Birds are cool Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 12:35 AM, IKLland said: I’m at 246 for the year. Same as you, 246. The trip to Dooly co. Pond got me 5 lifers and 10 year birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 8:02 PM, PalmWarbler said: I’ve gotten 61 lifers so far—Alaska and then Iceland. Whoops 60 not 61. Counted wrong 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I'm at 190 for the year, with today's Black-bellied Plover and 3 Pectoral Sandpipers (replacing a so-so view I head two or three weekends ago). I missed the Tricolored Heron on the way there though. 200 locally is faintly possible. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Peromyscus said: I missed the Tricolored Heron on the way there though. 200 locally is faintly possible. Trikes shouldn't be too tough in MD. I trip over them along the NC and SC coasts most of the year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Trikes shouldn't be too tough in MD. I trip over them along the NC and SC coasts most of the year. It's funny you mention that. On the latest trip to South Carolina, I really wanted both the Tricolored Heron and Yellow-crowned Night Heron because they were by far the easiest bird I still needed for my year list but had little chance of seeing in the remainder of the year. I barely got a TRHE on one of the last days and missed the YCNH entirely (which I did get in the background of a picture in New York). And now there's a TRHE sticking around, thousands of miles from home, at my local bird preserve. Edited August 18, 2022 by Zoroark 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Zoroark said: And now there's a TRHE sticking around, thousands of miles from home, at my local bird preserve. Probably got a good rate at one of the hotels. 'Out of town' waders used to stay at the Flamingo. Edited August 18, 2022 by Charlie Spencer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 The Tricolor was seen this morning. I may go back tomorrow to try for it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Trikes shouldn't be too tough in MD. I trip over them along the NC and SC coasts most of the year. Trike isn't annual in the immediate DC area. The DC bird I missed yesterday is the only one in the immediate area this month, so far. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 220 here. Not too bad for basically only birding in Michigan this year. A trip would really help... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Welp, the Tricolored Heron was seen this morning. Just not when I was there. I fully expect for it to be return right about now. It seems that it is an early morning and latish afternoon bird. Since tomorrow is Saturday, there won't be any rush hour to contend with in the morning. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Forget the Tricolor. There was an American Avocet a 15-minute drive from my house this morning and I was able to see it. Year bird #191; county year bird #172 I think. Not that either number is spectacular, except for me. Edited August 22, 2022 by Peromyscus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I picked year #140 today, Horned Lark, tying with last year. It was also lifer #234. I still need 10 more to catch 2020. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I’m up to 288 from my trip home and back. Picked up one lifer on the way, a Wood Stork in PA! Also a Ruddy Shellduck, but I’m believing it’s an escapee and not countable until it’s proven otherwise. Weird that it shows up on my eBird as a lifer though, even though it has the escapee tag. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Avery said: Weird that it shows up on my eBird as a lifer though, even though it has the escapee tag. I know it won't show up on the Sightings maps or county list. I think it won't show up if someone else looks at the checklist. I can't remember one way or the other, and the recent changes in how escapees are managed may have changed the display anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Avery said: I’m up to 288 from my trip home and back. Picked up one lifer on the way, a Wood Stork in PA! Also a Ruddy Shellduck, but I’m believing it’s an escapee and not countable until it’s proven otherwise. Weird that it shows up on my eBird as a lifer though, even though it has the escapee tag. eBird hasn't implemented the feature of removing escapees from someones life list yet, that should happen later this year. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Eastern Wood-Pewee parent feeding two orange-gaped juveniles takes me to 141 on the year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) I am at 176 species in my home county for the year. This might maybe be my second-best year total for that county, and there are still many weeks left in the year. eta: I was at 174, not 172 species, and today I chased Little Blue Heron and Lesser Yellowlegs, finding the latter along with Greater Yellowlegs. Edited August 27, 2022 by Peromyscus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Just had an Eastern Screech-Owl singing out in the woods. #212 for the year ties my high for the county. I think I may have usable audio even, which would be a first for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 At 249 for the year, one away from my goal, 250! For the county this year, I’m at 213. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 I'm at 362 for the year! I highly doubt I'll manage to hit 38 more species this year, though I will certainly try! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 There was/is an American Golden-Plover on the other side of my county. I found out about it a couple of hours ago, after we got home from seeing family. I decided not to go after it as I was too tired. Maybe it will be there tomorrow. It would be a year bird for me, and a species I haven't seen in some years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) With the pelagic yesterday my total was brought up by 13 species, to 283. Edited September 20, 2022 by BirdNrd 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Had lull in the summer months but thing picked back up this fall, and I was able to add some year birds. 284. MacGillivray's Warbler 283. Green Kingfisher 282. Black Phoebe 281. Bushtit 280. Bullock's Oriole 279. Scott's Oriole 278. Common Ground Dove 277. Rufous Hummingbird 276. Ringed Kingfisher 275. Canyon Towhee 274. Hutton's Vireo 273. Warbling Vireo 272. American Redstart 271. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 270. Black-throated Sparrow 269. Zone-tailed Hawk 268. Cactus Wren 267. Pyrrhuloxia 266. Vermilion Flycatcher 265. Common Raven 264. Verdin 263. Northern Parula 262. Yellow-throated Warbler 261. Blue-headed Vireo 260. Black-capped Vireo 259. American Avocet 258. Olive-sided Flycatcher 257. Upland Sandpiper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 3 minutes ago, Kevin said: Had lull in the summer months but thing picked back up this fall, and I was able to add some year birds. I should clarify, we have not had fall, birds migrated through, but unless you call 110, fall weather, we have not had it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2020 was my best year so far, 150. Last year, a variety of personal issues held me to 140. With three months left in 2022, I'm at 143, so passing 150 seems within reach. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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