2013 Yearlists

78 - American White Pelican
79 - Field Sparrow
80 - Tufted Titmouse (IN MY YARD, woo hoo! Only the second time I've ever seen one here.)

This message was edited Apr 9, 2013 11:29 AM

Nice Mrs. Ed! I've only had a titmouse in the yard once before myself. Great yard bird to get.

It's amazing to see one. In fact, even though these are fairly common and they are at my Mom's place, I did not get one on my list last year.

81 - Hermit Thrush. the way it is all over the yard, I keep thinking I have more than one! Ha! Seems right on time with my previous years' first sightings.

A few more ...

161 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
162 Short-billed Dowitcher
163 Barn Swallow
164 Chipping Sparrow

Patti

82- Eastern Pheobe
83-Northern Shoveler
84-Blue-winged Teal
85-Bonapart's Gull

This message was edited Apr 12, 2013 10:46 AM

275 - American Bittern

143 Sand Martin

Resin

86 - Golden-crowned kinglet
87 - Ruby-crowned kinglet
88 - Hooded Merganser

144 - Barn Swallow
145 - Willow Warbler
146 - Sandwich Tern
147 - House Martin
148 - Red-legged Partridge

First four are newly arrived summer visitors, today (with 16°) is the warmest day for 7 months.

Resin

89-Gadwall
90-American wigeon
91- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle? is that's what's here? I forget already)

92 - Belted Kingfisher. I forgot to add this one; it should actually be 91.
93 - Brown Thrasher (truly a spring bird for me… so glad to see it).
94 - Eastern Meadowlark
95 - Great White Egret
96 - Great Blue Heron
97 - Fox Sparrow
98 - White Throated Sparrow
99 - House Wren

Heard some warbler this morning, but I can't remember which one it is and didn't see it. I'll be on watch for more! This next 30 days will be the spike in my count. After that it will be more work.

This message was edited Apr 26, 2013 6:01 AM

Today was supposed to be an excellent day for birding, with southerly winds and last night's radar indicating a big move. So today I can add:

100-Rose-breasted Grosbeak
101-Baltimore Oriole

102- Gray Catbird
103 -Palm Warbler
104-Eastern Towhee
105-Ruby-throated Hummingbird

This message was edited May 1, 2013 12:50 PM

Wow. Mrs_Ed, you are on a roll! Wonderful birds.

I got home from a songbird festival at one of our national wildlife refuges. I also visited a couple of state parks and a private landowner's property. I think I forgot more birds than I wrote down. I really need a better way to document what I'm seeing. Maybe I should start a thread asking what others do...

Here's what I did manage to write down. The thrill of the trip was seeing the two endangered species, the Black-capped vireo and the Golden-cheeked Warbler. I got good looks at both along with a decent photo of the vireo and a lousy one of the warbler.

165 4/26/2013 Lark Sparrow Balcones Canyonlands NWR
166 4/26/2013 Inca Dove Balcones Canyonlands NWR
167 4/26/2013 Black-chinned Hummingbird Balcones Canyonlands NWR
168 4/26/2013 Painted Bunting Balcones Canyonlands NWR
169 4/27/2013 Dickcissel Balcones Canyonlands NWR
170 4/27/2013 Black-capped Vireo Balcones Canyonlands NWR
171 4/27/2013 Golden-crowned Warbler Balcones Canyonlands NWR
172 4/27/2013 Black-throated Sparrow Inks Lake State Park
173 4/28/2013 Lesser Goldfinch Balcones Canyonlands NWR
174 4/28/2013 Grasshopper Sparrow Balcones Canyonlands NWR
175 4/29/2013 Western Scrub Jay Pedernales Falls State Park
176 4/29/2013 Purple Finch Pedernales Falls State Park
177 4/29/2013 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pedernales Falls State Park

Images
1. Black-capped Vireo
2. Golden-cheeked Warbler
3. Painted Bunting - I never get tired of seeing these.
4. Western Scrub Jay

Went by my sister's house on Tiki Island near Galveston, TX and got a few more ...

178 4/30/2013 Chestnut-sided Warbler
179 4/30/2013 Eastern Wood Pewee
180 4/30/2013 Magnolia Warbler
181 4/30/2013 Hooded Oriole

Patti

Yes Patti, my favorite time of year is May and it's when all the migrants come through. My pond and stream really brings them in I think. I just had FIVE myrtle warblers in the stream!

anyway,

106 - Nashville Warbler
107 - Veery

Been forgetting to update!

