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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: Pat Hodgson on April 03, 2014, 11:44:44 AM

Title: pileated woodpecker
Post by: Pat Hodgson on April 03, 2014, 11:44:44 AM

#98 on the yard list!
(near Mt. Pleasant Cem.)

Title: Re: pileated woodpecker
Post by: GStuart on April 04, 2014, 11:30:14 AM

Do you have two "obvious misses" on your list to get it to a nice even 100?

Title: Re: pileated woodpecker
Post by: Pat Hodgson on April 04, 2014, 11:45:09 AM

I think the big obvious miss is herring gull, in that I probably have seen one but they are flying so high up that I am not comfortable with the ID.  Other likely ones to try for are other common flyover species such as mallard, common loon, and broad-winged hawk.  I have looked the list over before so it has no mistakes of omission of common things that I actually have seen.

Title: Re: pileated woodpecker
Post by: JW Mills on April 05, 2014, 11:22:53 AM

How do you define your yard list?
Is it birds that you have seen from your yard or is it birds that you have seen that have actually been in your yard?

Title: Re: pileated woodpecker
Post by: Pat Hodgson on April 05, 2014, 05:45:16 PM

I define it as anything seen from the yard.

Title: Re: pileated woodpecker
Post by: GStuart on April 06, 2014, 09:48:44 PM

While doing the warbler count in Mount Pleasant Cemetery we have frequently seen a loon or two in early May.  All you have to do is spend an hour every morning in your yard.  Easy!   :lol: