Snake Fingers Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 4 hours ago, Ruslan Balagansky said: We got lucky with RBGRs showing up consistently for the past week+ in a parking lot nearby (somebody else found them first). Nice! Those birds are so neat! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Not a lifer, County bird, or yearbird, but here’s a continuing Brown Booby from yesterday. Better looks at this one than any of my previous ones, which were all quick fly bys on pelagic. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Rarities on my N.C. Pelagic Red-billed Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Roseate Tern Trindade Petrel 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Found a county 1st Henslow's Sparrow today near my family's property! Very rare this far north. eBird Checklist - 14 Jun 2023 - Garret Rd - 34 species Also an Orchard Oriole, another rare/uncommon southern species eBird Checklist - 14 Jun 2023 - South Vaughn Lake Rd. - 26 species (+1 other taxa) Wish I had more time to bird awesome underbirded counties such as these! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldood Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Puffin 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 A really odd, and quite rare spring record of American Tree Sparrow in California. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/585797011 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 6 hours ago, DLecy said: A really odd, and quite rare spring record of American Tree Sparrow in California. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/585797011 Self found? Great bird! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 37 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: Self found? Great bird! Yes, I lucked out on this find. It’s apparently only the 4th record for the lower 48 in June. Also, interestingly, until this bird, there was zero audio in eBird for this species in the entire state of CA. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 8 hours ago, DLecy said: A really odd, and quite rare spring record of American Tree Sparrow in California. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/585797011 What in the world! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pictaker Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Bar-tailed Godwit at forsythe refuge today... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 hours ago, pictaker said: Bar-tailed Godwit at forsythe refuge today... You got a much better shot then I did! Probably saw you there & didn't realize it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 The first Black Rail I've heard in seven years! Super cooperative bird! ML586521581 Black Rail Macaulay Library 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 9 hours ago, Aidan B said: The first Black Rail I've heard in seven years! Super cooperative bird! ML586521581 Black Rail Macaulay Library Did you see it?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Had a very late(probably summering) adult male GWTE the other day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 hours ago, IKLland said: Did you see it?! No, it just kept calling over and over after it got dark less than 10 feet from me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Not rare, but super high count! I saw 8 Swallow-tailed Kites flyover my house just now! This is a high count for me by 5 birds! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) Went out looking for Poorwills (which I found tons of, maybe as many as 20!), when a pair of Long-eareds flew over and landed somewhat near me. I'm not too familiar with the deal with owls around here but it flagged the RBA! The photos aren't great but considering I was shooting with a 1/4 of a second shutter speed, I'm surprised they even came out, https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/589321981 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/589322411 Edited June 29 by Connor Cochrane 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Not the best photo as the bird was somewhat distant, but a 6th state record for CA (5th alive bird) and a first San Francisco County record Red-headed Woodpecker! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 7 hours ago, DLecy said: Not the best photo as the bird was somewhat distant, but a 6th state record for CA (5th alive bird) and a first San Francisco County record Red-headed Woodpecker! You got it!!! I literally went crazy when that report got sent out yesterday morning!! First state record since 1999! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 (edited) 17 minutes ago, IKLland said: You got it!!! I literally went crazy when that report got sent out yesterday morning!! First state record since 1999! I did! I made a beeline straight there when I got the news. It was my first day off of work all year, so I could actually chase it midday during a weekday. I feel lucky. I was there when it bombed high and south and it hasn't been refound since. Although, I am sure there will be many looking today. Fingers crossed it's refound! Edited July 1 by DLecy typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 26 minutes ago, DLecy said: I did! I made a beeline straight there when I got the news. It was my first day off of work all year, so I could actually chase it midday during a weekday. I feel lucky. I was there when it bombed high and south and it hasn't been refound since. Although, I am sure there will be many looking today. Fingers crossed it's refound! Lucky you!! NorCal vagrant wise has been SO insane this year, and SoCal has been literally horrible! Even the migrant numbers were down this year a ton!! I’ve only had 3 Nashville Warblers this year, for comparison last year I had 18, and the year before I had 16 at this point., and 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, IKLland said: Lucky you!! NorCal vagrant wise has been SO insane this year, and SoCal has been literally horrible! Even the migrant numbers were down this year a ton!! I’ve only had 3 Nashville Warblers this year, for comparison last year I had 18, and the year before I had 16 at this point., and Yeah, the hits keep coming up here. It’s been a totally bonkers spring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 I was about to get off of my 2 pm work shift, when I checked the statewide discord to see what all the notifications were and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that a White-winged Tern had just been found 50 minutes from me! Long story short I made it home, grabbed my bike, optics, and water (forgot to take it anyways), before biking the almost 2 miles of dikes to where the bird was being seen. Thankfully, it stuck around all evening (and today as well) much to the delight of probably hundreds of birders. Views were distant much of the time, but this beauty was unmistakable even at a distance. Here's my list: eBird Checklist - 30 Jun 2023 - Pte. Mouillee SGA - 49 species (I could have had a much higher species count if I weren't focused on a certain rarity, if I tried) Photos are abysmal due to distance and eventually lighting, but who cares, it's a white-winged tern! Also, finally saw my lifer American Avocet! Another beautiful bird in breeding plumage. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 18 hours ago, Birding Boy said: I was about to get off of my 2 pm work shift, when I checked the statewide discord to see what all the notifications were and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that a White-winged Tern had just been found 50 minutes from me! Long story short I made it home, grabbed my bike, optics, and water (forgot to take it anyways), before biking the almost 2 miles of dikes to where the bird was being seen. Thankfully, it stuck around all evening (and today as well) much to the delight of probably hundreds of birders. Views were distant much of the time, but this beauty was unmistakable even at a distance. Here's my list: eBird Checklist - 30 Jun 2023 - Pte. Mouillee SGA - 49 species (I could have had a much higher species count if I weren't focused on a certain rarity, if I tried) Photos are abysmal due to distance and eventually lighting, but who cares, it's a white-winged tern! Also, finally saw my lifer American Avocet! Another beautiful bird in breeding plumage. That's awesome!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 19 hours ago, Birding Boy said: I was about to get off of my 2 pm work shift, when I checked the statewide discord to see what all the notifications were and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that a White-winged Tern had just been found 50 minutes from me! Long story short I made it home, grabbed my bike, optics, and water (forgot to take it anyways), before biking the almost 2 miles of dikes to where the bird was being seen. Thankfully, it stuck around all evening (and today as well) much to the delight of probably hundreds of birders. Views were distant much of the time, but this beauty was unmistakable even at a distance. Here's my list: eBird Checklist - 30 Jun 2023 - Pte. Mouillee SGA - 49 species (I could have had a much higher species count if I weren't focused on a certain rarity, if I tried) Photos are abysmal due to distance and eventually lighting, but who cares, it's a white-winged tern! Also, finally saw my lifer American Avocet! Another beautiful bird in breeding plumage. Not sure I’ve seen better shots of the WWTE posted yet. Awesome. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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