Late to the party ... Sharon's first attempt

[campsafari2015]

On 2/15/2020 at 1:42 PM, shazdwn said:

Hi all

 

Thanks to your encouragement I am going to have an attempt at a big (or more likely small-medium) year.  I'm not expecting huge numbers as life keeps me pretty busy, but hey why not give it a go.  

 

So from what I have ascertained so far the rules look something like this

• take photos of as many species of birds as you can in a year
• ...

 

Do you need a picture of each species to count it here?

[xelas]

@campsafari2015, yes, you need a photo (not a sketch or a drawing ) of a bird to be counted. One specie one point but in some cases also sub species might get a green light. Male and female and chicks of the same specie are 1 point. The quality of the photo should be good enough for an expert birder be able to recognise that bird ... however, this rule has a sub-rule called EBC (Every Bird Count) .

 

As you might have found already, this is not a competition with many strict rules but more the excuse for many of us to get out and took photos of birds, to have fun doing so, and to increase our birding knowledge and skills. 

Edited June 24, 2020 by xelas

[campsafari2015]

8 hours ago, xelas said:

@campsafari2015, yes, you need a photo...

Maybe I'll make a concerted effort for my first BY next year, since this one is half-spent! Fingers-crossed my Tanzania safari is a go, as I picked it for November especially for the migrating species! I should be able to hit central coast Cali, Rocky Mountains/foothills, central plains USA, and the Northern Circuit.       

[pedro maia]

4 hours ago, campsafari2015 said:

Maybe I'll make a concerted effort for my first BY next year, since this one is half-spent! Fingers-crossed my Tanzania safari is a go, as I picked it for November especially for the migrating species! I should be able to hit central coast Cali, Rocky Mountains/foothills, central plains USA, and the Northern Circuit.       

or you can start now, half a year is a lot of time .

[campsafari2015]

4 hours ago, pedro maia said:

or you can start now, half a year is a lot of time .

Oh, my list is highly restricted...having trouble getting new birds lately and stalled out at 175. I can't leave my county for the foreseeable future. Might make it on my Hawaii trip come Fall, but not holding my breath

[Kitsafari]

6 hours ago, campsafari2015 said:

Oh, my list is highly restricted...having trouble getting new birds lately and stalled out at 175. I can't leave my county for the foreseeable future. Might make it on my Hawaii trip come Fall, but not holding my breath

 

 

@campsafari2015 did i hear right? you already have 175? i'm only at 122 and my arms are flailing. Hit that BY 2020 button - it's only June after all......

[Kitsafari]

@shazdwn the peaceful dove looks so much like the zebra dove we have here. wikepedia says the zebra dove is slightly larger and that the zebra, peaceful and barred dove (in indonesia) were until recently considered 1 species. Yay to the splits for higher counts (not for this year though)!

[shazdwn]

I've been on a bit of a dry spell for new species, but a recent camping/fishing trip finally netted a couple.

 

146) Arafura Fantail - Channel Point Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 6/07/20

[shazdwn]

147) Gull-billed Tern - Channel Point Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 6/07/20

[campsafari2015]

14 hours ago, shazdwn said:

I've been on a bit of a dry spell for new species, but a recent camping/fishing trip finally netted a couple.

 

146) Arafura Fantail - Channel Point Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 6/07/20

I really like this one. 

[shazdwn]

Had a bit of better luck on today's outing.

 

148) Hardhead - Leaning Tree Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/20

 

[shazdwn]

149) Green Pygmy-goose - Leaning Tree Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/20

[shazdwn]

150) Brown Falcon - Leaning Tree Lagoon, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/20

[shazdwn]

151) Burdekin Duck (or Rajah Shelduck) - Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/2020 (the brown and white ones with babies)

[shazdwn]

152) Plumed Whistling-duck -Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/20 (there are just two in the top image with the long wing feathers, the rest are Wandering Whistling-ducks)

Edited July 12, 2020 by shazdwn

[shazdwn]

153) Great Egret - Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/2020

[shazdwn]

154) Paperbark Flycatcher - Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia - 12/07/2020

[TonyQ]

The Paperbark Flycatcher is beautiful 

[campsafari2015]

You had luck, I'll say! Great outing. I love them all. 

[Zim Girl]

Nice set of new additions! I like the Brown Falcon.

[elefromoz]

@shazdwn,  another vote for the brown Falcon, I always find them a bit nervy. Nice additions

[shazdwn]

Thanks @TonyQ, @campsafari2015, @Zim Girl and @elefromoz

 

Actually the brown falcon was an absolute flute.  I was shooting over the wetland and then turned around and there it was sitting in the tree right next to my car only a few metres away.  

[shazdwn]

I have been struggling to find any new species lately, so its time to pull one out of the "not quite and ebc but was hoping to get something better" file just to keep the count moving.  

 

155) Yellow White-eye - East Point Reserve, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - 22/04/2020

[shazdwn]

Checked out a new birding spot today in the mangroves right in the Darwin suburbs, lots of birds but my target species eluded me.  I did get one new one to add to the total though.

 

156) Eastern Curlew - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - 15/08/2020

Edited August 17, 2020 by shazdwn

[Peter Connan]

Lovely shot.