Hey all, I haven't posted in about a millenium. Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know, I'm setting up a mystery birds website. For now it's just a few...
1. Subadult northern goshawk. The face recalls adult much more adult than imm. Tail is also similar to adult's. 2. Female greater scaup. Head shape kinda good,...
Good evening, I went out on a long birding trip today east into the St-Lawrence estuary, coming back practically empty-handed though with an anorexically slim...
Today, December 1st, I birded the Niagara River in one of my obsessive, several-annual masochistic gull watching quests, in search of whatever good larids I...
Hey TBC, I figured I'd post on these birds for the fun of it. I'm not giving reasons to back these answers up, just take my word for it. #1 Goshawk #2 Greater...
Hey, how's birding? I had an all right day birding in some farmland in NY state. I saw usual winter birds for the area, some uncommon ones, and an unusual...
Wow, I think this is the first time that December has come without a mention of the "casually competitive" winter listing challenge. Sorry if I opened a can of...
A good idea indeed, Winter birding requires an extra effort to get out there and freeze yourself to death looking for spruce grouse, a friendly (i.e. no ...
I think it is a good idea to keep a winter list competition going on TBC, it will give people from other areas an idea of what birding is like in other parts...
Hi all, Considering that the nominate and smithsonianus subspecies of the herring gull might be split soon, and of course the Europeans will want to keep their...
Finally, a chance to name something "Sea Gull." Tyler Tyler Davis, 17 Mercer Island, WA didjkid@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
How about Raucous Gull? It is appropriate, has a nice ring to it, and then we could screw Nelson and have a cool bird with a fun name: The Raucous-Glaucous...
catharus9@...
Dec 4, 2002 2:06 am
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You do have to say that the concept of Herring Gull getting stuck with the horribly boring name of American Gull is quite a repulsive concept. You've gotta...
Hey TBCers, This issue on teh Herring gull has prompted me to write and ask about something I've noticed quite a bit here on the list: We haven't been using...
Since we're on the topic of Herring Gull taxonomy, I thought it might be of interest to point out the recent updates to Clements' checklist to Birds of the...
For the third consecutive winter, the gray-phase GYRFALCON has returned to a feedlot in Kelowna, BC. Today, I watched the bird for about a half an hour and...
I'd like to echo Tim Perkins's post on the usefulness of Clements's BOW checklist. It's a massive book but an immense resource to anyone interested in...
What else do Herring's Gulls eat? Maybe Smelt Gull? Mackerel Gull? McDonald's Gull? Good birding, Scott Haber 17 Bergen County, NJ AIM: LongTailedDuck ...
Hi all, Plenty of suggestions for the new french name for herring gull (which will probably be goéland d'Amérique...) have poured out on Quebec's birding...
How about Bay Gull, ha ha ha. Chris Nunes Flagstaff, Az _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail...
Call it Bob's Gull or something... I'd have to disagree w/the McDonald's Gull -- thats the McLaughing Gull around here ;-) Anyway, there are a lot of other...
Hey. How's birding been? I went on a Christmas Bird Count today at the Great Swamp National Wildlfe Refuge and had a great time. The group that I was in was...
... Sorry. I forgot to write my name at the end of my Christmas Bird Count email and I know you are supposed to on TBC. This email, and the email before it,...
Hi, everyone, my name is David Patrusevich and I just joined this group. I am 18 years old and live in Neptune, NJ. I have a keen interest in birds, and I...
Today was the Cape May CBC. I covered a good chunk of territory 5, wedged in the NW corner of the count circle. The habitat includes hardwood swamps, salt ...
Today was the first run of the Grafton-Bristol CBC, it went fairly well for it's first year. There were a few unexpected birds, and overall it became a nice...
Hi, I don't post very often but I had an exceptional day yesterday on the Outer Cape Cod CBC in Massachusetts. Some highlights included 1887 Razorbills, a...
Melanerpes322@...
Dec 16, 2002 3:35 pm
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Hello, Yesterday's CBC in my zone went pretty well, although there were few species (24) and few individuals (340). Here are the highlights: Sharp-shinned hawk...
Hey. I just wanted to tell anyone who lives in NJ or eastern Pennsylvania that a beautiful adult male Varied Thrush was discovered by someone scouting for a ...
