Hi I'm a new member but I've been checking out the postings off the web for a while now. I'm 17 from Ventura California (north of LA) and have been birding...
scre@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:08 am
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I added 5 new birds to my winter list in two days (29th and 30th): red-tailed hawk and merlin on the 29th, I also saw an imm. bald eagle. On the 30th: boreal...
Olivier Barden
bardenolivier@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:41 pm
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TBCers: I have read some of the posts regarding a "winter listing competition." This is a real good idea, I think. I think we should also have a "TBC Big Day"....
cape_may_birder@...
Jan 1, 2001 5:52 pm
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whatup ya'll Well I got out birding locally this morning for a few hours before I had to get back home and fulfill my obligations of yard work and chores this...
Ryan Shaw
rtshaw80@...
Jan 1, 2001 8:08 pm
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Hey TBCers, I thought I'd put my two bits in on the bird of the year topic. As far as rarities go, I guess the Gray-crowned Yellowthroat at Santa Ana would be...
Chris.C and Kelly.M
chriskelly65@...
Jan 1, 2001 9:37 pm
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Hey all, I think my bird of the year was a Clay-colored Robin at Santa Ana. I went to look for the yellowthroat, but no luck. I'm very tempted to say my bird...
Lauren Harter
ebonyravenco@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:02 pm
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TBC, My best bird of 2000 was a Spotted Owl that nearly scalped me. I was on the east slope of the cascade mountains. I would say where it was more...
Brendan McGarry
pica_pica417@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:34 pm
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Hey TBCers, The first day of the year started out okay with my first bird, Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco. I first went to Village Creek Drying Beds. The main...
TXbirder85@...
Jan 1, 2001 10:53 pm
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Hey birders, This has definitely been an interesting year. For me, it was a poor year overall for birding. I was only able to get out about an average of...
Tim .
Tim_2C@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:23 pm
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Hey guys, My best bird of 2000 would have to be the Bell's Vireo that I had a chance to see on July 19 down in Berrien County with Cory Gregory. Cory had...
Dave Slager
Pomarine@...
Jan 1, 2001 11:46 pm
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TBC, Howdy, going down to see a Mountain Plover in southern Washington tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing it! I have a question about winter lists, is it...
Brendan McGarry
pica_pica417@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:16 am
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TBChatters, This year has been so great for my birding. I have a few birds that could easily be candidates, such as Red-legged Kittiwake, Mountain Plover,...
EvilEmpid@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:50 am
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I've tried to put a lot of thought into this bird of the year thing. I discovered that it just made me more confused. A White-tailed Tropicbird flying low...
mh1920@...
Jan 2, 2001 4:06 pm
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Hi all! Most memorable for me was having 3 Mountain Plovers in the scope at once in southeastern Colorado (On The Wing) this summer. My life Prairie Falcon,...
Leidy Gabe
nparula@...
Jan 2, 2001 7:17 pm
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I must say that my best bird last year was YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS. This was the bird that wandered over the Northeast last spring/early summer. The bird was...
Tom Reed
cape_may_birder@...
Jan 2, 2001 9:16 pm
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Hi Brendan & TBCers, On AIM, I'm FeralMonachus, and on here I'm mostly a lurker... think this is maybe my 3rd post... While I'm thinking about it, the Cypress...
Feral Quaker
heidinferals@...
Jan 2, 2001 10:16 pm
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Hi all, I just finished adding up my various lists. ABA area ended up at 325 for the year. My winter list is in the 120's. BC list was so pittiful that I'm...
Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Jan 3, 2001 6:41 am
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Hey Ya'll, My best local bird in 2000 was probably the Clay-colored Sparrow that I found at a feeder here in Tioga County, PA this May. This is the second year...
Benjamin
birdingteen@...
Jan 4, 2001 1:47 am
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Well everyone else went into such detail with there bird of the year, I thought I would do a bit with mine, In January of last year I took a pelagic out of...
Ryan Shaw
rtshaw80@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:52 am
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Hey all, Today I added 1/2 a bird for my lists. There was a Eurasian Green- winged Teal (A. c. crecca) at the Courtenay Air Park lagoon not too far from where...
Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:13 am
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Hey TBC, What's up? I just got back from the beach, where I spent New Year's with some friends. I ran up the coast to see that Mountain Plover that has been...
Shawn Steinberg
ssteinbe@...
Jan 4, 2001 9:13 am
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Hi. I just joined yesterday but Highlights of 2000 sounds like a fun topic so I thought I'd open my mouth right away and introduce myself. I'm 17 and live...
Philina English
zoobalou@...
Jan 4, 2001 11:58 am
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Nathan: That is really cool. Here in Cape May, it is really rare. Everyone is waiting for the split, which will probably be 2 species, Green-winged Teal and...
Tom Reed
cape_may_birder@...
Jan 4, 2001 8:39 pm
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Bonjour TBC people! I just got back from a short trip to Florida to visit my old Gramps, and thought I'd give you all a short(long)overview of the trip. I got...
Christian Nunes
pajaroboy@...
Jan 5, 2001 1:36 pm
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TBChatters, After looking back at the scaup on the CFO quiz page [ http://www.cfo-link.org/leadpage.html ] and after comparing the scaup photo to the scaup I...
EvilEmpid@...
Jan 5, 2001 6:07 pm
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Nathan et al, The BOURC (British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee) officially split Green-winged Teal from Eurasian Teal on January first of this year. ...
David Grant
dgrant@...
Jan 5, 2001 10:18 pm
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Hey everyone, Today Chris Siddle, Don Wilson, Trevor Forder and I went to Vancouver to see the Black-headed Gull on 36th in Delta and we were successful. The...
Chris.C and Kelly.M
chriskelly65@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:35 am
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Hey all, For those of you who care I would really like to encourage you to read this message. The site that is mentioned is at the bottom of the page of the...
Brendan McGarry
pica_pica417@...
Jan 6, 2001 7:31 am
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All, Well I haven't posted in a couple of months, mainly because the first of those months I wasn't able to get out birding much (not that there is really a...
sennern@...
Jan 6, 2001 5:07 pm
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I have spend the last few days editing all sorts of lists. I'm having trouble with the new changes in nomencelature proposed by the AOU, and rumours of...
