Aidan B Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) Looks like I'll be finishing up the year with 396 species. . . I put in a solid effort trying to get too 400, but could not make it happen. Ended up with some great birds though!!! Not bad for only birding in Northern California, outside of one trip to Montana! My five biggest misses this year were. 1. Least Tern 2. Black Scoter 3. Black Tern 4. Least Bittern 5. Cassin's Kingbird My ten best birds this year were. 1. Willow Warbler 2. Oriental Turtle-Dove 3. Brambling 4. Hawaiian Petrel 5. Murphy's Petrel 6. Little Gull 7. Tufted Duck 8. Guadalupe Murrelet 9. Red-footed Booby 10. Sharp-tailed Grouse Edited December 30, 2022 by Aidan B 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Haven’t totally given up yet. All the lakes froze over with the storm a week ago. The warm-up the past couple of days have opened some of them up. Nothing of note on them though. I think I’m down to trying for Northern Saw-whet, Long-eared, and Short-eared Owls tomorrow. My pup and I may try a couple of spots for Pine Siskin. The river was empty, so no Long-tailed Duck, and I don’t think Black Scoter is going to show up on the inland lakes at this point. The gulls are pretty much gone also. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 A NSWO showed up in my yard today (new yard bird!) which brought me to 362. I’m not expecting to add anything tomorrow unless something else crazy shows up in my yard! Yesterday I went out birding in the mountains hoping to add between 1-4 species, but had no luck. A good list though overall. 362 beats my previous best of 261 in 2020, but looking back the mid-400s should have been relatively easy having been to four provinces and starting the year in Costa Rica. Biggest misses for me are barred owl and spruce grouse. The grouse really surprised me as I was out hiking in the mountains far more than any previous year. Also thinking back to March when I forgot to look for harlequin ducks at one spot and when my brother asked if I wanted to go back to look for them I said “Nah, I’ll see them again later in the year”. Never did 😑 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I’m going to finish the year at 306(including non-ABA countable exotics). Last year I finished at 247, so this is a big improvement for me. Maybe I’ll get one more today in Florida, but I doubt it. My biggest misses for the year: Surfbird White-winged Dove Limpkin Laughing Gull Gray-headed Swamphen Rufous Hummingbird There are a couple more big misses and a few more misses that were much harder birds. My best birds were:(in no particular order) Wood Warbler Ovenbird(Orange County, CA) Williamson’s Sapsucker(in the desert, first Joshua Tree NP record) Black-throated Green Warbler(Orange County, CA) Tropical Kingbird(Orange County, CA) Lapland Longspur(Orange County, CA) Painted Redstart(Orange County, CA) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker(Orange County, CA) Red-footed Booby(Orange County, CA) Northern Parula(Orange County, CA) Bonus bird: Almost certainly ship-assisted, a Snowy Owl in Orange County, CA. I’m not putting this in the main list since I’m not positive if I’ll count it officially. Out of this list of best birds, only the WISA was self found. I had a great year, my best year of birding yet, and look forward to an even better one in 2023! Happy new year! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I ended at 315 with a recent trip to Orange County (California) that got me a few more. That’s 10 more than 2020 but 14 less than 2021. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 21 hours ago, Peromyscus said: Definitely!! I saw the Red-necked Grebe on the other side of my county that had been reported earlier this month but had not been reported for 2 weeks. Year bird #208. That's probably going to be it for me this year. This has been my best year birding close to home in quite a few years. My worst misses, considering my limited area of birding, were Yellow-throated Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Dickcissel, all of them breeding species. My best species were Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, MacGillivray's Warbler, Whimbrel, Eared Grebe, and Red-necked Grebe. My best self-found species were a spring Snowy Egret, and the first Least Flycatchers I've seen & heard near my house in decades. Maybe I'll resolve to exceed this year's species total in 2023, in the same area I birded in this year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, BirdNrd said: I ended at 315 with a recent trip to Orange County (California) that got me a few more. That’s 10 more than 2020 but 14 less than 2021. Also, My biggest misses were: Cassin's Sparrow, Red Phalarope, and Common Tern Best birds were: Tundra Swans, Harris's Sparrows, Parakeet Auklet, Ruff, Short-tailed Shearwater, American Golden-Plover, self-found Black-throated Green Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, two self-found Black-throated Blue Warblers, Prairie Warbler, Wood Warbler, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Grace's Warbler, Nelson's Sparrow, King Eiders, Mexican Duck, Ovenbird (and of course the Snowy Owl). