What was your first bird of the year this year, 2022? Here’s hoping it was something memorable, awesome, exciting, or some other positive adjective. At least I hope it wasn’t a pigeon! And while we were all hoping 2021 would be better than 2020 it seems like we have to hope that 2022 manages to improve on the previous two years. It can’t be worse, right? Right? Please…
Happy New Year to all of our wonderful 10,000 Birds readers!
Let us know your first bird of the year in the comments!
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 and Desmond Shearwater. 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.
First bird heard was robin, the European type. Seconds later, first species seen was Common Crane, which is surprisingly nice. However, not even two hours later, I was watching a fine adult male King Eider on the German Baltic coast, which is as outrageous a vagrant as they get. Good start, indeed. My first King Eider after Varanger peninsular, Norway, in 1992. Cheers, and happy New Year!!!
Those are all awesome, Jochen!
I got stuck with starling.
I chose to ignore the voices of the House Sparrows that roost in my yard, so I could count the visual of a Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) as my first bird.
European Starling
Really can’t recall which of my “yardies” was my first bird – but on Jan 2nd the first bird I laid eyes on was a Red-and-green Macaw! Details to follow in today’s post…
My first bird of the year was Carolina Chickadee visiting my feeders in North Carolina. Followed by an assortment of expected forest birds.
Corey, I’m trying to simply email you a question and see no contact info on any of your blogs or the web.
Please write to me, I want to discuss cross breeding ducks.
Thank you
Mike T