Kevin 2,708 Posted September 25, 2019 I got 16 lifers on a trip to Garner State Park! Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Yellow-throated Vireo, Hutton's Vireo, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Green Kingfisher, Ringed Kingfisher, Rufous Hummingbird, Hooded Oriole, Field Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Lesser Goldfinch, House Wren, Verdin, Common Raven. Here are photos of some of them. 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Melierax 952 Posted September 25, 2019 Incredible! Green Kingfisher is high on my bucket list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 65 Posted September 25, 2019 17 hours ago, Kevin said: I got 16 lifers on a trip to Garner State Park! Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Yellow-throated Vireo, Hutton's Vireo, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Green Kingfisher, Ringed Kingfisher, Rufous Hummingbird, Hooded Oriole, Field Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Lesser Goldfinch, House Wren, Verdin, Common Raven. Here are photos of some of them. You have got to be kidding me! You have all three (assuming you`ve seen a belted) kingfishers on your life list?! Cool! Congrats on the other lifers as well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted September 25, 2019 @Seanbirds Yes, I have seen Belted Kingfishers. 19 hours ago, Melierax said: Incredible! Green Kingfisher is high on my bucket list. Green Kingfishers have been on my bucket list ever since I started birding. When we left I did not know that Ringed Kingfishers where in range so that was an unexpected lifer. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackburnian 1,102 Posted September 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Kevin said: @Seanbirds Yes, I have seen Belted Kingfishers. Green Kingfishers have been on my bucket list ever since I started birding. When we left I did not know that Ringed Kingfishers where in range so that was an unexpected lifer. Jealous of the Ringed. Was lucky enough to see a vagrant Green Kingfisher in AZ several months ago. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 65 Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Nashville Warbler (only my fourth warbler. The others are: Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat) Edited September 26, 2019 by Seanbirds 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Spencer 2,607 Posted September 30, 2019 Wilson's Snipe, SuperSod farms, Orangeburg SC, Sep. 28th. This is the first of several from the Carolina Bird Club's fall excursions this weekend. The sod farm is supposed to be a hotbed of migratory shorebirds. It hasn't rained in weeks so apparently they all went somewhere else. This was in a relatively low area that retained sprinkler runoff. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted October 9, 2019 I have passed two hundred!! I went to Padre Island National Seashore last week and camped on the beach. And I got 43 new Bird species! 165-208 Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Plover, Wilson's Plover, Piping Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, Dunlin, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Laughing Gull, Franklin's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Least Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Black Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, Tricolored Heron, Bronzed Cowbird, Whimbrel, Harris's Hawk, Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Anhinga. These have been on my bucket list: Tricolored Heron, Harris's Hawk, Brown Pelican. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Spencer 2,607 Posted October 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, Kevin said: I have passed two hundred!! I went to Padre Island National Seashore last week and camped on the beach. And I got 43 new Bird species! 165-208 Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Plover, Wilson's Plover, Piping Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, Dunlin, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Laughing Gull, Franklin's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Least Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Black Tern, Forster's Tern, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, Tricolored Heron, Bronzed Cowbird, Whimbrel, Harris's Hawk, Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Anhinga. These have been on my bucket list: Tricolored Heron, Harris's Hawk, Brown Pelican. Great list! Was this your first time birding on the coast? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Charlie Spencer said: Great list! Was this your first time birding on the coast? Yes, so almost every thing was new. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor L. 286 Posted October 12, 2019 On 10/9/2019 at 6:08 PM, Kevin said: Yes, so almost every thing was new. It’s awesome going to somewhere you’ve never been for birding. I remember my trip to Costa Rica in March was a gold mine. Saw exactly 100 new birds. Green Honeycreeper pushed me over the 300 mark. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean C 331 Posted October 13, 2019 Red-headed Woodpecker and Ovenbird yesterday! 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted October 14, 2019 Nashville Warbler! It has been high on my bucket list. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laura 194 Posted October 16, 2019 I took this with my phone. This little Golden-crowned Kinglet kept looking at his reflection in the window. I put my hand underneath his body, and very gently grasped his legs with 2 fingers. He stayed so clam as I walked to the nearby trees and released him. He landed on one of the branches and I'm almost certain I heard him say 'thank you!" This is a lifer for me. 8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seattle 1,282 Posted October 17, 2019 LeConte's Sparrow - lifer and rare bird for WA 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackburnian 1,102 Posted October 18, 2019 23 hours ago, Seattle said: LeConte's Sparrow - lifer and rare bird for WA That the Walla Walla Co. bird? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seattle 1,282 Posted October 18, 2019 34 minutes ago, blackburnian said: That the Walla Walla Co. bird? Yes - it's by the tri-Cities at McNary NWR. I had never been there and would love to go in the summer. If I remember correctly we've had 10 or so recorded sightings Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackburnian 1,102 Posted October 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Seattle said: Yes - it's by the tri-Cities at McNary NWR. I had never been there and would love to go in the summer. If I remember correctly we've had 10 or so recorded sightings Ya, Walla Walla County is an amazing place. Got my Great Grays there last summer. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted October 19, 2019 Western Meadowlark! 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birding Boy 783 Posted October 19, 2019 Today was pretty ok for me, got Northern shoveler, Lincoln, and White crowned sparrow 😁 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chipperatl 190 Posted October 24, 2019 First record for my County of White-winged Scoter. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HamRHead 1,284 Posted October 25, 2019 Ten warbler species at Phinizy Swamp and Nature Park yesterday including a lifer Blackburnian! 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birding Boy 783 Posted October 26, 2019 Got ten lifers for my ebird on a trip to Northern M.I. 😁 Bald eagle, rough legged hawk, Northern Goshhawk, Common raven, Horned lark, Hooded and Common merganser, Trumpeter swan, American Tree Sparrow, and Common loon. (Thanks to everyone who helped id some of these!!) And just today I got Black Crowned Night Heron and Black bellied Whistling Duck. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin 2,708 Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: Horned lark NOOOO! Horned Lark in number one on bucket list. Congrats on all the other lifers to. Edited October 26, 2019 by Kevin 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birding Boy 783 Posted October 26, 2019 18 minutes ago, Kevin said: NOOOO! Horned Lark in number one on bucket list. Congrats on all the other lifers to. 😂I wasn't even expecting to see one, but he was sitting right out posing for a picture on a lawn. Thanks, good luck finding one of your own 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
