Bird Points Game Version 2.0 - ABA Life List Edition!

[birderbf]

Seeing the incredible success of the Devil Bird's (formerly Crazy Birder) "Bird Points Game", and "Bird Points Game Yearlist 07 version", and seeing the tremendous demand (OK two people, one of them myself) for an ABA-area counterpart.

Just to get everything straight: the ABA area is the entire contiguous 48 states and Canada, as well as Alaska and all it's little islands in the Aleutian chain. Greenland, Hawaii (and all other territories of the US) and other Canadian territories are not included. The little French-owned islands south of Newfoundland are in the ABA area. The rules over the ocean are: the bird must have been seen within 200 miles of the "dry" ABA area, or within half the distance between the "dry" ABA area and a neighboring country (i.e. an Audubon's Shearwater in the straight of Florida must've been seen no more than half the distance between the nearest point of Florida and Cuba).

Rules of this game are as follows.

Simply, after the common and scientific name of each bird, there follows a number. Whip out a calculator and add up the numbers that precede the name of a species that you have seen. There are 940 countable birds accepted in the ABA, but don't worry - I'll let you have them in about 19 installments of 50 species.

What do the codes mean, you ask? Well they average out the overall abundancy of the species they are tagged to - over the entire ABA area. So one bird that may be a state or province first may be very common elsewhere on the continent, and thus a lower code. For instance - I just saw a Yellow-headed Blackbird in New York, which is a fairly uncommon occurence, as they live far out west. Meanwhile, someone out in Wyoming wouldn't bat an eyelash at that species. Then again there are species which have only graced the ABA area a handful of times, and those have higher codes, as they are rare anywhere in the ABA area.

So basically this shows your birding quality, not quantity.

Code 1 = everyday bird, at least for somewhere in the ABA area. Examples, House Sparrow, Swainson's Hawk, King Rail.

Code 2 = an ABA area breeder highly restricted in range, or abundant yet recusive. Namely, Whooping Crane, Black Rail, even North Hawk Owl.

Code 3 = rare but regular visitor to the area. Eurasian Wigeon, Five-striped Sparrow, Lesser Black-backed Gull

Code 4 = very unusual occurence, recorded maybe less than twenty times

Code 5 = highly unusual occurence, maybe ten or even five individuals or fewer recorded. Gray-hooded Gull, Lanceolated Warbler, White-throated Needletail.

This game will begin on sometime Friday July 19. A Version 2.1, yearlist edition, will appear after all the 940 species have been displayed in all 19 or 20 installments, to keep things from getting to confusing!

[Storm-Petrel]

YAY!!! these list games are so fun! youre not gonna do all 967 species? jk like anyone heres ever seen the bumblebee hummer or eurasian woodcock in the US 8-P

[prairiemerlin]

Great idea Brendan. Looking forward to competing! :t: :t: :t:

Neil G.

[B.C. Birder]

Looking forward to it!

CL

[birderbf]

A few more hours still, hold yer hats! ;)

I fogot to mention that there will be two categories, keeping in line with the Devil Bird's rules, a category A and B.

A is for those who are documenting all they've seen in the ABA area, and B for those documenting from who knows where, and just want to see how much they can get for fun.

I have seen most of my birds in the area, but I have 18 that I have yet to come across here, from Ireland. These guys will be neglected unfortunately, until i catch up with them here (Rook? Red-billed Chough? Bullfinch? Wishful thinking...)

ALSO, I'd like to hear what you've been seeing! So if you have a level four or five that you're poud of, mention it alongside your score!

[Storm-Petrel]

what do you mean? so if i wuz in B category, would i be able to count the european blackbird i saw in europe since its been recorded here?

[birderbf]

what do you mean? so if i wuz in B category, would i be able to count the european blackbird i saw in europe since its been recorded here?

No, you would play in category A and record only the birds you have seen in the ABA, as you live in the area and encounter ABA birds every day. Category B is for people in Europe, or South or Central America, who have seen species that occur in the ABA away from the ABA, just for fun.

As in the original BPG (Bird Points Game), the codes average out abundancy in the ABA area. So even though Common Blackbird is a typical bird throughout much of Europe, it is super rare over here.

So if you haven't seen it in the ABA area, don't count it. If you haven't really been to the ABA area, but have seen species on there, I'll put you in category B for fun.

[birderbf]

Anyway! The moment a handful of people have been wiating for HAS ARRIVED! In the order appearing the ABA checklist version 6.7, meet the very front end of the taxonomic sequence....

