January Bird List Challenge

[Wetlander]

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, at the mini-mall in Harrison today at lunchtime. Don't think we have one on the list yet...

[Gord]

Good find. Ive been casually starting to look at the list to see what's missing. Ruby-crowned Kinglet was one higher up on the missing bird list!

There has to be a Redhead someplace. Cheam Lake is frozen with not much open water aside from what the swans keep open. Wilband Creek Park have some open water? There's often one there. Maybe the open water needs more attention (Fraser and Harrison River, Harrison Lake etc) to find one.

Im sure we'll get a Merlin before the month is out. Gyrfalcon. Usually one shows up in East Chilliwack but they are uncommmon.

Bet a Ring-billed Gull will be in the mall parking lot in Chilliwack. I seem to see them there more than anywhere else in the area.

Maybe I will have to take a drive past Hope for an American Crow!

Ill leave it at that...it is only 8 species to the target 100.

[josterhold]

hello birders
gord, you can now add merlin to the list as a saw two today. one zooming by the cliff at my place and the other was on mcsween rd. i did a little birding after work to try to find a redhead or something else to add but came up empty.

jason
ryder lake

[oldfulica]

Hi Gord
Add a Marsh Wren to the list seen yesterday at Wilband.

[josterhold]

hello birders
gord, you can add bewick's wren to the list. had one today while doing a bird survey at a local farm.
(i don't think there is one on the list last time i checked)

jason
ryder lake

[Gord]

Good additions. Jason, been meaning to call to say hi for some time!!

I got a Pine Grosbeak at Island 22 this morning.

We're up to 99! We have eight days to find at least one more.

[Deleted]

Hi, Gord.

I've been following the monthly challenge reports, but only casually. However, this morning I took a closer look at the list when you mentioned that you need only one more species to bring it to 100.

On Jan 12 when we did the gulling in the rain we checked the sandbar in the Fraser between Hatzic and Sumas Mtn, and while there we saw seven Western Grebes on the river in the distance near Hatzic.

Stan

[Dave]

Thanks, Stan! I have updated our list and that brings us to 100! Great sightings everyone! Now for 101!

Dave

[Deleted]

Okay, Dave, 101. Has Northern Harrier really not been seen in January? I had a flyover of a male harrier, a new species for my yard list, on Jan 14.

Stan

[Dave]

Thanks Stan! Keep giving that list the careful critique! Great editing

Dave

P.S. Now for 102!

[Gord]

Oops...probably only have seen over a dozen this month!

Good eye!

[lucy]

On Sunday, Ron and I went out to McDermott Rd. in search of the Eurasian Collared Doves. We didn't see them, but did find 2 male Ring Necked Pheasants in a corn field. Sue

[josterhold]

hello birders
this morning was a good morning of birding; as far as the list goes. while at work doing a bird survey there were 2 ring-billed gulls near the rail road crossing on hargitt rd in the matsqui flats area. as i was leaving this area, at the corner of hargitt rd and bell rd, there was an orange-crowned warbler, loosely hanging with juncos and golden-crowned sparrows. on my way home i went through the sumas prairie area looking for flocks of blackbirds to see if i could find a brown-headed cowbird or rusty blackbird; no luck with blackbirds, but did find 2 mourning doves perched on a wire on mcdermott rd.
good find on the pine grosbeak, gord!

jason
ryder lake

[Gord]

Good stuff Jason! Good to hear you're doing some bird work (and finding Orange-crowned Warblers!)

Thanks to Neepgrin and the Snow Goose, we're up to 105 species. Id say that's not too bad!

[Wetlander]

Sunday afternoon on the slough outside our place on Tuyttens Rd. a Wilson's Snipe ;D