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On 1/9/2023 at 4:58 PM, IKLland said:

Both from yesterday.

Locally rare continuing Brown Creeper. 
1800

Continuing Swamp Sparrow

1800

 

8 hours ago, IKLland said:

Continuing Mountain Bluebirds. 
1800

1800

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.

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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). 

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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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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.

1877956167_DSC02431-Copyed.thumb.jpg.21e90ef0fc476c14764fe0228f090bb3.jpg559516665_DSC02409-Copyed.thumb.jpg.12857fbc63119a051412b229c90058b8.jpg

 

 

Woohoo!

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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.

1877956167_DSC02431-Copyed.thumb.jpg.21e90ef0fc476c14764fe0228f090bb3.jpg559516665_DSC02409-Copyed.thumb.jpg.12857fbc63119a051412b229c90058b8.jpg

 

 

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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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! 

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