Birds are cool Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 35 minutes ago, IKLland said: I just remembered that I have a pelagic trip on Sunday, 130 for the county should be fairly easy. Then what about 150? Good Luck! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 35 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Then what about 150? Good Luck! I’ll try! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 A Merlin on a birdwalk this morning is #76. I missed the *seven* Sandhill Cranes (a high number for Maryland afaik) on Monday. The cranes have not been seen since Sunday, sadly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 14 hours ago, Peromyscus said: A Merlin on a birdwalk this morning is #76. I missed the *seven* Sandhill Cranes (a high number for Maryland afaik) on Monday. The cranes have not been seen since Sunday, sadly. I missed 1000 cranes on Saturday that were five minutes away from the hotspot that I went to, and then they were reported the next day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Year bird 107 this morning! Male Purple Finch! I didn't have my camera or a pair of binoculars with me, but I recorded him, and got some decent views. He is on this checklist. https://ebird.org/checklist/S126475205 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 It wasn’t pretty, but got to 117 today with Whooping Cranes! https://ebird.org/checklist/S126620730 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Avery said: It wasn’t pretty, but got to 117 today with Whooping Cranes! https://ebird.org/checklist/S126620730 Not pretty? BTW did you get any photos of the Whooping Cranes? Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Yesterday: 108 w Fox Sparrow Today: 109 w Sedge Wren Last year it took me until mid march to get to here! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Not pretty? BTW did you get any photos of the Whooping Cranes? Congrats! They were a mile and a half (at least) away with HEAVY heat distortion. Barely was able to solidify the ID when they flew. So no photos 😂 here’s a Sandhill though! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I'm up to 81 species with Wild Turkey, Common Loon, Red-headed Woodpecker, Winter Wren. The last 3 years that I saw over 200 species I didn't reach 81 until late February or March. Of course, I am usually nowhere this active in January. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I'm now up to 164 species for the year after spending the day chasing rarities around in Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties. Still a lot of easy birds I am missing! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Got to 29 today by birding in the foothills. Was actually a pretty good checklist. Got a chickadee hat trick which finally allowed me to defeat County nemesis mountain chickadee, and also saw my second ever Northern Pygmy-owl which was a surprise. Hoping to add a few more species in the next couple days before the polar vortex comes and ruins the fun! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 hours ago, Peromyscus said: I'm up to 81 species with Wild Turkey, Common Loon, Red-headed Woodpecker, Winter Wren. The last 3 years that I saw over 200 species I didn't reach 81 until late February or March. Of course, I am usually nowhere this active in January. Last year I got to 81 in January, and it took until mid march to get to where I am now! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I'm at 194 for Marin County now, picked up Greater White-fronted Goose, Heermann's Gull, Spotted Owl, Redhead and a rare (county bird) Summer Tanager in the past few days. I've got most of the easy wintering birds for the year in the country so far, but am missing a few higher elevation species, most notably Red-breasted Nuthatch, at the moment. I don't think I'll get to 200 before the end of the month, as I'm going to be pretty bust this week, and the remaining easy birds are pretty far separated from each other. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 13 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said: I'm at 194 for Marin County now, picked up Greater White-fronted Goose, Heermann's Gull, Spotted Owl, Redhead and a rare (county bird) Summer Tanager in the past few days. I've got most of the easy wintering birds for the year in the country so far, but am missing a few higher elevation species, most notably Red-breasted Nuthatch, at the moment. I don't think I'll get to 200 before the end of the month, as I'm going to be pretty bust this week, and the remaining easy birds are pretty far separated from each other. Dang, that's a lot of birds. Is this a high for January, or have you hit 200 before? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 A backyard Hermit Thrush put me at 80 for the year and 78 for my county, 6 ahead of my county pace last year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I’m up to 181 for the year(180 ABA countable), 135 for California, and 130 for my county. I haven’t been able to get out much at all lately except for the pelagic last weekend, and I may not get out for a real outing again this month other than tomorrow, so I doubt I’ll reach 150 for the county before February 1. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 35 today and I think that’ll be it for January. Still a lot of easy birds around, but with the weather taking a nose dive tomorrow, I doubt I’ll be going anywhere until February. Mostly missing ducks, but they’re all on the opposite side of the city where the river isn’t frozen over. So I’ll probably make a trip over there once the weather warms back up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 A short outing today puts me at 187 for the year, 186 ABA countable, 143 for California, and 138 for my county. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 10 minutes ago, IKLland said: A short outing today puts me at 187 for the year, 186 ABA countable, 143 for California, and 138 for my county. Nice. Aim for 140! I am stuck at 109, going to try for 110 with an owl tonight. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 21 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Nice. Aim for 140! I am stuck at 109, going to try for 110 with an owl tonight. No luck with the owl. I did get two year birds today though! A Brown Creeper and a Common Yellowthroat. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 With a late push today got to 167 (166 in the county). Those birds included Yellow-billed Magpie, Common Raven, Mountain Bluebird, Phainopepla, Horned Lark, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Lark Sparrow, Ferruginous Hawk, Barn Owl, Prairie Falcon, Rock Wren, Mountain Plover, and Rough-legged Hawk. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I got to 168 today with a last minute Canyon Wren. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I’m at 11. The weather’s getting nicer(last couple days have been like 20F, yay!) so hopefully be able to get more soon. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Here are my current stats 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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