It’s 2018! What was your first bird of the year? Share it, and the story, in the comment section. Hopefully, it was a good one!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their indoor cat, B.B. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
New Zealand Pigeon. Miracle it wasn’t a sparrow really.
I managed Rock Pigeon. Not nearly as exciting a pigeon.
An Anna’s Hummingbird here on the Olympic Peninsula. I had to carry out a thawed bottle for him, as the one outdoors was frozen solid.
Northern Flicker at Ridgefield NWR in Washington.
Sandhill Crane. About 300 in the field behind the house.
Chipping sparrow.
Yes, FIRST to report House Sparrow, in Kiefersfelden, Germany!
First winter Snowy Owl, January 1, rural area southwest of Ottawa, ON.
Greater Flamingo in Greece