BirderPaul

Birder, twitcher, Cork. Bad photos of good birds. Now on Bluesky

[BirderPaul @PaulBirder]

There have been nine American land birds in Cork this autumn so far (40 year average is 3 a year) but they have all been virtually untwitchable, I haven’t seen any of them. Today’s American Robin was probably the most painful missing it by 30 minutes

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@JackTynan393114 No, different bird. Steve’s was 30 minutes earlier and flying west

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Candidate Zino’s Petrel off Galley Head this afternoon accompanying Fulmars and Manxies for at least 2 minutes. Noticeably slim and short winged in direct comparison to Manxies. I left the digiscoping attempt too late sadly

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Wasn’t expecting to be back at Rosscarberry so soon again. This Lesser Yellowlegs showed as well as the Semi P just beside the road but was a lot more active.

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@IRSBG1 Yes, I’d say that’s the assumption alright

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This Semipalmated Sandpiper in west Cork has been very elusive since it was found last week. Today at Rosscarberry was a different story.

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@JohnnLynch Saharan dust

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@birdsinireland Hopefully they had a good breeding season, maybe we should be counting Fulmars now also.

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Amazing seawatching off Cork in July with 16,000 Cory’s, 386 Greats, 35 Wilson’s Petrels, 3 Fea’s etc. But a shocking just 7 Great Skuas seen. That’s the least of all the 4 skuas of what used to be the commonest. South Polar might yet be commoner this autumn

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@Mshorten 7 Greats, have you been suppressing?

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@BMcCloskey_98 @Mshorten Fabulous boi

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@BMcCloskey_98 @Mshorten A chair, a scope and seawatching off Cork!

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@BMcCloskey_98 You didn’t know they bred there??

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@birdingstandard @IRSBG1 @dennisballyc More of an assist I’d say

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This Pacific golden Plover at Ballycotton this evening was a lovely way to bring up 180 for the year. Just the fourth county record it was first seen poorly by @dennisballyc on Saturday but still present this evening. Been a very good year so far in east Cork.

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@01000011S That’s a good photo, it’s the same distance as Smith’s buoy off Ballycotton of which I must take a picture.

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@01000011S @BMcCloskey_98 Probably the same two over and over 😊

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By far the earliest Fea’s type Petrel I’ve seen off Ballycotton this evening (not in video), and not inconsequentially No 174 for the Cork year list. More wind please!

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@BMcCloskey_98 8, but my first for Ballycotton. DOS couldn’t get on it unfortunately.

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@LucyMcRobert1 @BirdwatchExtra I got an email from a guy saying he had found a dead Snowy Owl on a motorway (in Cork). I emailed back explaining why it would be a Barn Owl “but send me a picture anyway “. Oh!!