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 My two biggest misses were Aplomado Falcon, and Golden-cheeked Warbler. Best birds were Tundra Swan, Black-capped Vireo, MacGillivray's Warbler, California Gull, and Purple Gallinule. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Looks like I'm going to finish the year with 235 species. A personal best (and even better for basically not having left the state of Michigan the whole year. I look forward to another great year of birding. My most shameful misses were: Ruffed Grouse and Great Black-backed Gull. Should have had both of these fellows. My best birds were: December White-rumped Sandpiper, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, and King Rail. (Haha now that I'm thinking about it I got all these rarities at the same location) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) I haven’t really had any misses due to not really chasing anything because of age(young!). My best birds were: Eastern Kingbird(rare for SD), Northern Shoveler, Orchard Oriole(finally attracted one with the old orange skewer technique!), Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher(probably one of my best birds.), Little Blue Heron(that one was pretty glorious too.), and last, but definitely not least: Great Egret. Edited December 31, 2022 by Snake Fingers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 hours ago, IKLland said: I’m going to finish the year at 306(including non-ABA countable exotics). Last year I finished at 247, so this is a big improvement for me. Maybe I’ll get one more today in Florida, but I doubt it. My biggest misses for the year: Surfbird White-winged Dove Limpkin Laughing Gull Gray-headed Swamphen Rufous Hummingbird There are a couple more big misses and a few more misses that were much harder birds. My best birds were:(in no particular order) Wood Warbler Ovenbird(Orange County, CA) Williamson’s Sapsucker(in the desert, first Joshua Tree NP record) Black-throated Green Warbler(Orange County, CA) Tropical Kingbird(Orange County, CA) Lapland Longspur(Orange County, CA) Painted Redstart(Orange County, CA) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker(Orange County, CA) Red-footed Booby(Orange County, CA) Northern Parula(Orange County, CA) Bonus bird: Almost certainly ship-assisted, a Snowy Owl in Orange County, CA. I’m not putting this in the main list since I’m not positive if I’ll count it officially. Out of this list of best birds, only the WISA was self found. I had a great year, my best year of birding yet, and look forward to an even better one in 2023! Happy new year! I should point out that I only birded in Southern California(mostly Orange and Los Angeles Counties), New York(but very little actual birding outside of the neighborhoods and beach as it wasn’t a birding trip), and Palm Beach County, Florida. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 A late Common Loon brings me to 162 on the year, 12 better than my previous best in 2020. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: A late Common Loon brings me to 162 on the year, Dat boy waz late to da party… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 hours ago, IKLland said: Maybe I’ll get one more today in Florida, but I doubt it. That didn’t happen. 306 it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJay Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I finished the year with 438 although trips to Kenya and Germany certainly boosted the number quite a bit. I would say my best birds this year were Water Rail, Verreaux's Eagle-Owl, and Harlequin Duck. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Trying not to feel a little disappointed. I thought for sure I'd get to 220 in my county, but have gone 0-6 weeks on FOY. Still 218 is a new high by 6. I tried to hit up the Short-eared Owl spot, but some deer hunters gave me some crap. By that time was too late to try another spot I've wanted to try. County overall had best number at 226, so I only missed 8 birds here. That is my best year as far as that goes also. I usually miss by around 15 birds. 