The Ducks!!
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 1
Bean Goose Anser fabalis 3
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 4
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 5
Emperor Goose Chen canagica 2
Snow Goose Chen caerulescens 1
Ross’s Goose Chen rossii 1
Brant Branta bernicla 1
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 1
Canada Goose Branta canadensis 1
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 1
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator 1
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 1
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 3
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 3
Wood Duck Aix sponsa 1
Gadwall Anas strepera 1
Falcated Duck Anas falcata 4
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope 3
American Wigeon Anas americana 1
American Black Duck Anas rubripes 1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1
Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 1
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha 5
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 1
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 1
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 1
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis 4
Northern Pintail Anas acuta 1
Garganey Anas querquedula 3
Baikal Teal Anas formosa 4
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca 1
Canvasback Aythya valisineria 1
Redhead Aythya americana 1
Common Pochard Aythya ferina 3
Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 1
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila 1
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 1
Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri 2
Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri 2
King Eider Somateria spectabilis 1
Common Eider Somateria mollissima 1
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 1
Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius 6
Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 1
White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca 1

NOTE: Muscovy Duck is a rare wanderer into southern Texas, but it's a common escapee in places like FL. Only count Muscovy Duck if you have seen a presumably wild individual in Texas.

[birderbf]

OK for the first round I have 36. You'll notice that most of your list will be composed of 1s. I find this is easier to calculate by counting in your head than with a calculator!

The only things of note that I have on there are: Barnacle Goose (I count it because it appeared with a Greenland GFWG, they both breed in Greenland by the way, and it showed no trace of being wild, it had all its toes, it could fly, it wasn't tame, etc.), Eurasian Wigeon. I was disappointed to see King Eider as only a one, but there are plenty of them farther north.

[The Devil Bird]

Well done birderbf, I am glad my idea has caught on. Just to start things off can you put me in category B and I have 29 points. Thanks.

[Larry Lade]

Labrador Duck - 6 (an extinct species), I do not think anyone will get this one!

My first round total is 33

[streatham]

Mines 37 - Pink-footed Goose for nice bumper points. BTW you missed off Black Scoter and the Mergs? Was that deliberate?

[birderbf]

Labrador Duck - 6 (an extinct species), I do not think anyone will get this one!

My first round total is 33

The Ivory-billed is still 6 too... ;)

Mines 37 - Pink-footed Goose for nice bumper points. BTW you missed off Black Scoter and the Mergs? Was that deliberate?

The rest of the ducks will appear in the next 50 species. I'm sorry I created confusing by say "here's the ducks". Those are all ducks and allies, yes, but more importantly, they are the first 50 species on the checklist! :eek!:

I will try to time scoreboards so that they end up near the top of each page, so you won't be seeing the first one until the next page. The next installment will simply appear tomorrow - so one each day.

[featherbrain1223]

Only 25 for me, ducks are not my strong area.

[prairiemerlin]

Only 32 for me - I don't count Barnacle Geese... ;) ;) :-O just kidding.

The only bird I have that isn't a one on that list is Eurasian Wigeon, which really does not deserve a three. Oh well. B (:

Neil G.

[birderbf]

Only 32 for me - I don't count Barnacle Geese... ;) ;) :-O just kidding.

The only bird I have that isn't a one on that list is Eurasian Wigeon, which really does not deserve a three. Oh well. B (:

Neil G.

I'm sure version 6.8 or 7 will fix that. I've herard estimates that in the Pacific northwest in a flock of 100 wigeon, there is one drake Eurasian. They aren't sure about the female yet becuase they are very easy to look over in a huge flock. Same situation with Black-headed Gull, which even breeds over here now. They still get enough attention for code 3s though I think.

[Storm-Petrel]

only 19 for pt one :(

[B.C. Birder]

27 for me.

BC

[ayasuda]

I'm starting out with 26.

[teamsaint]

38 for category B

[bebirder]

40 for me, Pink-footed and Barnacle were helpful

[bebirder]

whoops, make that 41

[emupilot]

I've got 47 so far. I think I swept the 1's, and my score is inflated by Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Garganey, and Baikal Teal. Ducks are definitely among the easiest of rarities to chase...

[birderbf]

Some good stuff seen out there!

Anyway I'm quite busy today for once, so have fun with Installment #2. I should get the first scorteboard set later on tonight, hopefully.

Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 1
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 1
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1
Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 1
Smew Mergellus albellus 3
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 1
Common Merganser Mergus merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 1
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus 3
Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 1
Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula 2
Chukar Alectoris chukar 2
Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis 2
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix 2
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus 1
Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus 1
Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus 2
Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis 2
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus 1
Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta 1
White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura 2
Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus 2
Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus 2
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus 2
Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido 2
Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus 2
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo 1
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus 1
Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata 1
California Quail Callipepla californica 1
Gambel’s Quail Callipepla gambelii 1
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 1
Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae 2
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata 1
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica 2
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica 1
Common Loon Gavia immer 1
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii 2
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 2
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 1
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 1
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis 1
Clark’s Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii 1
Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 4
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 4
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 5

[Larry Lade]

First round 33
Second round 43
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Total .......... 76

My ABA count is really only the "lower 48 states" as I have not been to any of the other ABA areas, i.e. Alaska, Hawaii, the other places. I have been on one pelagic out of Westport, Washington, USA.

This thread should prove interesting as we move forward.

I have no eiders, only a "smattering" of seabirds and only a few grouse.

[prairiemerlin]

28 for me for the second round - you've hit my weak spot - pelagics and game birds. That will change soon!

Neil G.

[B.C. Birder]

15 for me.

BC

[teamsaint]

i think i got 12 but i need help with all the american names.

Don't you mean Grey Partridge ;)

[featherbrain1223]

1st round 25
2nd round 30

When the pelagics come, I'm dead, I only have a handful :'(

[Larry Lade]

teamsaint, Perdix perdix is Grey Partridge for you and Gray Partridge for those of us in the US.

[bebirder]

Only 19 this round, I have to get west of the mississippi eventually!

[birderbf]

Ok so we have:

Category A:
Gold Chis Benesh 166
Silver Larry Lade 77
Bronze Prairiemerlin 70
4th BEBirder 66
5th Birderbf 59
6th featherbrain1223 55
" colejwolf 58
7th emupilot 47
8th B.C. Birder 44
9th Storm-Petrel 39
10th Ayasuda 26

Category B:

Gold Teamsaint 50
Silver The Devil Bird 42

I would post next to your name if you're all caught up, but that's just too much for me. It's now your responsibility to update your scores and not look like a terrible birder.

Anyway, I'm off to go birding!

[birderbf]

Not my high point either honestly - only 19! Between the grebes and the last ducks I only had three, the pheasant, turkey and California Quail!

[Storm-Petrel]

add twenty for me

[The Devil Bird]

are black and common scoters seperate or not?

[The Devil Bird]

A pathetic 13 for part 2 for me please birdbf.
Thanks
PS just put a full stop next to each name that is up to date.

[B.C. Birder]

Can you add one point to my score bf? I just saw a Blue Grouse.

BC

[birderbf]

are black and common scoters seperate or not?

According to my Europe book, Common Scoter is Melanitta nirga, and according to Sibley, it is also Melanitta nigra. As far as I know, they're conspecific. I believe White-winged/Velvet was split though for sure?

We'll see what the latin name of Black Scoter is in the next edition of the ABA checklist. I believe that the BOU calls them Melanitta americana now?

That means we have to look for Velvet and Common Scoters off our shore... that isn't going to be pretty...

[featherbrain1223]

BC Birder, Blue Grouse is now split into 2 species, Dusky and Sooty, which of these did you see?

[birderbf]

I believe Sooty Grouse is the one that occurs in most of British Columbia, but I haven't found any good range maps yet. Anyway, they're both Code 2, so congrats!

[featherbrain1223]

I think BC is where Sooty and Dusky overlap (making it tricky tricky), it probably depends on where in BC the bird was seen. I was recently in central washington, where it appeared that they overlapped, but I only got possitive confirmation on a Dusky.

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

Belatedly curious to see what my trotting about in North America would yield.
Round 1: 53
Round 2: 63
for a total of 116.

I haven't even worked out my ABA list in a couple of years and now I'm doing the Bird Points game. Go figure.

Chris

[cjwolf]

58 points so far for me. Nothing above level 2, except Eurasian Wigeon.

Larry, I think it's probably easier to leave the level 6 birds than edit them out. Realistically the only species that is a 6 and someone could have is Condor (I think).

[B.C. Birder]

I live in the interior of BC, does that help?

CL

[birderbf]

Hi All,

Belatedly curious to see what my trotting about in North America would yield.
Round 1: 53
Round 2: 63
for a total of 116.

I haven't even worked out my ABA list in a couple of years and now I'm doing the Bird Points game. Go figure.

Chris

Whoa!

58 points so far for me. Nothing above level 2, except Eurasian Wigeon.

Larry, I think it's probably easier to leave the level 6 birds than edit them out. Realistically the only species that is a 6 and someone could have is Condor (I think).

Who knows, maybe some 200 year-old birder will show up.

I live in the interior of BC, does that help?

CL

I honestly can't tell you if there is anybody out there who really knows yet.

