tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2365774684447768565.post7835995259665691016..comments2024-03-26T17:06:03.213+00:00Comments on THE Biking Birder - Green Birding Adventures Over the Years: Into Scotland.... Land of the Bravebikingbirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03896338609437768035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2365774684447768565.post-30909334610379649042016-07-04T08:53:19.969+01:002016-07-04T08:53:19.969+01:00What a fabulous list! Thanks for posting it. 51 li...What a fabulous list! Thanks for posting it. 51 lifers for me on it!bikingbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896338609437768035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2365774684447768565.post-29801619882071657032016-07-04T02:17:25.674+01:002016-07-04T02:17:25.674+01:00Ok, as requested via birdforum (and I'm so gla...Ok, as requested via birdforum (and I'm so glad my post served as a boost!), here is my green list thus far this year. Since I wrote on the forum, I've added our other cuckoo - yellow-billed, a real treat!<br />1 Downy Woodpecker - first bird of the year.<br />2 Hairy Woodpecker<br />3 Pileated Woodpecker<br />4 Blue Jay<br />5 Common Raven<br />6 Black-capped Chickadee<br />7 Red-breasted Nuthatch<br />8 White-breasted Nuthatch<br />9 American Goldfinch<br />10 Barred Owl<br />11 Purple Finch<br />12 Hooded Merganser<br />13 Bald Eagle<br />14 American Crow<br />15 Brown Creeper<br />16 Northern Shrike - sat outside living room window. Wow.<br />17 Pine Siskin - first year we've had any in the garden, and they ate us out of house and home!<br />18 Red-tailed Hawk<br />19 Common Redpoll<br />20 Canada Goose<br />21 Turkey Vulture<br />22 Ruffed Grouse<br />23 Mourning Dove<br />24 American Robin<br />25 European Starling<br />26 Bohemian Waxwing<br />27 Dark-eyed Junco<br />28 Red-winged Blackbird<br />29 American Tree Sparrow<br />30 Cooper's Hawk<br />31 Red-shouldered Hawk<br />32 Fox Sparrow<br />33 Wild Turkey<br />34 Northern Flicker<br />35 Golden-crowned Kinglet<br />36 Sharp-shinned Hawk<br />37 Winter Wren<br />38 Song Sparrow<br />39 Great Blue Heron<br />40 Common Grackle<br />41 Hoary Redpoll<br />42 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<br />43 Eastern Phoebe<br />44 Ring-billed Gull<br />45 Mallard<br />46 Common Merganser<br />47 Hermit Thrush<br />48 Wood Duck<br />49 White-throated Sparrow<br />50 Ruby-crowned Kinglet<br />51 Osprey<br />52 Chipping Sparrow<br />53 Broad-winged Hawk<br />54 Common Loon<br />55 Herring Gull<br />56 Tree Swallow<br />57 Barn Swallow<br />58 American Black Duck<br />59 Common Goldeneye<br />60 Yellow-rumped Warbler<br />61 Bufflehead<br />62 Blue-headed Vireo<br />63 Red-necked Grebe - Lifer. Raft of 11 seen from Kayak on very blustery day. Magic!<br />64 Pine Warbler<br />65 Black-and-white Warbler<br />66 American Bittern - flyover whilst in Kayak.<br />67 Belted Kingfisher<br />68 Northern Waterthrush<br />69 Spotted Sandpiper<br />70 Ovenbird<br />71 Black-throated Blue Warbler<br />72 Rose-breasted Grosbeak<br />73 Ruby-throated Hummingbird<br />74 Blackburnian Warbler<br />75 Cape May Warbler<br />76 Black-throated Green Warbler<br />77 Palm Warbler<br />78 Magnolia Warbler<br />79 Warbling Vireo<br />80 Bay-breasted Warbler - new to me. Lovely little warbler.<br />81 Chestnut-sided Warbler<br />82 Rock Pigeon<br />83 Common Yellowthroat<br />84 Yellow Warbler<br />85 White-crowned Sparrow<br />86 Swamp Sparrow<br />87 Nashville Warbler<br />88 American Redstart<br />89 Red-eyed Vireo<br />90 Veery<br />91 Swainson's Thrush<br />92 Baltimore Oriole<br />93 Wood Thrush<br />94 Scarlet Tanager <br />95 Canada Warbler<br />96 Eastern Wood-Pewee<br />97 Great Crested Flycatcher<br />98 Northern Parula<br />99 Alder Flycatcher<br />100 Indigo Bunting<br />101 Black-billed Cuckoo - Lifer. Great views, seen on Father’s Day walk with Dad.<br />102 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Lifer. Woke me up, took twenty minutes to find it, but well worth it.<br /><br />Ridiculously long comment, but hopefully that's ok! Good luck in Scotland.ajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353756890169273778noreply@blogger.com