roseclaw's second attempt BY

[roseclaw]

129. Ladder-backed woodpecker Tulum, QR, Mexico 2/16

 

[roseclaw]

130. Yellow-winged tanager Tulum, QR, Mexico 2/16

 

[roseclaw]

That's it for Mexico! Well, I have a few more terrible quality photos, but they're for migrants I can easily find up here in Connecticut. 

[PeterHG]

That is quite a harvest for 3 days. Thanks for showing us your Mexico birds!

[xelas]

Great count of great birds! And, I will take your word on that swift , might even nominate it for the EBC Of The Year Award 

[Soukous]

On 3/11/2020 at 4:02 PM, roseclaw said:

 

It was named correctly, but if you're reading something quickly, the mind fills in what it thinks should be there.

 

Very diplomatically phrased 

[Soukous]

9 hours ago, roseclaw said:

104 (again) Ivory billed woodcreeper

 

I thought Ivory-billed Woodpeckers were extinct 

[Soukous]

1 hour ago, xelas said:

Great count of great birds! And, I will take your word on that swift , might even nominate it for the EBC Of The Year Award 

 

Definitely a contender. Watch out Fred.

[TonyQ]

Some beautiful birds from Mexico

[PeterHG]

2 hours ago, Soukous said:

thought Ivory-billed Woodpeckers were extinct 

Perhaps so, but didn't EBC mean Extinct Birds Count? 

[pedro maia]

2 hours ago, PeterHG said:

Perhaps so, but didn't EBC mean Extinct Birds Count? 

 

My next addition:

 

[Galana]

Surely the Dodo has no place on a BY from North America?

 

On the other hand this was a true North Atlantic bird but as I did not see it I cannot claim it.

[roseclaw]

 I'll see if I can find an auk, @Galana!

[Kitsafari]

An excellent EBC ! early contender. 

 

great haul from Mexico too and those trogons are stunning. 

[roseclaw]

131. Brown creeper Northwest CT, USA 2/20

 

 

[roseclaw]

132. Cackling goose Northern CT, USA 3/1

 

Was once considered a subspecies of Canada, but now is its own species.

 

 

[roseclaw]

133. Golden-crowned kinglet Northwest CT, USA 3/10

 

 

[roseclaw]

134. Snow goose Northwest CT, USA 3/19

 

blue and white phase

 

 

[roseclaw]

135. Song sparrow Northwest CT, USA 3/19

 

 

[Dave Williams]

The total is moving along nicely! Is there any restriction on movement where you are? 

[roseclaw]

2 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

The total is moving along nicely! Is there any restriction on movement where you are? 

 

Thanks, @Dave Williams! I am currently on self-quarantine - day 12 - because I need to take care of my 95-year-old asthmatic grandmother. I'm taking no chances. The federal government is not doing a thing to stop this and in fact have been quoted as saying grandparents should sacrifice themselves, but the local governments are all over the place on what their constituents should do. Thankfully, my local government, which I work for, has taken an aggressive stance and advised shelter in place except for essential businesses like healthcare and grocery.

 

So the pictures 131- 135 were taken from the window of my house and the window of my car. And as migration starts here, I might need to figure out how to find the birds without finding the people. I foresee a lot of very early mornings.

[michael-ibk]

Love the Trogons! Your Brown Creeper looks pretty much like our Treecreeper here.

[roseclaw]

19 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Love the Trogons! Your Brown Creeper looks pretty much like our Treecreeper here.

 

 

And your firecrest is like our golden-crowned kinglet!

[roseclaw]

136. Yellow-bellied sapsucker Northwest CT, USA 3/28

 

You can see its signature hole pattern in the tree bark.

 

[roseclaw]

137. Eastern phoebe Northwest CT, USA 3/28