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Great batch of American birds, I don´t know if the osprey is a different species from the European but the first photo is very good.

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98. Red-headed Woodpecker, North Carolina, NA 55.

 

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99. Green Heron, North Carolina, NA 56.

 

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100. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, North Carolina, NA 57.

 

It could only ever be one bird to celebrate 100.

 

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Brilliant additions and a lovely bird to reach 100. Well done!

I think the Osprey in the USA is the same species that occurs in  Europe (and Africa and Asia)

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Your century bird is a stunner, congrats!!

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Well done on getting to 100!!

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A picture-perfect photo for #100! Congratulations!!

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Congratulations on the 100.

There are one or two birds in North American, Osprey and Green heron to name two, that look exactly the same as species as elsewhere. And yet in one example the Osprey is said to be the same but the Green Heron is deemed not to be the same as Striated or Greenbacked!

And your Common Gallunule is now not a Common Moorhen since 2011.

No doubt "They " will get round to the Osprey in due time. Vive la difference!

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Magnificent birds and photos and well done on the century!

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Congratulations on #100, particularly nice shots of the Osprey, the Thrasher and the RH-Woodpecker. And the Hummingbird of course!

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Well done on 100! I really love the woodpecker shot. 

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Congrats on eaching #100 and with a beautiful bird! Many great additions again in your USA collection.

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Thank you everyone! I appreciate the congrats

 

Time to round out this US list with a few EBC

 

101. Brown Pelican, North Carolina, NA 58

 

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My camera got hit by some sea spray so wonderful blackspots all over this one! <_<

 

102. Double-crested Cormorant, Georgia, NA 59.

 

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103. Little Blue Heron, Georgia, NA 60.

 

A molting immature Little Blue Heron seen a great distance on a scorching day in Savannah Wildlife Refuge

 

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104. Great Blue Heron, Georgia, NA 61.

 

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105. Cattle Egret, North Carolina, NA 62. 

 

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106. Northern Parula, North Carolina, NA 63.

 

This was a tough shot to get this guy skulking in thick cover against the sun at midday

 

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107. Field Sparrow, North Carolina, NA 64.

 

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108. Great Crested Flycatcher, North Carolina, NA 65.

 

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109. Chimney Swift, North Carolina, NA 66.

 

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110. Barn Swallow, North Carolina, NA 67.

 

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111. Tricolored Heron, North Carolina, NA 68.

 

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112. Indigo Bunting, North Carolina, NA 69.

 

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113. Prothonotary Warbler, North Carolina, NA 70.

 

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114. Eastern Meadowlark, North Carolina, NA 71. 

 

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115. Mississippi Kite, North Carolina, NA 72.

 

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That concludes my North American list. 72 by no means is a great list for this part of the US, which is rich with birds given it's location on the migratory routes as well as it's combinations of mountains, coast, swamp and plains. Still in my defense I will say that birding in late spring / early summer is challenging with all the trees in thick thick foliage - you wind up hearing much more you see. I even met one birder who said she basically stops looking in the summer.

 

Either way, I'm now onto editing my recent shot from the Shetlands - sadly we were there out of season but still I got a few lifers and the scenery was spectacular

 

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congrats on the 100th and i love the woodpecker shot. 

 

stunning sceneries on the shetland - whereabouts is the Shetlands? 

 

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@Kitsafari - thanks. The Shetlands are about 100km north of the mainland of Scotland. They represent the UK's most Northern point and it's main town of Lerwick is actually equidistant from Norway's town of Bergen and Aberdeen. 

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Fair motoring now, well past the century! (well done) I'd love to visit the Shetlands, in fact there is a series on BBC TV about them right now I think. Lots of species not found in the rest of the UK, more like Iceland which I have been to.

 

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Now back to the UK and my offerings from the Shetlands. We were not there during the prime season (which would be late June through July) but instead late August. It was well worth it though and it's absolutely beautiful.

 

116. Northern Fulmar, Shetlands, UK 25.

 

One of the most numerous birds on the island but still a lifer for me.

 

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117. Eurasian Oystercatcher, Shetlands, UK 26.

 

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118. Meadow Pipits, Shetlands, UK 27.

 

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119. Ruddy Turnstone, Shetlands, UK 28.

 

These little guys are in almost every little bay that you look at. Given I was searching for otters (largely in vain) I saw a lot of them

 

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I often saw them in small mixed flock with Dunlin

 

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120. Sanderling, Shetlands, UK 29.

 

Speaking of Dunlin - watching these guys run from the spray is always fun

 

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121. Arctic Tern, Shetlands, UK 30.

 

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