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What was your last "lifer"?
Mine was Golden Eagle. We saw a few of these wondrous birds while hawk-watching at Raccoon Ridge last month. An absolutely freezing day, but well worth it!
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Permalink Reply by Wendy Austin on -
Mine was a jabiru. This solitary young bird was spotted by some birding friends just outside Raymondville, TX and the word was spread. The first four days there were only a few of us, so some of got great photos. Ruth Hoyt (google her!) took the best shots. By that weekend, there were hundreds of birders clogging the roads and tramping around the drainage ditches. Before that, I saw a fork-tailed flycatcher down in Brownsville. He only had one long tail feather at the time.
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Permalink Reply by Bill Lynch on -
Wow, very cool! I didn't even realize one had been sighted in the US.
My new 'last lifer' after this past week is a Snowy Owl! Very exciting.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa on -
Please explain this term "lifer" for us beginners. From reading the comments, I'm thinking it means "once in a lifetime spotting" of a bird so fantastic and so little seen, and more than likely in an area remote from the place a person normally lives. Am I close? Thanks for edging us beginners along!
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Permalink Reply by Bill Lynch on
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Lisa,
A life bird or "lifer" is simply a bird that you have never seen before. The term stems from the life lists that many birders keep, but is often used by casual birders as well who know they have never seen a certain species before. So when I ask what is your last lifer, I'm asking what is the last bird you've seen that you had never seen previously.
Hope this helps. :)
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Permalink Reply by Lisa on
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OOOOOHHHHH ok - i get it. So for me, my last lifer would be an Anhinga!! Cool.
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Permalink Reply by OpposableChums on -
The longer we do this, the more rare lifers become, unless we travel. I haven't had a lifer since getting 22 in Mexico last March, and before that it had been years.
But last week, I saw my first Rough-legged Hawk on an island off the Maine coast. Thrilling!
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Permalink Reply by Kim on -
I saw two pelicans out on the Illinois river a few months ago while I was taking samples for my job. I didn't realize they were around here, but my boss confirmed it when he told me he saw them, also.
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Permalink Reply by monty thomson on -
hermit thrush. found him, based on a tip from another local birder, in a local park. did not make itself easy to see but patience paid off with several brief glimpses. saw my first varied thrush in the exact same spot last year at this time.
monty
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Permalink Reply by Diane on -
Least bittern in the Viera Wetlands on February 7; leucystic palm warbler the weekend before (Feb 1) in the Orlando Wetlands Park. It's been a great start to what promises to be a "best" winter/spring birding season.
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Permalink Reply by kim on -
i saw a paradice flycatcher in umhalanga forest beatiful bird the male with his long tail
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Permalink Reply by Sheri Fresonke Harper on -
We, my husband Bob and I, just saw our first Olive Sparrow at the King Ranch in Texas near Corpus Christi. Our guide Peggy was really helpful and managed to help us see 54 species in 4 hours of birding along with Armadillo, white-tailed deer, javelina, and crocodiles. I saw the biggest flock of Sandhill Cranes I've ever encountered. Really cool!
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Permalink Reply by Sheri Fresonke Harper on
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kim said:i saw a paradice flycatcher in umhalanga forest beatiful bird the male with his long tail
We searched for those but only heard their songs, congratulations!
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