Peromyscus Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Two more year birds today, including Northern Parula. I am up to 118 species, and am still running a few days ahead of last year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I’m up to 168 for the year, with the most recent additions being Broad-winged Hawk and Cliff Swallow. I’m currently 39 species behind last year, which doesn’t surprise me, since I didn’t make a trip to Alabama last month like I did last year. I doubt I’ll beat last year’s record (my best yet: 313) but I’m on pace for 2nd best, as I’m 52 species ahead of my 2021 list! Definitely going to get another sizable boost this weekend with more migrants starting to trickle in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I heard my first House Wren of the year this morning (#119). I expect that I'll pick up a few more year birds this coming weekend. I'm still a few days ahead of when I hit 119 species last year, which was my best year since 2017 (which is the last time I left my home area). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 176 for the year with birding in SC! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Purple Finch at the feeder a couple of days ago to get me to 104, but the big disappointment is an Evening Grosbeak showing up at another birders feeder today. Would have been a lifer, and county bird #250…..but I was stuck in a meeting till well after 6, after a crappy day. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 12 minutes ago, chipperatl said: Purple Finch at the feeder a couple of days ago to get me to 104, but the big disappointment is an Evening Grosbeak showing up at another birders feeder today. Would have been a lifer, and county bird #250…..but I was stuck in a meeting till well after 6, after a crappy day. Surely it will be there tomorrow! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 41 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: Surely it will be there tomorrow! Can only hope, and that I am able to stop working ASAP tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 269 overall for the year, 233 for California this year, and 213 for my county this year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 First Lincoln's Sparrow of the year, today apparently being a sparrow migration event as the white-crowneds showed up en masse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Added 8 FOYs this morning, including Worm-eating and Nashville Warblers. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 19 hours ago, chipperatl said: Can only hope, and that I am able to stop working ASAP tomorrow. Dare I ask about today? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Up to 27 with a FOY Red-winged Blackbird! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, Peromyscus said: Dare I ask about today? Work stunk, and no EVGR reports today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 53 minutes ago, chipperatl said: Work stunk, and no EVGR reports today. Maybe tomorrow?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 FOY Purple Martin yesterday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 FOY Swainson's Warbler singing this morning! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 14 hours ago, Peromyscus said: Maybe tomorrow?! 🤷♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 FOY Orange-crowned Warbler and Peregrine Falcon this morning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Migrants are really starting to flow in! Added 19 FOY's the past two days (187 total), with the best from Friday being a Nashville Warbler, and the best from today being Swainson's Warbler and Black-throated Blue Warbler! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Added two more today: Warbling Vireo and Vaux’s Swift. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Six year birds this morning, on little sleep. This American Bittern is the best: https://ebird.org/checklist/S133820711. I was standing next to the photograph when he was taking these photos. We may have been 20 or 25 feet from the bird. The birds that I set out at 5 am to look for I did not hear or see. This is the earliest I've gone birding in many years. I did see a Purple Martin though, and a Prothonotary Warbler. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 FOY with White-throated Sparrow and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker today. A report of a Red Crossbill about 30 minutes from me seemed a little dubious as it was in a McDonald’s parking lot that I don’t think would have the right habitat around it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 3 minutes ago, chipperatl said: A report of a Red Crossbill about 30 minutes from me seemed a little dubious as it was in a McDonald’s parking lot that I don’t think would have the right habitat around it. That's kind of out of habitat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Really nice day today. 7 FOY birds including very, very rare American White Pelicans. Viewed it on a nearby lake from Nature Area. Another birder was able to get to the lake just prior to them lifting off, and a second birder showed up just before they got too far out of sight from the lake. I can now put that bird in the self-found column also. House Wren and Virginia Rail were also nearby. Then at our “big” lake I managed Forster’s Tern (90% sure), Cormorants, Barn Swallow and Purple Martins. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Got my lifer Lapland Longspur and 5 more FOY today - Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Greater Yellowlegs, Common Yellowthroat, and Savannah Sparrow. Up to 151 which is still 10 behind last year's pace and 3 behind 2021. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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