Tanager 101 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) A trip to the upper peninsula with @Birding Boy got me up to 55 for the year, which is a pretty good start for the area imo (tied for 23rd in the state currently this year according to ebird) Edited January 6 by Tanager 101 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I'm up to 134 with a small little outing today, which is 8 less than last years total. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Up to a whopping 8 with DEJU, and luecistic RBWO! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Starting off in the north, I’m up to 52. Missed a few species I had at the end of last year, but it’s also been a weird start to winter in VT. There are still dabblers hanging around, mixing in with the usual divers, we’ve got a decent amount of irruptive finches (so far I’m only missing HORE for the winter, unsurprisingly), and there’s been a really low amount of winter raptors (SNOW, SEOW, RLHA, NOHA, abieticola RTHA). It’s like a mix of fall and winter, but in January. We’ve got very little snow, and it’s already mud season. Still waiting for winter… On the bright side I got my first AMCO for the state! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 12 minutes ago, Avery said: t’s like a mix of fall and winter, but in January. We’ve got very little snow, and it’s already mud season. Still waiting for winter… Yeah, same here. There's been a lot of rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Yeah, same here. There's been a lot of rain. Here as well. On our local news it said that we’ve had anywhere from 12-15 inches, and they’re still missing some data of rainfall totals (which is about 7-8 inches more than we usually have in winter). Edited January 7 by BirdNrd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Kevin's google search history: 10:08 AM Searched for: What is rain? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I’m just getting snow. 🥶 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Still missing Canada goose somehow, but I’ve gone up to 14. Debating wether or not to make my first excursion of a year a chase for a NHOW that’s near my city. I’ve done lots of sleuthing on the internet trying to get clues to where it is but not getting much (a good thing I guess). I think I have the general area, but that’s still quite a large distance to cover so I’d need a lot of luck. I would have the chance of seeing snowy owls and buntings and a few other year birds, so might just be worth it to see those. The hard part is convincing someone to go with me so I can be on lookout 24/7 and not have to pay attention to traffic laws. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 After seeing the 2 White-fronted Geese and 4 Cackling Geese at the same place in DC, along with some other species, I am up to 65 species. Possibly tomorrow I will chase the wintering Black-throated Gray Warbler south of DC in Maryland. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I’m up to 98. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Up to 69! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 25 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Up to 69! Nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 7 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: Nice! Thanks. I am trying to get up to 300 this year, and want to get an early start. I have already got some hard birds that I didn't get until late last year or didn't get. The Grasshopper Sparrow was one that I didn't get last year, and the House Wrens and Horned Larks I didn't get until fall last year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Thanks. I am trying to get up to 300 this year, and want to get an early start. I have already got some hard birds that I didn't get until late last year or didn't get. The Grasshopper Sparrow was one that I didn't get last year, and the House Wrens and Horned Larks I didn't get until fall last year. Nice! Only 231 to go, and with so many days left I’m sure you’ll have 300 before 2024 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 7 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Thanks. I am trying to get up to 300 this year, and want to get an early start. I have already got some hard birds that I didn't get until late last year or didn't get. The Grasshopper Sparrow was one that I didn't get last year, and the House Wrens and Horned Larks I didn't get until fall last year. That's great, and good luck! I'm two weeks ahead of last year as far as hitting 65 species, with several species that I didn't see at all last year (the two geese from this morning, O-crown Warbler, Nashville Warbler). Hopefully that will continue throughout the year and I will see more species than last year. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 47 minutes ago, Snake Fingers said: Nice! Only 231 to go, and with so many days left I’m sure you’ll have 300 before 2024 I am not so sure. I am only 6 ahead of last year, and 300 is very hard to get in Georgia. Last year, that word have put me in the top 5. If I go to the mountains and Saint Simon's in the spring, and then dooly in the fall, and tybee in the winter I.might be able to pull it off 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I’m up to 124. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Up to 32, it's much harder to find birds here this time of year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I'm up to 71. I went to look for Cackling Goose in my county, but they apparently are at that spot only in early/mid morning. So I'll head back some morning; that would be a county bird for me. And hopefully I'll go look for the Black-throated Gray Warbler during the week. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Up to 32, it's much harder to find birds here this time of year. I know right! *sigh* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Driving all day today, stopped a few places in PA, racked up 1 lifer and 19 year birds, most in this checklist. Photos haven’t been uploaded. Year: 72 https://ebird.org/checklist/S125684640 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I'm up to 107 for the year after today, and I haven't left Sacramento yet! Lots more for me to get! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Avery said: Driving all day today, stopped a few places in PA, racked up 1 lifer and 19 year birds, most in this checklist. Photos haven’t been uploaded. Year: 72 https://ebird.org/checklist/S125684640 What sacrifices you make driving to and from college, not taking the most direct route. 😉 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 14 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: What sacrifices you make driving to and from college, not taking the most direct route. 😉 Somewhat related: In early 2004, my wife and I were planning for a 5-day trip to Charleston, SC, driving from Maryland. In part because of a wintering Yellow-billed Loon a little ways south of Atlanta, Georgia, the trip became a 9-day trip driving to Miami and birding the Everglades after stops for the loon and for Florida Scrub-Jay. We never went to Charleston that year, though we have been since. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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