kansabirdguy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 31 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: I must say that I can’t. My brother isn’t a birder, but he knows/understands a lot more about birds/birding than most people. He sometimes gets excited too if it’s a really good bird. one of mine too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: I must say that I can’t. My brother isn’t a birder, but he knows/understands a lot more about birds/birding than most people. He sometimes gets excited too if it’s a really good bird. Well, the thing is both of my sisters think I'm slightly crazy, but one of them is actually a little interested in birding and is sort of my 'apprentice' now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansabirdguy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 33 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Well, the thing is both of my sisters think I'm slightly crazy, but one of them is actually a little interested in birding and is sort of my 'apprentice' now. mine is my grandpa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, kansabirdguy said: mine is my grandpa That's cool. My grandfather in Germany liked birds and knew a little about european birds, and I was close to him when we went to Germany for several months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansabirdguy Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 1:15 PM, kansabirdguy said: Black Terns on their way south. My siblings who are not birders have found my elation quite amusing. This is extremely embarrassing- I'm pretty sure that most, and probably all, of the birds I have been calling Black Terns are just congregating Common Nighthawks. I just somehow missed the white stripe on the wings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Did my first pelagic trip yesterday out of Westport, WA and ended the day with 16 lifers, including a couple of bonus shorebirds coming into the marina. Pretty sure this is the order I first saw them in... Rhinoceros Auklet Pink-footed Shearwater Red-necked Phalarope Northern Fulmar Pomarine Jaeger Cassin's Auklet Black-footed Albatross Short-tailed Shearwater Sabine's Gull Arctic Tern Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel South Polar Skua Common Tern Ruddy Turnstone Bar-tailed Godwit 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, neilpa said: Did my first pelagic trip yesterday out of Westport, WA and ended the day with 16 lifers, including a couple of bonus shorebirds coming into the marina. Pretty sure this is the order I first saw them in... Rhinoceros Auklet Pink-footed Shearwater Red-necked Phalarope Northern Fulmar Pomarine Jaeger Cassin's Auklet Black-footed Albatross Short-tailed Shearwater Sabine's Gull Arctic Tern Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel South Polar Skua Common Tern Ruddy Turnstone Bar-tailed Godwit WOW!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Pectoral Sandpiper!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Just now, Seanbirds said: Pectoral Sandpiper!! Good for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Red knots 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Turkey Vulture finally! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Went up to Mount Greylock today and did some birding, but it wasn't that good for birding. Drove through the North Adams area as well. @TKbirdnear where you are, correct? We drove up near the three way point of Massachusetts, Vermont and New York, so really in a corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Just now, Quiscalus quiscula said: Went up to Mount Greylock today and did some birding, but it wasn't that good for birding. Drove through the North Adams area as well. @TKbirdnear where you are, correct? We drove up near the three way point of Massachusetts, Vermont and New York, so really in a corner. Also heard a Red-eyed Vireo, but I didn't see it so does it count as a lifer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJay Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Also heard a Red-eyed Vireo, but I didn't see it so does it count as a lifer? Your life list, your rules. I personally count heard only birds, but it's up to you to decide what you want to do. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, BlueJay said: Your life list, your rules. I personally count heard only birds, but it's up to you to decide what you want to do. Yeah, I'm not completely sure what to do, but I know I'll see some at some point. Of course I submitted it to eBird, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I really encourage people to count heard-only birds on their life list. When I first started out, I scoffed at the idea and was determined to lay eyes on every lifer, but that did two things: made me miserable trying to see birds like owls, rails, and nightjars, but most importantly, de-incentivized me to improve my auditory birding skills. Now, some of my fondest memories are of birds I didn’t see, like Whiskered Screech-Owls in AZ, among many others. