the Facebook group for the ABA Rare Bird Alert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Michigan finally gets a Limpkin and it is hold up on a river, only accessible via boat. No eBird checklist, but pics are on Michigan Discord. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 8 hours ago, chipperatl said: Michigan finally gets a Limpkin and it is hold up on a river, only accessible via boat. No eBird checklist, but pics are on Michigan Discord. https://ebird.org/checklist/S117457753 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Not sure if this made it to ABA Rare Bird Alert, but looks like Great White Heron in SW Michigan. Not an albino bird, and looks like no plumes on head, so maybe a young bird. https://ebird.org/checklist/S117618197 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Michigan is the rare bird magnet this year! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Michigan does it again. Brambling at a feeder in St. Ignace. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 7 hours ago, chipperatl said: Michigan does it again. Brambling at a feeder in St. Ignace. Yep I look at that bird and say "Weird House Sparrow or White-crowned Sparrow" and move on. https://ebird.org/checklist/S120215624 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Guess I can see the ABA Rare Bird alert page on Facebook again St. Paul Island, Alaska Eurasian Hoopoe (1 alive and 1 from 9/16 dead) Tree Pipit Marsh Sandpiper Brambling....flock of 30 Wood Warbler Song Thrush Common Redshank from July in Massachusetts not reported due to previous birders being butt-heads. Red-footed Booby in Massachusetts 10/4 Thick-billed Kingbird - Utah 10/5 Yellow-throated Warbler - California 10/7 California Gull and Heerman's Gull - Massachusetts 10/1 Purple Sandpiper - Colorado 10/6 Kirtland's Warbler x 2 - New Jersey 9/29 first state records Hammond's Flycatcher - Georgia 10/6 Fork-tailed Flycatcher - North Carolina 10/1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Oh, the/a Heermann's is up in Mass.?! I hope it stops in Maryland on its way back south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 21 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: Oh, the/a Heermann's is up in Mass.?! I hope it stops in Maryland on its way back south. https://ebird.org/checklist/S119821299 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, chipperatl said: https://ebird.org/checklist/S119821299 Grrrrr, I mean, thanks! I almost never check the Baltimore or state eBird rare bird alerts. But it was only reported twice early in the morning that day, so I probably wouldn't have seen it if I had known about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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