149 Mandarin Duck 15 Apr
150 Common Sandpiper 18 Apr
151 Marsh Tit 19 Apr
152 Barnacle Goose 19 Apr
153 Common Tern 19 Apr
154 Whimbrel 19 Apr
155 Garganey 19 Apr
156 Marsh Harrier 19 Apr
157 Avocet 19 Apr
158 Blackcap 20 Apr
159 Pectoral Sandpiper 20 Apr
160 Sedge Warbler 21 Apr
161 Reed Warbler 21 Apr
162 Whitethroat 24 Apr
163 Grasshopper Warbler 26 Apr
164 Snow Goose 26 Apr
165 Yellow Wagtail 26 Apr
166 Lesser Whitethroat 26 Apr
167 Green Woodpecker 27 Apr
168 Cuckoo 01 May
169 Whinchat 01 May
170 Ring Ouzel 01 May

Also some 'foreign' (outside of Northumberland) additions:
Green-winged Teal 31 Mar
Greenshank 31 Mar
Spotted Redshank 31 Mar
Little Bunting 23 Apr
Lesser Scaup 23 Apr
Iberian Chiffchaff 24 Apr

Resin

So you aren't counting outside your state/country?

108 - Cape May Warbler
109 - White-crowned Sparrow

Big news rare bird for #110… RUFF.

111 - Dunlin
112 - Lesser Yellowlegs
113 - Bank Swallow
114 - Barn Swallow

Gotta check the camera for all the waders that I saw, in case I missed something.

Okay, I'm back to add:

115 - Greater Yellowlegs
116 - Solitary Sandpiper

Can I count wild game birds? I saw a ring-necked pheasant.


Spring bird count is tomorrow, hope the weather cooperates a bit so we have good results.

This message was edited May 3, 2013 8:00 PM

pheasant is a perfectly 'legal' bird.

Smart Ruff! Not often even I see them in full breeding plumage like that (they're fairly common here on autumn passage, by which time they've lost their summer plumage)

Today's tally:
171 Common Swift
172 Purple Heron (rarity!)
173 Arctic Tern
174 Tree Pipit
175 Pied Flycatcher

Resin

Just looked up purple heron. How pretty.

Okay then: Here's today's spring bird count list. Some I did not include because I did not see, (I was the note taker).


117- Ring-necked Pheasant
118- Red headed woodpecker
119- Wood Duck
120- Turkey Vulture
121- Sandhill Crane
122- Spotted Sandpiper
123- Great Horned Owl
124- Tree Swallow
125- Northern Waterthrush
126- Black and White Warbler
127- Prothonotary Warbler
128- Common Yellowthroat
129- American Redstart
130- Scarlet Tanager
131- Indigo Bunting
132 - Black Throated Green Warbler

This message was edited May 4, 2013 6:16 PM

I'm not keeping a numbered count but saw a Chipping sparrow today. I sort of sat still & let it come to me. I was weeding the garden & didn't weed for awhile & let it travel so that I could see the markings.

133 - Red-eyed Vireo
134 - Orchard Oriole

Hey, Marna, you're not supposed to leave me behind like this.

zip zoom

5 May:
176 Great Egret

6 May:
177 Wood Warbler
178 Common Redstart

Resin

8 May:
179 Greenshank
180 Wood Sandpiper

9 May
181 Collared Flycatcher MEGA RARE!
First Northumberland record, only about the 30th ever in Britain, big crowd of birders there to see it!

Resin

oh congratulations Resin!!

A wonderful surprise & a rare birds is fantastic.

135 - Savannah Sparrow
136 - Eastern Kingbird
137 - Kildeer

182 Garden Warbler

Resin

Few more ...
182 Mississippi Kite
183 Golden-winged Warbler
184 Audubon's Oriole
185 Gray Catbird
186 American Redstart
187 Northern Waterthrush
188 Willow Flycatcher
189 Black-throated Green Warbler
190 Swainson's Thrush
191 Common Nighthawk
192 Wilson's Phalarope
193 Scarlet Tanager

183 Black Kite - another rarity! (pic)
184 Little Tern
185 Roseate Tern

Resin

186 Manx Shearwater

Resin

187 Red-backed Shrike (female)

Resin

Is that a 'woodland' bird?

That is a nice looking Shrike, Resin. The two in our area have masks.

I've not been keeping up with putting my year birds on this post. It's been a crazy year. :)
I won't list them all that this point, but we are at 162 right now. #162 was yesterday's Scarlet Tanager.

We are still missing some birds that I thought would be fairly easy, Sandhill Crane and Tennessee Warbler to name a couple.