Well, this is it. The last month of the #BigYear2016. Boy what a ride it's been. I've done a lot more birding in Ohio this year, thus I've seen many missed species of 2015. I'm down to 27 total days left in December, but with work and a Christmas vacation in Cabo, I really only have 4 good birding days left. So let's see what gifts I can unwrap in time for the big one!
My last new year bird seen was from my Seattle trip, the Golden-Crown Kinglet, #344 in Tacoma, WA on 10/25/16.
So off to the Ohio races . . .
#345 Red-Throated Loon 11/12 Buck Creek SP
#346 Bonaparte Gull 11/12 Buck Creek SP,
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| Bramblon w Jay |
But I did get to see and bird with BigYear2013 birder Jay Lehman, Cincinnati. He finished at #734, and at the time was #4 in BigYear history.
#347 Black Scoter 11/13 Alum Creek Res. & 11/16 Sims Park, Euclid
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| 22 scooters at Alum Creek |
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| Male Black Scooter, orange bill, Sims |
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| Gotta have a scope! |
#348 Red-breasted Merganser 11/16 Sims Park, Euclid
#349 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 11/24 Riverside Green Park, Dublin, no pic yet
#350 Winter Wren 11/24 Kiwanis Park, Dublin
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| damn twig |
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| I love my Cannon SX60 |
#351 Lesser black-backed Gull 12/4 Findlay Reservoir
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| Can you find 2 LBBG's?? |
#352 Great Black-backed Gull
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| Immature GBBG, huge |
#353 Cavasback duck 12/7 Upper Sandusky Reservoir
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| Male, red eye |
#354 Rough-legged Hawk 12/7 KillDeer Plains WR
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| Note size, hoovering, wing patterns |
#355 Short-earred Owls 12/7 Big Island WR in Marion Ohio, no pic
#356 Common Merganser 12/17 Prairie Oaks Metro Park
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| female trio |
Well, that leaves me with 3 more Ohio birds to get, just for the tie. #359 in 2014 is my personal best. It's going to be close race to the finish line. I need owls, waterfowl/ducks, geese, buntings, gulls. It can be done, wish me luck
Next up: Tic Toc watch that clock 2016