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 3 hours ago, BlueJay said: Your life list, your rules. I personally count heard only birds, but it's up to you to decide what you want to do. This exactly. I do the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 2 hours ago, blackburnian said: I really encourage people to count heard-only birds on their life list. When I first started out, I scoffed at the idea and was determined to lay eyes on every lifer, but that did two things: made me miserable trying to see birds like owls, rails, and nightjars, but most importantly, de-incentivized me to improve my auditory birding skills. Now, some of my fondest memories are of birds I didn’t see, like Whiskered Screech-Owls in AZ, among many others. Thanks for this take. I'm still in the mindset of having to see it to count it but this has got me second guessing myself. Especially since I'm still quite poor at birding by ear. There's only a handful of species I feel confident in recognizing by calls, and even then I often double-check myself with BirdNET. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Got my first American Coots and completed the phalarope family with Red-necked this morning at Montezuma! Got skunked on the Wood Stork and Spoonbill though? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Sorry these are all off one number. It should start at 229 and end at 349. These are my birds from Colombia, and Peru. 08-13-2021 349. Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet 348. Turquoise Tanager 347. Ruddy Pigeon 346. Red-throated Caracara 345. Fork-tailed Palm-Swift 344. Great Black Hawk 343. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 342. Black Caracara 08-12-2021 341. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 340.Thick-billed Euphonia 339. Horned Screamer 338. Black-throated Mango 337. Red-bellied Macaw 336. Blue-and-yellow Macaw 335. Ruddy Woodcreeper 334. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 333. Spotted Tody-Flycatcher 332. Gray-headed Tanager 331. Variable Seedeater 08-10-2021 330. Short-tailed Parrot 329. Festive Parrot 328. Mealy Parrot 327. White-headed Marsh Tyrant 326. Black-capped Donacobius 325. Yellow-hooded Blackbird 324. Tui Parakeet 323. Wattled Jacana 322. Ringed Kingfisher 321. Chestnut Woodpecker 320. Black-tailed Flycatcher 08-09-2021 319. Sand-colored Nighthawk 318. Capped Heron 317. Boat-billed Heron 316. American Pygmy Kingfisher 315. Green Kingfisher 314. Black-chinned Antbird 313. Silvered Antbird 312. Tropical Screech-Owl 311. Sunbittern 310. Striated Heron 309. Amazon Kingfisher 308. Lesser Kiskadee 307. Undulated Tinamou 306. Plumbeous Pigeon 305. Dark-billed Cuckoo 304. White-bearded Hermit 303. Fasciated Tiger-Heron 302. Slate-colored Hawk 301. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher 300. White-eared Jacamar 299. Scarlet-crowned Barbet 298. White-throated Toucan 297. Great Antshrike 296. Buff-throated Woodcreeper 295. Straight-billed Woodcreeper 294. Thrush-like Wren 293. Silver-beaked Tanager 08-08-2021 292. Shining-green Hummingbird 291. Glittering-throated Emerald 290. Roadside Hawk 289. Black-tailed Trogon 288. Black-fronted Nunbird 287. Many-banded Aracari 286. Crimson-crested Woodpecker 285. Scarlet Macaw 284. Plum-throated Cotinga 283. Yellow-olive Flycatcher 282. Fork-tailed Flycatcher 281. Southern Rough-winged Swallow 280. Gray-breasted Martin 279. Yellow-browed Sparrow 278. Hooded Tanager 277. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater 276. Caqueta Seedeater 275. Collared Plover 274. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 273. Black-collared Hawk 272. Muscovy Duck 271. Yellow-billed Tern 270. Black Skimmer 269. Neotropic Cormorant 268. Cocoi Heron 267. Yellow-headed Caracara 266. Brown-chested Martin 265. White-winged Swallow 08-07-2021 264. Pale-vented Pigeon 263. Greater Ani 262. Smooth-billed Ani 261. Large-billed Tern 260. Orange-breasted Falcon 259. White-winged Parakeet 258. White-eyed Parakeet 257. Great Kiskadee 256. Tropical Kingbird 255. Southern Martin 254. Black-billed Thrush 253. Purple-throated Euphonia 252. Russet-backed Oropendola 251. Yellow-rumped Cacique 250. Red-capped Cardinal 249. Palm Tanager 08-06-2021 248. Green-tailed Trainbearer 247. Azara's Spinetail 246. Sparkling Violetear 245. Cinnamon Flycatcher 244. White-throated Tyrannulet 243. Pale-naped Brushfinch 242. Yellow-backed Oriole 241. Black-backed Grosbeak 240. Black Flowerpiercer 239. Band-tailed Seedeater 238. White-tailed Kite 237. Tropical Mockingbird 236. Blue-gray Tanager 235. Saffron Finch 234. Southern Lapwing 233. Great Thrush 232. Eared Dove 231. Brown-bellied Swallow 230. Rufous-collared Sparrow 229. Shiny Cowbird 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalmWarbler Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: It should start at 229 and end at 349. It does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kansabirdguy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I was looking through old photos and found one of a baby owl that I remember seeing. It was an Eastern Screech-owl, a lifer for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Jefferson Shank said: These are my birds from Colombia, and Peru. I'm exited to see the photos one you get around to uploading them. How difficult did you find the dark jungle conditions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 #321: Fulvous Whistling Duck!!! Louisville, Indiana 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 It does! Sorry, I meant it should start at 230 and end at 350 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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