IKLland Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Both from yesterday. Locally rare continuing Brown Creeper. Continuing Swamp Sparrow 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Continuing Mountain Bluebirds. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 1/9/2023 at 4:58 PM, IKLland said: Both from yesterday. Locally rare continuing Brown Creeper. Continuing Swamp Sparrow 8 hours ago, IKLland said: Continuing Mountain Bluebirds. Your lucky. You have a well birded county, and lots of people are able to bird more of the county and see rare birds. In Laurens County there is one other birder besides me, and he birds one spot, so if there is a rarity in Lauren's, it is usually self found, and my lists suffer because of that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Birds are cool said: Your lucky. You have a well birded county, and lots of people are able to bird more of the county and see rare birds. In Laurens County there is one other birder besides me, and he birds one spot, so if there is a rarity in Lauren's, it is usually self found, and my lists suffer because of that. The unfortunate thing about my county is that pretty much everybody is a “twitcher” or goes from one rarity to the next. There’s not many new rarities found in my county other than rarities found at locations that already have one. I wish more people in my county birded less often checked spots so there would be more rarities… I often find myself “twitching”, however, but that’s because I’m young, have school, sports, etc, and don’t much time to bird, hence I often go after the better birds(another reason why I don’t find my own rarities often). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 @Quiscalus quiscula, this isn't to far away from you is it? Some decent birds, and a rare Canvasback! https://ebird.org/checklist/S126226340 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: @Quiscalus quiscula, this isn't to far away from you is it? Some decent birds, and a rare Canvasback! https://ebird.org/checklist/S126226340 Looks awesome! I'll see if I can work on my parents to get me to go...it's a 30 min drive. Also not sure where exactly people have been seeing the birds from as the parking lot near by doesn't seem to be open for regular vehicles. Edited January 17 by Quiscalus quiscula 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 8 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Looks awesome! I'll see if I can work on my parents to get me to go...it's a 30 min drive. Also not sure where exactly people have been seeing the birds from as the parking lot near by doesn't seem to be open for regular vehicles. A different group of Canvasbacks have also been seen here. Hope you can get em! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 11 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Looks awesome! I'll see if I can work on my parents to get me to go...it's a 30 min drive. Also not sure where exactly people have been seeing the birds from as the parking lot near by doesn't seem to be open for regular vehicles. Checklist comments for the ones at Brown's Beach. https://ebird.org/checklist/S126255943 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Not every day you see a Snowy Owl in Orange County, CA. Technically from a week ago. Doesn't diminish the cool factor. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/524123981 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/524123991 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 55 minutes ago, Trevor L. said: Doesn't diminish the cool factor. Absolutely not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Trevor L. said: Not every day you see a Snowy Owl in Orange County, CA. Technically from a week ago. Doesn't diminish the cool factor. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/524123981 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/524123991 Nice to see that you got to see it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 49 minutes ago, IKLland said: Nice to see that you got to see it! It's funny, I feel like most of the people on whatbird have photographed this individual sitting next to the chimney or whatever it is! Congrats @Colton V! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 11 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Congrats @Colton V! I assume you mean @Trevor L. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 minutes ago, IKLland said: I assume you mean @Trevor L. Thanks. Congrats @Trevor L.! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 White-tailed Hawk 20 Jan 2023 Baldwin co. AL. Bay/gulf-side historic fort & park This fellow has been hanging around at least a week. A first sighting for the state. Pictures are not great, as they were taken from the car at too far a distance. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 11 minutes ago, floraphile said: White-tailed Hawk 20 Jan 2023 Baldwin co. AL. Bay/gulf-side historic fort & park This fellow has been hanging around at least a week. A first sighting for the state. Pictures are not great, as they were taken from the car at too far a distance. Woohoo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, floraphile said: White-tailed Hawk 20 Jan 2023 Baldwin co. AL. Bay/gulf-side historic fort & park This fellow has been hanging around at least a week. A first sighting for the state. Pictures are not great, as they were taken from the car at too far a distance. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Cattle Egret. Not super rare, but it's the first one I've seen in county for 4 years. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Eastern Phoebe, also my first identifiable shot of the species. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) I triggered the rare bird alerts last night with Rock Pigeons in Macon, GA. LOL Edited January 30 by Birds are cool 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, Birds are cool said: I triggered the rare bird alerts last night with Rock Pigeons in Macon, GA. LOL Is that because you used "Rock Pigeon" in eBird? If so, please use Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon). On behalf of reviewers everywhere, thank you! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 1 hour ago, DLecy said: Is that because you used "Rock Pigeon" in eBird? If so, please use Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon). On behalf of reviewers everywhere, thank you! I don't think so. I will double check though. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Rough-legged Hawk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Ferruginous Hawk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 17 minutes ago, Kevin said: Rough-legged Hawk 16 minutes ago, Kevin said: Ferruginous Hawk It's funny how similar they look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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