Roy's Bird Thread

Roy1961

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This was my ex 52 weekly thread, modified to be my bird thread to keep a record of what I have seen.

I will fill the birds in my list as I go.



  1. Peregrine Falcon, on page 1.
  2. Sharp shinned Hawk.
  3. Barn Owl, New, on page 2.
  4. Ring-necked Pheasant. New.
  5. Ferruginous hawk. New.
  6. Townsend Warbler.
  7. Nutmeg Mannikin.
  8. Dark Eyed Junco, on page 3.
  9. Golden Eagle.
  10. Surf Scoter. New.
  11. Cedar Waxwing.
  12. Northern Shoveler.
  13. Yellow Rumped Warbler.
  14. Hutton's Viero. New.
  15. Red-tailed Hawk, on page 4.
  16. California Gnatcatcher. New.
  17. Mandarin Duck.
  18. Western Tanager. New.
  19. Green Heron.
  20. Great Blue Heron, on page 5.
  21. Wood Pewee. New.
  22. Willet.
  23. Bald Eagle.
  24. Yellow Warbler.
  25. Ash-throated Flycatcher.
  26. Wilson's Phalarope. New.
  27. Blue Grosbeak, on page 6.
  28. Caspian Tern.
  29. Rock Wren. New.
  30. Blue Grey Gnatcatcher.
  31. Great White Egret, on page 7.
  32. Whimbrel.
  33. Burrowing Owl, on page 8.
  34. Least Sandpiper.
  35. Solitary Sandpiper. New.
  36. Western Sandpiper.
  37. White Pelican, on page 9.
  38. Cattle Egret.
  39. White Crowned.
  40. Red Shouldered Hawk, on page 10.
  41. Osprey.
  42. Long billed curlew.
  43. Merlin, on page 11.
  44. Clark's Grebe New and a Western Grebe.
  45. Coopers Hawk and a White winged Dove. New.
  46. Male and Female Vermillion, on page 12.
  47. Snowy Egret.
  48. Northern Harrier.
  49. White Tailed Kite.
  50. Goliath Heron, New, on page 13.
  51. Vesper Sparrow New and a Mountain Bluebird.
  52. Ruby Crowned Kinglet, on page 14.
  53. Anna's Hummingbird.
  54. Northern Pintail, on page 15.
  55. Black Phoebe.
  56. Egyptian Geese.
  57. Black Crowned Night Heron, on page 16.
  58. Grackle.
  59. Common Merganser. New.
  60. Common Goldeneye.
  61. Bufflehead.
  62. Ruddy Turnstone. New.
  63. Brown Pelican.
  64. Common Loon.
  65. Heermann's Gull.
  66. Canadian Geese.
  67. American Kestrel, on page 17.
  68. Turkey Vulture.
  69. Tundra Swan. New.
  70. Greater white fronted Goose. New.
  71. Large billed Savannah sparrow. New.
  72. Nelson's sparrow. New.
  73. Prairie Falcon. New??
  74. Golden Plover. New.
  75. California Thrasher, on page 18.
  76. Song sparrow.
  77. Cassins Kingbird. New.
  78. American Wigeon.
  79. House Finch.
  80. House Wren. New.
  81. Great Horned Owl.
  82. Beldings Savannah sparrow. New.
  83. Double Crested Cormorant.
  84. Hooded Oriole.
  85. Horned Lark, on page 19.
  86. Bullocks Oriole.
  87. Northern Flicker.
  88. Nuttalls Woodpecker.
  89. Eared Grebe.
  90. Horned Grebe.
  91. Rough Winged swallow, New, on page 20.
  92. American Avocet.
  93. Red Winged Blackbird.
  94. Purple Finch, New.
  95. California Quail
  96. Yellow headed Blackbird, New.
  97. Dowitcher.
  98. Olive sided Flycatcher, New.
  99. Say's Phoebe.
  100. Road runner.
  101. Virginia Rail, New. on page 21.
  102. Stellar Jay.
  103. Eared Grebe.
  104. California Thrasher.
  105. Gray Catbird, New.
  106. Northern Red Bishop.
  107. Marsh Wren, New.
  108. Logger head Shrike.
  109. Dunlin, New.
  110. Warbling Viero, New. on page 22.
  111. Black Throated Gray Warbler.
  112. Cackling Goose, New.
  113. Western Meadowlark.
  114. Pipit.
  115. Verdin, New.
  116. Thrush.
  117. Red Breasted Sapsucker, New.
  118. Herring Gull, New.
  119. Hooded Merganser, New. on page 23.
  120. Tricolored Heron, New.
  121. Canvasback.
  122. Redhead.
  123. Starlings.
  124. Brown Creeper, New.
  125. Sage Thrasher, New.
  126. Semipalmated Plover, New.
  127. Painted Redstart, New.
  128. Swainson's Hawk, New.
  129. Hermit Thrush, New.
  130. Sanderlings, New.
  131. Black and White Warbler, New.
  132. Western Gull.
  133. Black Bellied Plover.
 
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Roy1961

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DONE, lol, that was easy. :cool:
 

Roy1961

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week 1

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I will go with this one as I haven't shot one to this previously, Peregrine Falcon.

1 down 51 to go.
 

Roy1961

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I am impressed that you can identify so many birds. Any time I see a bird I can't identify, I try to look it up.
I get a lot of help from [MENTION=10762]Kevin H[/MENTION] and @wev .

I try first to look it up in my books, but more than often i need confirmation. One of the main reasons i took this challenge.
 

Roy1961

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Week 3.

this was tough this week, I wanted to post the Cedar waxwing, but I wasn't a great shot, think I had a golden eye and a ? duck, then I thought I had a sharp shinned hawk, sucked at a northern pintail, was going to go with the golden eagle, but this is a first for me, so I will never know if I will spot this again??? its not even on my list of possible contenders.

Barn Owl.

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Week 4.

a Ring-necked Pheasant.

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another bird not even on my list of possibilities, spotted him while leaving San Jacinto.
 
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