dragon49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, IKLland said: self found or a continuing bird? Continuing. I'm still relatively new at this and do well when I follow others. The only time I made the County Rare Bird Alert without following a report or without birding with our gurus or on a tour, was when my Louisia Waterthrush was flagged as rare as it was late. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 minutes ago, dragon49 said: Continuing. I'm still relatively new at this and do well when I follow others. The only time I made the County Rare Bird Alert without following a report or without birding with our gurus or on a tour, was when my Louisia Waterthrush was flagged as rare as it was late. Nice! When a bird is a continuing rarity, consider writing “continuing bird” in the species comments so other know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Just now, IKLland said: Nice! When a bird is a continuing rarity, consider writing “continuing bird” in the species comments so other know. Along with the other descriptions, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 4 minutes ago, IKLland said: Along with the other descriptions, obviously. That reminds me… Even if you had an incredible reputation nothing like this should be confirmed IMO(not telling the reviewers how to do their job, just speaking my opinion). Also I’ve seen a lot of this lately, why? Even if it’s continuing… at least write that it is rather than just the location… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 43 minutes ago, Snake Fingers said: That reminds me… Even if you had an incredible reputation nothing like this should be confirmed IMO(not telling the reviewers how to do their job, just speaking my opinion). Also I’ve seen a lot of this lately, why? Even if it’s continuing… at least write that it is rather than just the location… Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 1 hour ago, IKLland said: Nice! When a bird is a continuing rarity, consider writing “continuing bird” in the species comments so other know. I know I don't need to do this for the county birders who would care, as they all get the Rare Bird Alerts and can figure out themselves that the bird is "continuing," and have other ways of knowing, but it might make sense to do this for others who live farther away, see the checklist, and may want to chase the bird. Edited May 30 by dragon49 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 11 minutes ago, dragon49 said: I know I don't need to do this for the county birders who would care, as they all get the Rare Bird Alerts and can figure out themselves that the bird is "continuing," and have other ways of knowing, but it might make sense to do this for others who live farther away, see the checklist, and may want to chase the bird. I’m just putting this out there for everyone to read, not specifically you: https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000803130-how-to-document-your-sightings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 minutes ago, IKLland said: I’m just putting this out there for everyone to read, not specifically you: https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000803130-how-to-document-your-sightings In my documentation, in addition to describing the bird and differentiating it from a Red-bellied Woodpecker, I did state, "Known location," which should be synonymous with "continuing," so I think I adhered to the standards. In any event, I do often see lazy documentation for rarities on Ebird. I think it often comes down to the poster only being concerned with getting the observation confirmed, and not realizing that they have a greater responsibility to the community. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, dragon49 said: In my documentation, in addition to describing the bird and differentiating it from a Red-bellied Woodpecker, I did state, "Known location," which should be synonymous with "continuing," so I think I adhered to the standards. In any event, I do often see lazy documentation for rarities on Ebird. I think it often comes down to the poster only being concerned with getting the observation confirmed, and not realizing that they have a greater responsibility to the community. I wasn’t criticizing your description, as a matter of fact I thought it was quite good. I just thought that as the topic was brought up, I’d post that link for everyone to read. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Wild Turkey -- 5-28-2023 near Ramona, CA (San Diego County) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Nice photos, Dan P!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 European and Band-rumped Storm Petrels, plus Red-billed Tropicbird today out of Hatteras! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 23 hours ago, blackburnian said: European and Band-rumped Storm Petrels, plus Red-billed Tropicbird today out of Hatteras! You were on that boat?!?! You got the EUSP? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJay Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Dickcissel https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/580914441 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I got two lifers today! Bachman's Sparrow: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/581097081 Hairy Woodpecker which made the County Rare Bird Alert: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/581096321 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Manx Shearwater! Seawatched with a couple very experienced birders this morning, almost certainly wouldn't have gotten on them otherwise. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Blue-winged Teal!!! Not unexpected but still a surprise! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon49 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I got the mega-rare Large-billed Tern lifer!! I was originally going to resume the chase tomorrow morning, but I really didn’t feel like waking up before 4:00 A.M., in order to arrive on-site by sunrise, so I changed my plans, as I knew I could get to the site early in the afternoon. I packed a change of clothes, chargers for my camera batteries, and other essentials. If I didn’t spot the bird today, I was going to stay at a hotel four minutes away from the stakeout and resume the quest by dawn. I was on my way to a different stakeout location when I saw a car parked by a nearby, secondary site. Nobody other than birders would be there, so I pulled over. Two guys were leaving, and one of them told me the bird was there. By the time I arrived at the spot, the tern had left. From having researched the sightings for more than a week, I knew where to walk to, and an hour or so later, got my first view. I hung around approximately twenty more minutes and got enough photos to call it a day. I couldn’t, however, responsibly go home without driving 1.2 miles down the road to the other stakeout location, in order to let the birders there know where to find what they were looking for. I then lead a small caravan of mostly out of state birders to the right spot. One of them found the bird pretty quickly, and everybody got a view and photos! I received a lot of profuse thanks. The second trip worked out well for me, as on the first checklist, I only got one really good photo. Here, I was able to get closer to the bird when it was perched on a stick, and I got a lot of great photos of those poses. I’m about to share my best photo of the day, and then my checklists. I’ll come back after dinner. If we need the Long-billed Tern in our Birds of North America thread, please let me know and send me a link. