Forgot to post this year's "Bird-A-Day" list ...

[trepkos]

For those who don't know, this is a little challenge to see how many different birds you can see or hear on consecutive days. Those living North America should assume the word "European", "Eurasian" or sometimes "Northern" should appear in front of the name of any bird that sounds familiar - eg. your robin is not our robin (yours is a thrush -

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[kazzy_cee]

Wow!

[ningloreth]

Wow! The only time I've seen some of these was in my Observer's Book of Birds when I was a kid! And you've seen them on consecutive days? I assume you 'went' somewhere to see some of them -- like the peacock and the spoonbill -- but didn't you see more than one bird on those days?

My mind is boggled!

[My Dad was a keen birdwatcher. When I was 10, 12, that sort of age, we would go out early in the morning, recording birdsong. I would carry his little reel-to-reel tape recorder and he would carry the microphone, which had a reflector he'd made from a fruit bowl :-) ]

[trepkos]

We are just a small island - 5 miles x 9 miles, so we have easy access to sea bird spotting places, but the island is very built up. I had to make an effort to get out and go somewhere specific on most days. And there's a birding Whatsapp group that lets you know if there are any rarities about. The Peacocks are feral - ones people owned have escaped and bred. The Spoonbills were a lucky spot - they dropped in for a short while at a scrape (muddy pond) and we happened to be there at the right time. I could see a lot more, if only I could get my arse out of bed before 9 am. There are about 200 birds you may be able to find in Jersey at various times of year, if you know where/when to look (or if you are a bird-ringer!) And yes, we did see more than one bird on each day - the trick is to pick the rarest one for your bird for that day. And hope you don't see two rare birds on only one day!

[sallymn]

That's amazing! We don't have nearly as many birds around here... but I do see galahs and magpies. Every day it seems...

[trepkos]

I'm sure you must have that many birds! Australia is a bird-watcher's paradise! Whereabouts do you live? We are just a small island - 5 miles x 9 miles, so we have easy access to sea bird spotting places, but the island is very built up.

[calzephyr77]

My list would be rather dull. Since we don't live near water, we just have our six or so regulars--house sparrows, black-billed magpies, Northern flickrs, black-capped chickadees and in summer, American robins and house finches. We do have crows, but there's a rookery somewhere they go in winter.