[birderbf]

Meet installment #3 everybody. Welcome a new guest to this checklist - Ringed Storm-Petrel, which proabbly won't hold it's crown as a 5 for very long, as it was seen again off a pelagic in CA recently.

Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 5
Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis 2
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes 1
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus 3
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 1
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 5
Herald Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana 3
Murphy’s Petrel Pterodroma ultima 3
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata 3
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow 4
Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata 2
Galapagos/Hawaiian (“Dark-rumped”) Petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia/sandwichensis 5
Fea’s/Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma feae/madeira 3
Cook’s Petrel Pterodroma cookii 2
Stejneger’s Petrel Pterodroma longirostris 4
Bulwer’s Petrel Bulweria bulwerii 5
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas 4
Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 1
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii 5
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus 1
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes 3
Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis 1
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus 4
Buller’s Shearwater Puffinus bulleri 2
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 1
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris 2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 2
Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas 2
Audubon’s Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri 1
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis 5
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 1
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina 4
European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 5
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica 5
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma furcata 2
Ringed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi 5
Leach’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 1
Ashy Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa 2
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro 2
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys 5
Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania 2
Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma 2
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 3
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 3
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda 4
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 3
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii 4
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 3
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 4

[birderbf]

And you think you know yourself! Only four for me, but I should be catching up to those sneaky storm-petrels later this year. Manx was a fine boost, of one extra point!

[bebirder]

unfortunately, only 6

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

This ol' man gets 50 for round 3.

Chris

Oh, and about the Code 6 birds. I've got two colleagues who could put down Eskimo Curlew (one of the last Galveston birds seen in 1961 if I remember right).

[prairiemerlin]

Ouch... this one is really painful - a big goose egg for me! That will change soon after I go on a couple Monterey Bay pelagics. My score remains at 70.

Neil G.

[teamsaint]

i got 9

[featherbrain1223]

WOOHOO, this is going to be a big boost for me!!!! 2 pts!! YAYAYAYA 8-P

[B.C. Birder]

I got nothing...... now why didn't I ask for that ocean tour....

BC

[Larry Lade]

I am afraid Chris is going to leave us all "in the dust"!

I only got eleven (11) in round three!
Round #1 33
Round #2 43
Round #3 11 (these I got from my one and only 1/2 day pelagic trip out of Westport, Washington)

Total ..... 87

[Storm-Petrel]

hmmm i got nothing for part 3...

[Larry Lade]

Speaking of Code 6 Birds........
It might be interesting to see if any responders get some of the birds "down the road" like Bachman's Warbler or Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Some older birders might be able to accomplish this.
However, it would appear that most of the respondents are under 20 years of age.

[Chris Benesh]

Speaking of Code 6 Birds........
It might be interesting to see if any responders get some of the birds "down the road" like Bachman's Warbler or Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Some older birds might be able to accomplish this.
However, it would appear that most of the respondents are under 20 years of age.

I am afraid Chris is going to leave us all "in the dust"!

Hi Larry,

I've actually met a couple of folks who have seen Bachman's Warbler (early 70's, if I remember right), and at least one who claims to have seen IBWO long ago, so I think they're out there. But not in this crowd.

I've got an unfair advantage here, so I am taking myself out of the competition. I'll post my numbers just so I can see how they compare, but since I'm at least 20 years older than most of the competition, that hardly seems fair.

Round 1: 53
Round 2: 63
Round 3: 50
Total: 166

Chris

[Chris Benesh]

hmmm i got nothing for part 3...
What? You should give yourself at least a point for being yourself. You're a storm-petrel after all. Make yourself a Wedge-rumped and collect five! :-O

Chris

[birderbf]

I wait for twenty minutes waiting for someone to make post 50 so I can get the scoreboard up, then you all come along and post ten times before I'm back.

Anyway, Chris don't back out. More people of greater age may join later on. This game is for anybody and everybody.

Category A:
Gold Chis Benesh 166
Silver Larry Lade 88
Bronze Prairiemerlin 70
4th BEBirder 66
5th Birderbf 59
6th colejwolf 58
7th featherbrain1223 57
8th emupilot 47
10th B.C. Birder 44
11th Storm-Petrel 39
12th Ayasuda 26

Category B:

Gold Teamsaint 59
Silver The Devil Bird 42

[Larry Lade]

Well, I'm pretty old, but with only one (1) pelagic trip "under my belt" I do not have too many seabirds. I have not been birding in the eastern US very much either (except for some in New Jersey and New York during some family visits).

[The Devil Bird]

Give me a big FAT 0 for me birderbf please...

