[Birdtalk] Nemesis Elimination

[Dave Hanscom]

My thanks to Jack and Bob for inviting me to join them for this trip.  It 
was a truly amazing weekend!  I got 13 lifers and 7 more Utah life birds, 
to bring my total Utah list to an even 300!!  Not a big number for many of
you, I know, but pretty exciting for me!  Gotta get back to Dixie again
soon to pick up more of the neat birds that don't get this far north!

Dave Hanscom

On Tue, 6 May 2008 Roostertael at aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Bob Huntington, Dave Hanscom, and I made a trip to St. George over the 
> weekend. We got most of our target birds, Summer Tanager, Gray Vireo, 
> Bell's Vireo, Verdin, Phainopepla, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Roadrunner, 
> Black-throated Sparrow, Cactus Wren, Scott's Oriole, Common Blackhawk, 
> Grace's Warbler, Lucy's Warbler, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Abert's 
> Towhee, Gambel's Quail, Anna's Hummingbird, Crissal Thrasher, Ladder- 
> backed Woodpecker, Inca Dove, and Acorn Woodpecker. We also got a couple 
> of unexpected bonuses. A Black and White Warbler and a Black-throated 
> Gray Warbler.
>
> I also got to eliminate my number two nemesis bird. We got a good look 
> and a couple of photos of a RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. I don't know how 
> many times I missed it on trips that it was the main target. Bob had 
> looked for it a couple of years more than I had. Dave got a free ride on 
> it being as this was his first birding trip to the St. George area.
> 
> Now if someone will report a Brown Thrasher, I can eliminate my number 
> one nemesis bird.
>  
> Jack Binch