tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post1754379273890829353..comments2024-03-06T05:17:56.336-05:00Comments on Biking for Birds: Jan 2 - 2014 Greatest misses of 2014 - LOOOONNNGGGGGG!!!!!Dorian Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770246226295859548noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-1611402065092828432015-01-06T01:50:04.531-05:002015-01-06T01:50:04.531-05:00Your blog looks so nice !!!!!! online directory ...Your blog looks so nice !!!!!! <a href="http://www.getcityinfo.com" rel="nofollow"> <b> online directory erode</b></a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17823679909400018224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-81375447953185720882015-01-04T15:25:25.356-05:002015-01-04T15:25:25.356-05:00Congrats Dorian on a fantastic big year! I can...Congrats Dorian on a fantastic big year! I can't even imagine biking all those miles. Thanks for letting us follow you on your adventure!JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891935869709208944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-91656845507104173092015-01-04T08:56:25.829-05:002015-01-04T08:56:25.829-05:00It seems to me that most of your misses are of har...It seems to me that most of your misses are of hard to find birds even without the constraints of having to time your search by bike and weather. You couldn't ride to Alaska for black-legged kittiwake and you couldn't be in Michigan in early June for black-billed cuckoo, yellow-bellied and alder flycatchers and mourning warbler. This goes to the heart of how well you arranged and coordinated your trip to see 617 species. I love your color map at the end of your 12/31 post. Five-striped sparrow is hard in a car along that horrible road and you would have fixed a heck of a lot more flat tires and broken spokes if you had gone that route. Mangrove Cuckoo ... I'm glad to read that this bird does indeed actually exit in Florida. Red-billed pigeon would have likely been a fast flyover above the Rio Grande and, using your strict criteria, you would likely not have counted it anyway. Which, incidentally, it is refreshing and encouraging to read your strict criteria for listing. Thank you for maintaining your standards for listing on your trip. After being on trips with birders who count gray shadows flying over a trail for their life bird whatever ... very encouraging to read. Cathy Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683163609469540167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-23714390772273705732015-01-03T10:31:35.510-05:002015-01-03T10:31:35.510-05:00I guess to each his own about the Mangrove Cucloo ...I guess to each his own about the Mangrove Cucloo / Yello Rail, LeConte's Sparrow. I've had a number of lifers post mist netting. My first YBFL and LEFL were seen I'm hand then counted after returning to trees.<br /><br />I guess this is my biggest pet peeve about birding and birders. What people will and won't count. For instance any audible is generally counted by birders, but how often are we concerned that a mimic might. be the culprit? Obviously the odds are low but it's still a possibility.<br /><br />I have a few interesting lifers that I justify based off their free flyingness or reproductive success that aren't on the ABA list, yet I am missing a couple heard only or brief glimpse birds that I am almost certain of.<br /><br />We often have strange rationale for what we count and don't and it was fun to see yours for a couple you probably could've but didn't count.Padre Tiemponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-81595339860997133912015-01-03T10:30:50.677-05:002015-01-03T10:30:50.677-05:00Dorian - I am impressed by how careful you were in...Dorian - I am impressed by how careful you were in your listing. It seems you had to get good enough looks at a bird to be sure of it's identity to count it. I know when I am birding, there are many times when I am pretty certain of a species' identity, but there is still a bit of doubt. I guess it is a very personal thing - when to count a bird and when to acknowledge that doubt and leave it off the list. Were there any birds you counted as misses, that you think you saw but didn't get a good enough look at to count? Thanks for a great year. I am going to do a BIGBY in 2015, but just walking or bike riding from my home, no cross country trips!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270599389723454360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-20754646345501705362015-01-03T09:13:02.756-05:002015-01-03T09:13:02.756-05:00What about Speckled Hatchback?What about Speckled Hatchback?birdwatching cat herderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570484540360618695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-42681832787376209572015-01-03T01:05:41.547-05:002015-01-03T01:05:41.547-05:00What about Cape May Warbler? There are often a fe...What about Cape May Warbler? There are often a few wintering in Florida each year. -DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-4818882262183716522015-01-03T00:52:18.663-05:002015-01-03T00:52:18.663-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709443161625494468noreply@blogger.com