lmSA84 - Big Year 2018 (Part Deux)

[lmSA84]

196. UK. 55. Common Shelduck, Norfolk, May

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Galana]

A nice selection. Good luck with the new job!

[lmSA84]

Thank you @Galana - much appreciated

[elefromoz]

@lmSA84, some lovely little Warblers there, particularly like the Sedge Warbler amongst the reeds, singing away. The Eurasian Hobby interests me, we have had one visit at a local Lake for the last 3 summers, causing great excitement, hope it returns this year. Hope the new job includes some exciting travels too. 

[PeterHG]

A very good set! I love your Mistle Thrush. It's still on my to-do list for this year.... Good luck with the new job, @lmSA84 ! I hope it won't keep you away from the field (an ST) too long.

[Peter Connan]

18 hours ago, Galana said:

A nice selection. Good luck with the new job!

 

And from me.

[TonyQ]

A great selection- I hope the new job lets you continue posting soon!

[michael-ibk]

Great additions, especially like the Reed Warbler. Good luck with your new job. FWIW, I´d also say Meadow Pipit. Your Mistle Thrush looks pretty Songthrushy to me, but since our proper birders @PeterHG and @Galana have no objections I must be clearly wrong?

[Galana]

1 hour ago, michael-ibk said:

Your Mistle Thrush looks pretty Songthrushy to me,

I will admit to looking hard at that one but on a coin toss let it go.  To me the ST would have more yellow/buff base colour to underparts and no white tips to outer tail although there is signs of a small buff wing bar that would suggest Song Thrush.

[Dave Williams]

Good luck in the new job from me too!

[Kitsafari]

All the best on the new job - may it take you to more exotic birding spots so you can share with us!

[lmSA84]

Thank you to everyone for the well wishes for my new job. So far so good!

 

It has unfortunately, kept me from going out but I do have some photos from a two week family holiday to Andalusia, in the weeks before starting.

 

@michael-ibk - I was very tempted to put Song Thrush and wanted it to be one. I'm not sure I'll get one but Mistle Thrush is almost a given.

 

A few duplicates from Spain to start, juvenile Crested Lark,...

 

 

...Zitting Cisticola, both images taken near about 20 miles inland from the Costa de la Luz, and...

 

 

...Common Swifts above Seville

 

Edited July 18, 2018 by lmSA84

[lmSA84]

197. Spotted Flycatcher, Alajar, Huelva Province Spain, June

 

Edited July 18, 2018 by lmSA84

[lmSA84]

198. White Stork, Alajar, Huelva Province Spain, June

 

Every church in the region comes with a White Stork.

 

 

 

Edited July 18, 2018 by lmSA84

[lmSA84]

199. Common House Martin, Alajar, Huelva Province Spain, June 

 

[lmSA84]

200. Eurasian Nuthatch, Alajar, Huelva Province Spain, June

 

 

And because it's the 200 I'm going to throw in another random one.

 

Whilst searching for birds in the fading light I came across a Meloncillo or Egyptian Mongoose. Wikipedia tells me that it was originally thought to have introduced by the Moors but may actually have been a natural dispersal during the Pleistocene era.

 

Either way I was happy to see it

 

[Dave Williams]

Excellent stuff, well done on 200, keep them coming.

Love the Mongoose too.

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations on reaching 200!

[Tdgraves]

Well done on 200

[Galana]

Well done on the 200. Shame the job stops you getting out as much.

Love the Mongoose.

[TonyQ]

Well done on reaching 200, and the Nuthatch is a lovely bird to reach that milestone.

[Zim Girl]

Congratulations on reaching 200.

Cute mongoose.

[PeterHG]

Congrats on reaching 200 and a lot of great  photos there, too. Love the sky in the swift photos and that mongoose is something special, too!

[lmSA84]

Thank you to everyone for the kind words! I doubt I'll make 300 but I'm going to try crawl across the 250 line.

[lmSA84]

201. European Serin, Alajar Spain, June

 

These guys were very common