Clare's First BY

[campsafari2015]

23) Long-billed Curlew - 1 Jan

 

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24) American Coot - 1 Jan

 

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25) American Crow - 1 Jan

 

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26) Mourning Dove - 1 Jan 

 

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27) Common Loon

 

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28) Ruddy Duck - 1 Jan 

 

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29) Black Phoebe - 1 Jan

 

[campsafari2015]

Phew! Done with January 1! 

[Kitsafari]

good haul for New Year's Day then!

[Tdgraves]

10 hours ago, campsafari2015 said:

Point of Order: do I post a photo for the bird on the day I took the photo, or the day I observed it first this year, if you observe it multiple times?

welcome to the rather addictive and friendly BY @campsafari2015

participants who are keen on photography tend to wait until they have a shot which they are (vaguely) happy with, but given this year is very odd, there is a lot more of posting when a bird is first seen than on previous years. Enjoy!

[TonyQ]

@campsafari2015  welcome to the BIg Year. Some lovely shots, and a very productive January 1st!

[Zim Girl]

Welcome to Big Year @campsafari2015, very nice collection already, the western bluebird is a very pretty bird.

Edited June 26, 2020 by Zim Girl

[Peter Connan]

Welcome the the madness 

 

You had a great new year's day!

[Galana]

Welcome indeed. Well you are certainly going to keep us all busy with some excellent viewing to look forward to to while away our non birding hours.

Good start.

[PeterHG]

Good to see a new participant and you made quite an impressive start for January 1st. Welcome!

[campsafari2015]

Thank you, all, for your kind welcome words! I'll endeavor to take better photos, especially of the common ones. 

[michael-ibk]

Welcome to the Big Year, good to have another US participant! Particularly like your Godwit photo, and looking forward to more!

[campsafari2015]

30) Northern Shoveler - 2 Jan (I know I just promised better photos, but I am trying to keep it easy and synched with my eBird, so this will have to be a placeholder)

 

-- All dates are first annual observation of species -- photo may be from different date due to not always having a photo associated with first observation and I'm working off my eBird

 

 

 

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by campsafari2015

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31) Townsend's Warbler - 2 Jan

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by campsafari2015

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32) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Jan 

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by campsafari2015

[pedro maia]

Welcome, I’m glad you decided to participate and I can see you’re going to show us some different birds, althoug I’m afraid you’re going to be contender for the home country count front!!

[campsafari2015]

2 hours ago, pedro maia said:

Welcome, I’m glad you decided to participate and I can see you’re going to show us some different birds, althoug I’m afraid you’re going to be contender for the home country count front!!

Thank you! This is a good exercise to get me reviewing all my photos. I hope to get on a pelagic trip this fall and see a few new species (for me). 

 

Carrying on and trying to get through 2 January this evening: 

 

33) Golden-crowned Sparrow - 2 Jan

 

 

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33) Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 2 Jan

 

Edited June 27, 2020 by campsafari2015

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34) Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 Jan

 

Some sort of winged-insect hatch had it hunting down on the grass.

 

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35) Pelagic Cormorant - 2 Jan