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Tag Archives: gull
The Road to the Flyway: Cyprus
I have the huge privilege this year to be participating in the Champions of the Flyway competition. For those who don’t know, this is a Big Day in southern Israel in the middle of migration. The goal is to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Travel, Western Palearctic
Tagged Ayia Napa, Birding, black francolin, Cape Grecko, Champions of the Flyway, Cyprus, Greek, gull, Israel, lapwing, Larnaca, Mediterranean, Middle East, migrants, migration, Pallas's, shorebirds, Turkish, warbler, Waterfowl
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Barely Bagging Bulgarian Birds in Burgas
A Plea for Forgiveness: before I start, I sincerely apologise for the title… I just couldn’t resist. Birding is a sport of highs and lows. Sometimes you see what you want and sometimes you don’t. This is an accepted part … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Travel, Western Palearctic
Tagged 200, Birding, Black Sea, Bulgaria, Burgas, gull, lake, moustached, Pallas's, spoonbills, warbler, Waterfowl, Western Paleartic, White-headed duck, White-tailed eagle
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Vagrants for Days…
The past week has been pretty crazy (and exhausting) bird wise. It all started last Sunday when I was able to chase a slaty-backed gull that had been found a few days prior at Presque Isle State Park on Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Rarities
Tagged ABA, backed, Berks, Black, black-backed oriole, County, Erie, first, gull, pa, Pennsylvania, Presque isle, rarity, record, slaty-backed
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A Sunday Afternoon Brant
A few days ago, a couple birders found a brant on Conneaut Lake in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. There has been a recent influx of brant to the region in the past couple weeks with some being seen as flybys in … Continue reading
Franklin’s Mania 2k15 — PA Edition
As any birder in North America who hasn’t been living under a rock should know, last weekend saw a massive invasion of Franklin’s gulls to the east of a scale not seen since 1998 (meaning I was 1 month old … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Rarities, Uncategorized
Tagged 2k15, Birding, Birds, black-bellied plover, Bonaparte's gull, Common, County, Erie, Franklin's, gull, Lake Erie, lakewatching, mania, merg, myrtle, pa, Pensylvania, Presque Isle State Park, rarity, red-breasted merganser, red-throated loon, sanderling, scoter, shorebirds, snow, snow bunting, state, surf, Tern, tim hortons, tundra swan, white-winged, yellow-rumped warbler
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Shorebirding in Conneaut Ohio
This past Sunday, I decided to go up to Conneaut Harbor, just over the Ohio border, to try to find some shorebirds. This is a fantastic location for shorebirds and one which I have been trying to go to over … Continue reading
Posted in Birding, Rarities
Tagged Birding, Black tern, Calidris, Conneaut, dowitcher, gull, Harbor, Ohio, peeps, shorebirds, Tern
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