2 misses, Yellow-breasted Chat and Henslow's Sparrow, I should have had, but they popped out while I was right in middle of "The sickness". So by time I could chase they were gone. I had 14 really rare birds (what I classify as Code 4-6). I usually average around 7 of those. Previous high was 11, last year. Highlight birds for the county Golden Eagle - yard bird White-winged Crossbill - county lifer Snowy Owl Whimbrel - self-found first county record Long-billed Dowitcher (multiple birds) Black-necked Stilt - 2nd county record after finding 1st record last year Black-bellied Plover Franklin's Gull White-rumped Sandpiper (these last 3 birds were found within 1/2 mile and 5 minutes of each other, incredibly rare birds for this county) Red-necked Phalarope - self-found first county record American Avocet - 2nd county record Trip to N.C. got me 36 other species, for 254 for the year. 2nd best overall year. It also got me 7 lifers in Swainson's Warbler, Clapper Rail, Gray Kingbird, Mississippi Kite, Cattle Egret, and Northern Bobwhite. Edited December 31, 2022 by chipperatl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, IKLland said: I should point out that I only birded in Southern California(mostly Orange and Los Angeles Counties), New York(but very little actual birding outside of the neighborhoods and beach as it wasn’t a birding trip), and Palm Beach County, Florida. Nice! I was only able to bird central (and a tiny bit of southern) California. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2022 End-of-Year Report 2022 has been a great year for me for watching and photographing birds. I maintained a perfect streak, making a checklist every single day of the year. I saw a total of 368 species this year, of which 68 were lifers, increasing my life list to 411. Due to the way eBird currently counts exotics and uncountable birds (of which I got 4 in the ABA area), these counts include them. In Clark County, Nevada, I saw 227 species this year, which put me squarely at #20. It's highly unlikely I'm going to have another year with 60+ lifers within the ABA area unless I have a lot of time and money. The majority of this year's lifers were fairly common, but there were a few noteworthy individuals (rare or reclusive), especially given where they were sighted (all in Clark County, Nevada, unless noted): Tundra Swan Mexican Duck Barrow's Goldeneye (Utah County, Utah) Ruffed Grouse (Rich County, Utah) African Collared-Dove Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Black-legged Kittiwake Yellow-footed Gull Black Tern Pacific Loon Cory's Shearwater (Washington County, Rhode Island) Great Shearwater (Suffolk County, New York) Golden Eagle (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Gray Hawk (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Arizona Woodpecker (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) California Gnatcatcher (Orange County, California) California Thrasher (Orange County, California) Rufous-backed Robin Bohemian Waxwing Fox Sparrow Dickcissel I took a total of 6 trips this year, visiting 9 total states (including my home state of Nevada): two to South Carolina (one with Georgia), one to Arizona, one to Rhode Island & New York, one to Utah (plus Idaho), and one to Southern California (plus Arizona). All trips were with someone and within the United States. Here's a breakdown by month. Trip links go to the trip report. Month Month Total YTD New Major Trips January 166 166 166 South Carolina & Georgia February 82 181 15 March 157 235 54 Tucson, Arizona April 119 255 20 May 155 281 26 June 121 309 28 South Carolina July 95 317 8 Port Jefferson, NY & Newport, RI August 131 327 10 (continued from July) September 72 330 3 October 128 339 9 Utah & Idaho November 153 366 27 Southern California December 101 368 2 Breakdown of species by state: State Species Nevada 229 California 146 South Carolina 128 Arizona 127 Utah 101 New York 68 Georgia 59 Rhode Island 52 Idaho 33 Full bird list. Those in red were lifers. Quote Waterfowl Snow Goose Ross's Goose Swan Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Brant Cackling Goose Canada Goose Mute Swan Tundra Swan Egyptian Goose Muscovy Duck Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Mexican Duck Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Surf Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Grouse, Quail, and Allies Northern Bobwhite California Quail Gambel's Quail Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Ring-necked Pheasant Indian Peafowl Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Eared Grebe Western Grebe Clark's Grebe Pigeons & Doves Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove African Collared-Dove Inca Dove Common Ground Dove White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Cuckoos Greater Roadrunner Yellow-billed Cuckoo Nightjars Lesser Nighthawk Chuck-will's-widow Swifts Chimney Swift White-throated Swift Hummingbirds Rivoli's Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Anna's Hummingbird Costa's Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Broad-billed Hummingbird Violet-crowned Hummingbird Rails Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule American Coot Cranes Sandhill Crane Shorebirds Black-necked Stilt American Avocet American Oystercatcher Black Oystercatcher Black-bellied Plover Wilson's Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Gulls and