Friday 21 April 2006

Did not hear any chiffchaffs today.
Area 29: song thrush singing loudly again. (It probably sings no louder than the average song thrush, it just seems loud to my ears).

Regent's Park wish-list.
10 birds I would love to see in the wildfowl collection:
Harlequin duck
Baikal teal
King eider
Laysan teal
Indian spotbill
New Zealand shoveler
African pygmy goose
Musk duck
Spectacled eider
Pink-eared duck

Regent's Park identification board.
7 birds I have seen in the wildfowl collection but which are not shown on the Long Bridge identification board:
White-faced whistling duck
Fulvous whistling duck
Plumed whistling duck
Long-tailed duck
Puna teal (I think: could have been a northern or southern versicolour teal).
Lesser Brazilian teal
Peruvian ruddy duck (I think: could have been an Argentine ruddy duck. The head was all-black).

Regent's Park favourites.
My 15 favourite birds in the wildfowl collection, in order.
Hooded merganser
Ringed teal
Long-tailed duck
Argentine red shoveler
Falcated teal
Wood duck
Sharp-winged teal
Bufflehead
European goldeneye
Blue-winged teal
Mandarin duck
Fulvous whistling duck
Cinnamon teal
Red-breasted goose
African yellowbill