MichaelLong Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 111. Peregrine Falcon 110. Northern Pintail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Yesterday: Pair of Hooded Orioles in my yard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Up to 32 with an awesome Baltimore Oriole! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 1 hour ago, Snake Fingers said: Up to 32 with an awesome Baltimore Oriole! Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 4/29/2023 at 5:04 PM, chipperatl said: Oh dummy of a week ago….my 125 is now 5th best out of 10 years. Just shows how amazing the last 2 years were for me. The past 2 years I was at 139 at this point. My county overall this year is at 141. I did get Sora today, as well as a singing Baltimore Oriole in my yard. Best part is my puppy is really getting to be a nearly perfect birding companion. He only whined once while I was stopped trying to sus out some stuff. Went out for first time without my dog this year. Was weird, but a little easier to bird. Still a very strange year for the area. The last two years my total alone was higher than the whole county total at this point. That is with a few more active birders even. Things have just been really slow. Up to 141 with 7 FOY yesterday, including some really good looks at Prothonotary Warbler. Unfortunately another birder had a Louisiana Waterthrush in the same park, while I was there on the other side. I was never able to relocate what would be county bird #250 for me. Was nice to see some birds finally show up yesterday though. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Hammond's and Warbling Vireo bring me up to 92 on the year, 5 more than last year at this time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 210 with GCTH the other day! 208 in GA! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 113. Warbling Vireo 114. Brewer’s Blackbird 115. Western Tanager 116. Common Yellowthroat 117. Brown Pelican 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 I'm up to 169 species for the year, running a week ahead of last year. Today I saw a rare-for-the-area Glossy Ibis, and I heard my first Eastern Wood-Pewee. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 166!!! Last year on this date I was at 129. Still waiting for a nice day of migration to really push all the migrants in here as I'm still missing a lot of easy ones. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 211. Swanson's Thrush GA 209. Swainson's Thrush I am 16 species ahead of last years pace, and with a trip to the coast on Friday, and a 3 week summer vacation in New York already planned, I think 300 species is possible! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I'm up to 73, still waiting on a lot of migrants. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) For this year: 290 for the world(and ABA since I haven’t traveled out of the US). 255 for California 232 for Orange County I’m well ahead of last years pace for the world, but that’s because last year my Florida trip wasn’t until the end of the year, this year it was at the start. For California and Orange County, I’m also ahead of my pace from last year by a landslide. Heck, I’m only ten species away from my 2022 year list for my county! Also, I’m only one species away from my 2022 California list! Edited May 9 by IKLland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 4 minutes ago, IKLland said: For this year: 290 for the world(and ABA since I haven’t traveled out of the US). 255 for California 232 for Orange County I’m well ahead of last years pace for the world, but that’s because last year my Florida trip wasn’t until the end of the year, this year it was at the start. For California and Orange County, I’m also ahead of my pace from last year by a landslide. Heck, I’m only ten species away from my 2022 year list for my county! Also, I’m only one species away from my 2022 California list! Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I'm now up to 177 species with the addition of White-rumped Sandpiper and three other species 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) After a STELLAR week, I’m up to 242! Recent additions are Connecticut Warbler, Alder Flycatcher, Lark Sparrow, and finally a Yellow-billed Cuckoo (they are very late this year). The next two weeks I’ll be back in VT and will hopefully add the species I missed in migration (OSFL, YBFL, BBCU, GWWA) and add some northern specialties. Edited May 12 by Avery 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 I'm up to 274 now after getting Purple Martins and a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron today! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 9 hours ago, Avery said: After a STELLAR week, I’m up to 242! Recent additions are Connecticut Warbler, Alder Flycatcher, Lark Sparrow, and finally a Yellow-billed Cuckoo (they are very late this year). Yeah, I got cuckoos really late this year also. The warblers seem to be getting here and leaving later than normal. Probably since it has been a cold spring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Yeah, I got cuckoos really late this year also. The warblers seem to be getting here and leaving later than normal. Probably since it has been a cold spring. That cold week we had in early may pretty much delayed migration by a week. Now, we've got storms rolling through that are creating mini-fallouts, and on top of that everything that is headed north is BOOKING it to try and make up lost time. It's been weird. Bay-breasted Warblers were few and far between the first week of may, and everything you got your bins on was a Yellow-rumped or maybe a Palm, but now both are basically gone and the Bay-breasted's are dripping from the trees. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 4 hours ago, Avery said: That cold week we had in early may pretty much delayed migration by a week. Now, we've got storms rolling through that are creating mini-fallouts, and on top of that everything that is headed north is BOOKING it to try and make up lost time. It's been weird. Bay-breasted Warblers were few and far between the first week of may, and everything you got your bins on was a Yellow-rumped or maybe a Palm, but now both are basically gone and the Bay-breasted's are dripping from the trees. Bay-breasted are one of my biggest nemesis this year. I have gone birding in the right habitat, in the right place, and have not been able to find them. Last year I saw several in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 215 with Red Knot and Common Tern! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Palm Warbler and a bunch of old stuff from Hawaii bring my year list up to 129. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 178 species with *two* surprise Swallow-tailed Kites at the Mississippi Kite nesting location in my county. The MIKIs were oh so much closer than the two or three I saw a couple of days ago at the end of a field trip. The kites were in the air at the same time and kind of close to each other. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 38 with a bunch of FOYs! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Up to 102. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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