Birding/Birdwatching Discussion Topic

[whistlingduck]

@redeft23

for me a dream bird would be the Golden-winged warbler

Samesies! I finally got my Blue-winged, so Golden-winged is next on my list!

[joeylikesbirds]

Everyone says that yellow breasted chats are just elusive, but I’ve never seen one. Or heard one. Do they even exist?? Maybe they’re just catbirds in disguise

[joeylikesbirds]

On global big day last month, I went to the chagrin river park (NE Ohio near Lake Erie) and was lucky enough to find one! I guess you have to be in the right place at the right time. And yet the yellow-bellied sapsucker still eludes me…

[oksanaetal]

@joeylikesbirds

Everyone says that yellow breasted chats are just elusive, but I’ve never seen one. Or heard one.

This sounds like about what you’d expect from an elusive bird.

[caterpillar511]

Do you have eBird?
If you do, you can sign up to get emails when a rare bird or target bird is seen in your city/region/county. You can also explore and see what birds are around, as most birders are on eBird.

[chipperatl]

This is why young raptors have trouble making it, they are not smart when it comes to finding a perch.

I think it was trying to find some place to digest a meal.

[chipperatl]

Will probably get some version of this printed once I decide on a crop size and orientation for it.

[terrybb]

Beautiful bird. Well done.

[joeylikesbirds]

Yeah, I do. I didn’t know that was a feature, thanks!

[redeft23]

Bird of the week

• Cuckoos
• Gnat-catchers
• Starlings

Pole closes Monday morning at 10am EST.

[ra_teo]

No such thing as Gnat-catchers in Europe

[tjeales]

I love getting ‘sets’. I was recently in the Northern Territory, Australia and came so close to completing the set of Australian Fantails. I have now seen 5 of the 6 Australian species
Willie Wagtail Ripidura leucophrys
Grey Fantail R. albiscapa
Northern Fantail R. rufiventris
Australian Rufous Fantail R. rufifrons
Arafura Fantail R. dryas
But I dipped on Mangrove Fantail R. phasiana

Oh well, I guess that’s a good reason to go to Darwin again

[hartla4]

Same here in Australia!

[ra_teo]

Actually only Americans have such birds…

[oksanaetal]

We’re lucky like that :)

[whistlingduck]

Canadians too… :)

[austin_ajit]

I’ve got a lot of these, including the indian roller. I’ve always wanted to see one, and finally did on a road trip. Followed by.. 50 more. No joke, we counted 50 different rollers on the trip.

[ra_teo]

So, cuckoos or starlings?
Any of them works for me :)

[joeylikesbirds]

Really all of the americas have gnatcatchers (a lot of the Central American and northern South American countries have them as well)

[redeft23]

Starlings win! Sorry for being late to let people know. Have fun finding starlings. Everyone gets an extra day too!