Me, neither; I was actually surprised by the question, and even more surprised that at the time I added my vote, that option had twice as many votes. (They are closer to even as of today.) It has nothing to do with whether a platform tracks that for me; it’s simply that a cluster of adjacent counties likely has a large overlap in its bird fauna and so separate county lists don’t feel like an achievement.
10 county lifers, since they are going to be guaranteed to be a rarity or likely county first at this point. We are closing in on 300 species for my county, so a handful of those will probably help toward overall county number.
10 country lifers. Since I haven’t been to anywhere outside of india, it would give me 10 brand new lifers no matter where I see them.
I’m not a bird watcher and don’t have any equipment, but in the interest of upping my species count on iNaturalist, I do photograph birds if the opportunity arises. I got about 90 bird species before I “ran out” of easily accessible birds. I found that interesting to think about—how many “easy to run into” birds does the average location have? Is 90 a lot, or not? Do places with beaches have more species? For perspective I got about 10x as many plants in a similar geographic area before finding new ones became too difficult.
I don’t have much luck getting people to ID audio recordings, so I think probably from here on out I’ll try photographing shed feathers.
90 is really good! I try to seek out birds and my count is still sitting at 82. My sighted-but-not-photographed list is rather big though.
Some experienced birders at one refuge in my state (Bosque del Apache NWR) have observed but not necessarily photo’d 80-90 species in a day (maybe even more), during migration but that’s exceptional. I’ve never come close to that anywhere. You end up with a lower bird count if you spend time trying to get photos rather than just looking and listening.
2024 was my first full year of retirement, so I set myself a target of observing 100 bird species per month for each month of the year. Not all we’re local, I was lucky enough to have a couple of overseas holidays and I also made quite a few birding trips to neighbouring counties, but I reckon if push came to shove I could just about get 100 species a month from my own county (Essex, England). We are on the coast though and are in a decent place to pick up a number of wading birds.
Thanks for keeping it alive man! That was a hard choice to choose from.
Glad you picked the right answer 
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How was everybody’s fall migration?
Not super great. I didn’t get out a lot this fall. However, I did get to see these two little fellows last week.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/323072883
OK, but it’s still happening! It is waterfowl season now.
I haven’t been able to get out much this fall either. That’s cool you found those guys! I would love to see a PAWR. I am hoping to get out to our nearby NSWO banding station and help out. I went two weeks ago, but we had no luck as expected that time of year. Hoping to get out this weekend!
That’s the truth! My goal for this winter is to get a lifer Greater White-fronted Goose. They are pretty easy to get in December here in my area.
It’s going on here in India! Sorry… for butterflies. Fall migration does begin in September-October in India, but I sadly don’t live in a place which is close to a water body, because most migratory birds here are water birds. So, nothing new seen. Yet…
It’s been going very well! I’ve done fairly well finding migrant shorebirds as well as some passerines and seabirds! We still have another month though for a lot of birds to come through; I’m hoping for a Snow Bunting!
Very cool! Glad you’ve been finding those Shorebirds. I did get a few Shorebird lifers this fall!
I have had a pretty good fall migration. Back in early September, I got Wilson’s Phalarope, Pectoral Sandpiper, and American Golden Plover, which were all lifers. This October, I got three more lifers, including Nelson’s Sparrow, Black Scoter, and Surf Scoter! It has been one of my best falls yet!
Hope you get a Snow Bunting!
I hope you get your lifer Greater White-fronted Goose!
Are you a bird bander? If so, that’s pretty cool! I have banded a couple of birds, but I am not an official bander yet.
Me too! My favorite is probably a male Ruff that showed up at a creek mouth 45 minutes from my house! I was super lucky to get to see it since it was only there for a day.