Terns Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Heermann's Gull Ring-billed Gull Western Gull Yellow-footed Gull California Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Sandwich Tern Loons Pacific Loon Common Loon Storm-Petrels Wilson's Storm-Petrel Petrels and Shearwaters Cory's Shearwater Great Shearwater Storks Wood Stork Cormorants and Anhingas Anhinga Brandt's Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Neotropic Cormorant Pelicans American White Pelican Brown Pelican Herons and Ibises American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Reddish Egret Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron White Ibis White-faced Ibis Vultures, Hawks, and Allies Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Swallow-tailed Kite Golden Eagle Mississippi Kite Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Common Black Hawk Gray Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Owls Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Barred Owl Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Woodpeckers Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Lewis's Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker Gila Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Arizona Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Flicker Gilded Flicker Falcons American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon Tyrant Flycatchers Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Black Phoebe Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Brown-crested Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Vireos White-eyed Vireo Cassin's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Shrikes Loggerhead Shrike Corvids Steller's Jay Blue Jay California Scrub-Jay Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Mexican Jay Black-billed Magpie Clark's Nutcracker American Crow Fish Crow Chihuahuan Raven Common Raven Chickadees and Titmice Carolina Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee Bridled Titmouse Oak Titmouse Juniper Titmouse Tufted Titmouse Penduline-Tits Verdin Larks Horned Lark Swallows Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Long-tailed Tits Bushtit Parrotbills Wrentit White-eyes Swinhoe's White-eye Kinglets Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Pygmy Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Treecreepers Brown Creeper Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-tailed Gnatcatcher California Gnatcatcher Wrens Rock Wren House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Bewick's Wren Cactus Wren Dippers American Dipper Starlings and Mynas European Starling Mimids Gray Catbird Curve-billed Thrasher Brown Thrasher California Thrasher Crissal Thrasher Sage Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Thrushes Eastern Bluebird Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Varied Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Rufous-backed Robin Waxwings Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Silky-Flycatchers Phainopepla Olive Warbler Olive Warbler Estrildids Scaly-breasted Munia Indigobirds Pin-tailed Whydah Old World Sparrows House Sparrow Wagtails and Pipits American Pipit Finches Evening Grosbeak House Finch Cassin's Finch Red Crossbill Pine Siskin Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch New World Sparrows Rufous-winged Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Lark Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Yellow-eyed Junco White-crowned Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Bell's Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Abert's Towhee California Towhee Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee Eastern Towhee Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-breasted Chat Blackbirds Yellow-headed Blackbird Western Meadowlark Eastern Meadowlark Orchard Oriole Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole Baltimore Oriole Scott's Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Bronzed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Boat-tailed Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Wood-Warblers Black-and-white Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Lucy's Warbler Nashville Warbler Virginia's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler Townsend's Warbler Hermit Warbler Wilson's Warbler Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies Hepatic Tanager Summer Tanager Western Tanager Northern Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Dickcissel 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, Zoroark said: 2022 End-of-Year Report 2022 has been a great year for me for watching and photographing birds. I maintained a perfect streak, making a checklist every single day of the year. I saw a total of 368 species this year, of which 68 were lifers, increasing my life list to 411. Due to the way eBird currently counts exotics and uncountable birds (of which I got 