Colton V Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Emperor Goose! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Colton V said: Emperor Goose! I'm jealous! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 11 hours ago, Colton V said: Emperor Goose! Awesome!!! Great shot as well! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 14 hours ago, Colton V said: Emperor Goose! So cool! Tempting to turn this into a drive down to Portland weekend... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 10/13/2021 at 9:51 PM, Connor Cochrane said: Did you see the Baltimore Oriole? Nope. I only got the Canada warbler. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Pacific Golden Plover!!!!! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Long-tailed Duck! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Over the weekend I got Northern Pygmy-Owl, Chestnut-backed chickadee, and wild turkey. No photos though ? 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Got 2.5 lifers this morning! The half lifer is OCWA, which I saw three of. I have only heard one before, so it was nice to finally see them after hours of unsuccessful searches! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/382038921 Second lifer was Loggerhead Shrike! This one was at a known spot, so it was easy to get, and I just haven't gotten around to going to see it yet. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/382037111 Third lifer was completely out of the blue. Nowhere close to being on my radar. Henslow's Sparrow! Didn't get photos, but saw enough of the bird (why are they so shy) to get an ID thankfully. Heard it call once. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96591560 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadynn_H Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 29 minutes ago, Avery said: Got 2.5 lifers this morning! The half lifer is OCWA, which I saw three of. I have only heard one before, so it was nice to finally see them after hours of unsuccessful searches! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/382038921 Second lifer was Loggerhead Shrike! This one was at a known spot, so it was easy to get, and I just haven't gotten around to going to see it yet. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/382037111 Third lifer was completely out of the blue. Nowhere close to being on my radar. Henslow's Sparrow! Didn't get photos, but saw enough of the bird (why are they so shy) to get an ID thankfully. Heard it call once. https://ebird.org/checklist/S96591560 Congrats on the lifers! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Great Horned Owl! And not just one but a pair in close proximity. Had several unsuccessful searches in this stretch of woods before finally finding them this afternoon. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Burrowing Owl! Showed up just south of Seattle, very rare west of the Cascades. Makes it a two owl weekend? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 3 hours ago, neilpa said: Burrowing Owl! Showed up just south of Seattle, very rare west of the Cascades. Makes it a two owl weekend? It's too cold up there! Tell the owl it's warmer down in Portland! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 21 hours ago, Colton V said: It's too cold up there! Tell the owl it's warmer down in Portland! Or in Maryland, where it was 75+ today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Third straight day with an owl lifer, Northern Saw-whet today. Also got the Slaty-backed Gull that's been here for about a week and was finally able to pick out an Iceland Gull. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 10/25/2021 at 8:00 PM, neilpa said: Northern Saw-whet Gosh I need to see one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 We chased this species a couple of times on trips to Miami-Dade County earlier this year without success. I kept seeing them being reported in Palm Beach County which is a bit closer for us than Miami but still far enough that we would make it an overnighter. The hard part was convincing my husband to go. He said no more trips to Miami-Dade or Monroe Counties until next year (the driving in Miami...can be pretty annoying). But this hot spot was not in either of those Counties. So off we went. We were about to give up looking when I ask one of the park personnel if he new where it was being seen. He told us and in short order we found it. Spot-breasted Oriole. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 10/24/2021 at 5:34 PM, neilpa said: Burrowing Owl! Showed up just south of Seattle, very rare west of the Cascades. Makes it a two owl weekend? On 10/24/2021 at 8:38 PM, Colton V said: It's too cold up there! Tell the owl it's warmer down in Portland! On 10/25/2021 at 5:45 PM, Peromyscus said: Or in Maryland, where it was 75+ today No, no, no. Tell it to come to my house, it was 97 Sunday. 2 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I'm glad Spot-breasted Oriole is still around in south Florida. For some reason I thought they had disappeared. In the 70s they were a backyard bird in my grandmother's Miami yard. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 23 hours ago, Clip said: We chased this species a couple of times on trips to Miami-Dade County earlier this year without success. I kept seeing them being reported in Palm Beach County which is a bit closer for us than Miami but still far enough that we would make it an overnighter. The hard part was convincing my husband to go. He said no more trips to Miami-Dade or Monroe Counties until next year (the driving in Miami...can be pretty annoying). But this hot spot was not in either of those Counties. So off we went. We were about to give up looking when I ask one of the park personnel if he new where it was being seen. He told us and in short order we found it. Spot-breasted Oriole. Murphy's Law strikes again! We just returned from a trip to southern Florida where this was our target bird and the day after we return home a Gray-tailed Tattler shows up in Monroe County further south. Had we known we could have extended our stay in south Florida. ? It is an over 6 hour drive from where we live in North Florida and we have responsibilities for the next several days that keep us close to home. Maybe it will stay for a while. It is a first Florida record and is way way way far away from it's normal territory. It would be fun to chase. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Osprey, little late one a couple days ago. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Hermit Thrush in my yard! Seems like they're later migrants here. I was literally just practicing violin when I saw a thrush land in a bush right outside the window. Rushed to get the binoculars and saw the reddish tail and constant wing flicking. They are supposed to breed in parts of New York, but I think this one was definitely because of the migration. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Finally got the Barn Owl that lives at a local park that’s eluded me for some time. It’s been a bonkers week of owls for me, four lifers and five total. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivalis Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Black-wiskered Vireo in may in Florida was my favorite recent lifer, Super fun bird to watch and ID. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Long-eared Owl! Showed up in a local neighborhood today. Apparently Seattle's streak of good owls continues. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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