Trevor L. Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, IKLland said: Dude, awesome find! Hopefully it’s still there tomorrow morning. I was joking with my parents about how I don’t even live here yet and I’m already making the Orange Co. Rare Bird Alerts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, Trevor L. said: I was joking with my parents about how I don’t even live here yet and I’m already making the Orange Co. Rare Bird Alerts. Dude I know! I’ve yet to find my own rarity, and you’re here for two days and find one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Just now, IKLland said: Dude I know! I’ve yet to find my own rarity, and you’re here for two days and find one! Pick a spot that people don’t bird often, set your expectations low, and you’ll almost always be surprised. I’ve been learning that more and more recently. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Just now, Trevor L. said: Pick a spot that people don’t bird often, set your expectations low, and you’ll almost always be surprised. I’ve been learning that more and more recently. I get it. My problem is that being super busy during the week( I assume you are too), makes me want to definitely have an incredibly good chance of seeing rarities. So I usually chase all the birds, hen never have time to do that. A great example of this was in December. This one birder apparently lives right near this tiny park that had only had 25 or so species reported. They FOY d a great crested flycatcher there, then the hotspot ended up with a bunch more species, and eventually in a few days, somebody else found two other rarities. Those were only found because it started to get birded. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 minute ago, IKLland said: I get it. My problem is that being super busy during the week( I assume you are too), makes me want to definitely have an incredibly good chance of seeing rarities. So I usually chase all the birds, hen never have time to do that. A great example of this was in December. This one birder apparently lives right near this tiny park that had only had 25 or so species reported. They FOY d a great crested flycatcher there, then the hotspot ended up with a bunch more species, and eventually in a few days, somebody else found two other rarities. Those were only found because it started to get birded. I’m always in the same situation as you: never any time during the week. Always gotta bird the weekends, and half the time I’m too tired to get out of the house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Just now, Trevor L. said: I’m always in the same situation as you: never any time during the week. Always gotta bird the weekends, and half the time I’m too tired to get out of the house. At least you’ve got a big life list! I’m at 262. But, I haven’t even been birding two full years….not sure how good that is…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 39 minutes ago, IKLland said: At least you’ve got a big life list! I’m at 262. But, I haven’t even been birding two full years….not sure how good that is…. My life list is big because I'm blessed enough to have a travel agent as a mother. So we travel quite a bit. For how long you've been birding, 262 is not bad at all. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 17 hours ago, Trevor L. said: even live here yet Does that mean you will? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I got the Harris’s Sparrow! @Trevor L. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Cackling geese 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, IKLland said: I got the Harris’s Sparrow! @Trevor L. Nice photos! Actually a kinda boring bird for me due to their abundance here. Edited February 21 by Seanbirds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 47 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Nice photos! Actually a kinda boring bird for me due to their abundance here. Wanna trade? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 4 hours ago, IKLland said: Wanna trade? Yeah definitely gimme a Golden-crowned!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 7 hours ago, IKLland said: Does that mean you will? For college, yeah, lookin like it right now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 On Sunday, 2/20 I flushed this Short-eared Owl during a grassland sparrow survey in Cherokee County, Texas. This is first record of this species in the central pineywoods region since 1997 and the first in the entire pineywoods region since 2007. It was also my Texas #384. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 County bird #252, Summer Tanager!!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I know it's not an actual species, but a first EVER recorded White-crowned Sparrow x Dark-eyed Junco hybrid! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225681 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225651 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: I know it's not an actual species, but a first EVER recorded White-crowned Sparrow x Dark-eyed Junco hybrid! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225681 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225651 I'm curious why this isn't DEJU x Golden-crowned 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: I'm curious why this isn't DEJU x Golden-crowned Scroll down to sparrow sp. https://ebird.org/checklist/S103521312 Edited February 27 by BirdNrd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 24 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: I know it's not an actual species, but a first EVER recorded White-crowned Sparrow x Dark-eyed Junco hybrid! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225681 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/420225651 Awesome bird man! So cool you can even hear aspects of both species songs in its song! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Found quite the motley looking crew of Cackling Geese today. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Long-eared Owl from yesterday-probably could have gotten closer but I didn't know how prone to flush they were. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 8 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: Long-eared Owl from yesterday-probably could have gotten closer but I didn't know how prone to flush they were. Soooo jealous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: Soooo jealous. Yeah, same. Only one I’ve seen was hunting at dusk, but I’ve got such horrible luck finding perched owls. Not for lack of trying. Still haven’t even seen a screech, or even the face of a Great Horned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 3 minutes ago, Avery said: Still haven’t even seen a screech Same. I’ve heard them, never seen one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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