4 in the ABA area), these counts include them. In Clark County, Nevada, I saw 227 species this year, which put me squarely at #20. It's highly unlikely I'm going to have another year with 60+ lifers within the ABA area unless I have a lot of time and money. The majority of this year's lifers were fairly common, but there were a few noteworthy individuals (rare or reclusive), especially given where they were sighted (all in Clark County, Nevada, unless noted): Tundra Swan Mexican Duck Barrow's Goldeneye (Utah County, Utah) Ruffed Grouse (Rich County, Utah) African Collared-Dove Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Black-legged Kittiwake Yellow-footed Gull Black Tern Pacific Loon Cory's Shearwater (Washington County, Rhode Island) Great Shearwater (Suffolk County, New York) Golden Eagle (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Gray Hawk (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Arizona Woodpecker (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) California Gnatcatcher (Orange County, California) California Thrasher (Orange County, California) Rufous-backed Robin Bohemian Waxwing Fox Sparrow Dickcissel I took a total of 6 trips this year, visiting 9 total states (including my home state of Nevada): two to South Carolina (one with Georgia), one to Arizona, one to Rhode Island & New York, one to Utah (plus Idaho), and one to Southern California (plus Arizona). All trips were with someone and within the United States. Here's a breakdown by month. Trip links go to the trip report. Month Month Total YTD New Major Trips January 166 166 166 South Carolina & Georgia February 82 181 15 March 157 235 54 Tucson, Arizona April 119 255 20 May 155 281 26 June 121 309 28 South Carolina July 95 317 8 Port Jefferson, NY & Newport, RI August 131 327 10 (continued from July) September 72 330 3 October 128 339 9 Utah & Idaho November 153 366 27 Southern California December 101 368 2 Breakdown of species by state: State Species Nevada 229 California 146 South Carolina 128 Arizona 127 Utah 101 New York 68 Georgia 59 Rhode Island 52 Idaho 33 Full bird list. Those in red were lifers. Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 9 hours ago, Zoroark said: 2022 End-of-Year Report 2022 has been a great year for me for watching and photographing birds. I maintained a perfect streak, making a checklist every single day of the year. I saw a total of 368 species this year, of which 68 were lifers, increasing my life list to 411. Due to the way eBird currently counts exotics and uncountable birds (of which I got 4 in the ABA area), these counts include them. In Clark County, Nevada, I saw 227 species this year, which put me squarely at #20. It's highly unlikely I'm going to have another year with 60+ lifers within the ABA area unless I have a lot of time and money. The majority of this year's lifers were fairly common, but there were a few noteworthy individuals (rare or reclusive), especially given where they were sighted (all in Clark County, Nevada, unless noted): Tundra Swan Mexican Duck Barrow's Goldeneye (Utah County, Utah) Ruffed Grouse (Rich County, Utah) African Collared-Dove Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Black-legged Kittiwake Yellow-footed Gull Black Tern Pacific Loon Cory's Shearwater (Washington County, Rhode Island) Great Shearwater (Suffolk County, New York) Golden Eagle (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Gray Hawk (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) Arizona Woodpecker (Santa Cruz County, Arizona) California Gnatcatcher (Orange County, California) California Thrasher (Orange County, California) Rufous-backed Robin Bohemian Waxwing Fox Sparrow Dickcissel I took a total of 6 trips this year, visiting 9 total states (including my home state of Nevada): two to South Carolina (one with Georgia), one to Arizona, one to Rhode Island & New York, one to Utah (plus Idaho), and one to Southern California (plus Arizona). All trips were with someone and within the United States. Here's a breakdown by month. Trip links go to the trip report. Month Month Total YTD New Major Trips January 166 166 166 South Carolina & Georgia February 82 181 15 March 157 235 54 Tucson, Arizona April 119 255 20 May 155 281 26 June 121 309 28 South Carolina July 95 317 8 Port Jefferson, NY & Newport, RI August 131 327 10 (continued from July) September 72 330 3 October 128 339 9 Utah & Idaho November 153 366 27 Southern California December 101 368 2 Breakdown of species by state: State Species Nevada 229 California 146 South Carolina 128 Arizona 127 Utah 101 New York 68 Georgia 59 Rhode Island 52 Idaho 33 Full bird list. Those in red were lifers. Wowza, nice list! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 As expected, I finished at 126. Record for me! Got quite a few lifers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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