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/583308301 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) Bell's Vireos! Terrible photo, better audio on the checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S141081867 Edited June 11 by Avery 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 16 hours ago, dragon49 said: I got the mega-rare Large-billed Tern lifer!! I was originally going to resume the chase tomorrow morning, but I really didn’t feel like waking up before 4:00 A.M., in order to arrive on-site by sunrise, so I changed my plans, as I knew I could get to the site early in the afternoon. I packed a change of clothes, chargers for my camera batteries, and other essentials. If I didn’t spot the bird today, I was going to stay at a hotel four minutes away from the stakeout and resume the quest by dawn. I was on my way to a different stakeout location when I saw a car parked by a nearby, secondary site. Nobody other than birders would be there, so I pulled over. Two guys were leaving, and one of them told me the bird was there. By the time I arrived at the spot, the tern had left. From having researched the sightings for more than a week, I knew where to walk to, and an hour or so later, got my first view. I hung around approximately twenty more minutes and got enough photos to call it a day. I couldn’t, however, responsibly go home without driving 1.2 miles down the road to the other stakeout location, in order to let the birders there know where to find what they were looking for. I then lead a small caravan of mostly out of state birders to the right spot. One of them found the bird pretty quickly, and everybody got a view and photos! I received a lot of profuse thanks. The second trip worked out well for me, as on the first checklist, I only got one really good photo. Here, I was able to get closer to the bird when it was perched on a stick, and I got a lot of great photos of those poses. I’m about to share my best photo of the day, and then my checklists. I’ll come back after dinner. If we need the Long-billed Tern in our Birds of North America thread, please let me know and send me a link. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/583308301 Atta boy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 17 hours ago, dragon49 said: I got the mega-rare Large-billed Tern lifer!! I was originally going to resume the chase tomorrow morning, but I really didn’t feel like waking up before 4:00 A.M., in order to arrive on-site by sunrise, so I changed my plans, as I knew I could get to the site early in the afternoon. I packed a change of clothes, chargers for my camera batteries, and other essentials. If I didn’t spot the bird today, I was going to stay at a hotel four minutes away from the stakeout and resume the quest by dawn. I was on my way to a different stakeout location when I saw a car parked by a nearby, secondary site. Nobody other than birders would be there, so I pulled over. Two guys were leaving, and one of them told me the bird was there. By the time I arrived at the spot, the tern had left. From having researched the sightings for more than a week, I knew where to walk to, and an hour or so later, got my first view. I hung around approximately twenty more minutes and got enough photos to call it a day. I couldn’t, however, responsibly go home without driving 1.2 miles down the road to the other stakeout location, in order to let the birders there know where to find what they were looking for. I then lead a small caravan of mostly out of state birders to the right spot. One of them found the bird pretty quickly, and everybody got a view and photos! I received a lot of profuse thanks. The second trip worked out well for me, as on the first checklist, I only got one really good photo. Here, I was able to get closer to the bird when it was perched on a stick, and I got a lot of great photos of those poses. I’m about to share my best photo of the day, and then my checklists. I’ll come back after dinner. If we need the Long-billed Tern in our Birds of North America thread, please let me know and send me a link. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/583308301 Congratulations!!!!!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 23 hours ago, dragon49 said: I got the mega-rare Large-billed Tern lifer!! I was originally going to resume the chase tomorrow morning, but I really didn’t feel like waking up before 4:00 A.M., in order to arrive on-site by sunrise, so I changed my plans, as I knew I could get to the site early in the afternoon. I packed a change of clothes, chargers for my camera batteries, and other essentials. If I didn’t spot the bird today, I was going to stay at a hotel four minutes away from the stakeout and resume the quest by dawn. I was on my way to a different stakeout location when I saw a car parked by a nearby, secondary site. Nobody other than birders would be there, so I pulled over. Two guys were leaving, and one of them told me the bird was there. By the time I arrived at the spot, the tern had left. From having researched the sightings for more than a week, I knew where to walk to, and an hour or so later, got my first view. I hung around approximately twenty more minutes and got enough photos to call it a day. I couldn’t, however, responsibly go home without driving 1.2 miles down the road to the other stakeout location, in order to let the birders there know where to find what they were looking for. I then lead a small caravan of mostly out of state birders to the right spot. One of them found the bird pretty quickly, and everybody got a view and photos! I received a lot of profuse thanks. The second trip worked out well for me, as on the first checklist, I only got one really good photo. Here, I was able to get closer to the bird when it was perched on a stick, and I got a lot of great photos of those poses. I’m about to share my best photo of the day, and then my checklists. I’ll come back after dinner. If we need the Long-billed Tern in our Birds of North America thread, please let me know and send me a link. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/583308301 Congratulations! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 #384 Mottled Duck! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141435578 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 8 hours ago, Avery said: #384 Mottled Duck! https://ebird.org/checklist/S141435578 Very nice! Congratulations!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 My N.C. trip netted me 17 lifers (16 with photos) and 2 photo lifers. Bachman's Sparrow (audio only) Prairie Warbler (photo lifer) Northern Bobwhite ("photo" lifer) South Polar Skua Pomarine Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Roseate Tern White-tailed Tropicbird Red-billed Tropicbird Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Trindade Petrel Black-capped Petrel Cory's Shearwater (and eventually Scopoli's when it splits) Great Shearwater Sotty Shearwater Manx Shearwater Audubon's Shearwater 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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