[cjwolf]

Give me a big FAT 0 for me birderbf please...

0 for me as well. However I decided to enter my Mexico list under category "B" and came up with 59. Some of the common Baja pelagic birds helped me out (Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel=5, Blue-footed Booby=4, etc.)

[ayasuda]

First = 26
Second = 22

Total = 48

[ayasuda]

only got 8 for round three - darn!

total = 56

[birderbf]

I think this is installment number four. Have fun!

Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 1
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 1
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 1
Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus 1
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 1
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus 1
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1
Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile 2
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus 1
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 1
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor 4
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 5
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus 1
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis 5
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 1
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1
Great Egret Ardea alba 1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes 5
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 4
Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis 5
Snowy Egret Egretta thula 1
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 1
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 1
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 1
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus 5
Green Heron Butorides virescens 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 1
White Ibis Eudocimus albus 1
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber 5
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi 1
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 1
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 5
Wood Stork Mycteria americana 1
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 1
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 1
California Condor Gymnogyps californianus 6
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 3
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 3
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 1
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 1
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 2
Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 1
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 1
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 4
Steller’s Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus 4

Anhinga anhinga anhinga anhinga!

[birderbf]

37 for me, all 1s except Snail Kite and Western Reef-Heron.

[ayasuda]

Round 4 = 24

Total = 80

[birderbf]

I just remember something somewhat important. If you have been submtiing heard-only species, please say so. it is completely against my own rules of the life list, but it is widely accepted, although the ABA has been rethinking what it's stated about counting heard-birds.

[bebirder]

35 points this time

[napamatt]

First round 20
Secound round 15
Third round 0
Fourth round 16

I don't get out enough :D

[bebirder]

I use the ABA rules and am very selective in heard onlies

[birderbf]

I use the ABA rules and am very selective in heard onlies

Ok good to know!:t: You get an H.

[prairiemerlin]

29 for me this time, so I'm up to 99.

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

I scored 55 for round 4, though the Western Reef-Heron will probably be a Little Egret one day and I will lose a point. But for the time being...

My total is 221 after four rounds.

Chris

[teamsaint]

15...

[birderbf]

I finally timed it right! Top o' the page!

Come now people, fess up. Unless you want to adjust your lists so that they are only ABA countable-heard only, just tell me if you have been recording heard birds - JUST so we know that we aren't operating from the same base.

Category A:
Gold Chis Benesh 221
Silver Larry Lade 121
Bronze BEBirder 101
4th Prairiemerlin 99
5th Birderbf 96
6th Ayasuda 80
7th colejwolf 58
8th featherbrain1223 57
9th napamatt 51
10 B.C. Birder 49
11th themupilot 47
12th Storm-Petrel 39

Category B:

Gold Jane Turner 149
Silver Teamsaint 74
BronzeThe Devil Bird 42

[Jane Turner]

Well done birderbf, I am glad my idea has caught on. Just to start things off can you put me in category B and I have 29 points. Thanks.


I'll be a B too - and I have 50 on the ducks.

[Jane Turner]

2 33
3 23
4 43

Making 149

Pretty sure I saw a Streaked Shearwater of La Jolla too, but haven't included it.

[Larry Lade]

# 4 Round ....... 34

Total so far .... 121

[birderbf]

2 33
3 23
4 43

Making 149

Pretty sure I saw a Streaked Shearwater of La Jolla too, but haven't included it.

Ooh ah! The ever watching Jane Turner! Welcome!

[B.C. Birder]

Only 5 lol That means I'm at 49.

CL

[birderbf]

Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 1
Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii 1
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 1
Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens 5
Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 2
Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 1
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 5
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 1
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 1
Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 2
Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 2
Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni 1
White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus 2
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 2
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 1
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis 1
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus 1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 1
Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 5
Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway 1
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 4
American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1
Merlin Falco columbarius 1
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 4
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 5
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis 4
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus 2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus 1
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis 2
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis 2
Corn Crake Crex crex 5
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris 1
King Rail Rallus elegans 1
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola 1
Sora Porzana carolina 1
Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops 5
Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus 5
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 1
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 1
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 5
American Coot Fulica americana 1
Limpkin Aramus guarauna 2
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis 1
Common Crane Grus grus 4
Whooping Crane Grus americana 2
Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus 5
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 4
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1

[birderbf]

22 that round for me (highlight being... Limpkin!).

[featherbrain1223]

1st round 25
2nd round 30
3rd round 2
4th round 30
5th round 31

[Larry Lade]

5th Round ........ 46 *(I did not count the Black Rail, as it was heard only.)

So far ............. 167

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

I got 106 for this round, not counting the Aplomado Falcons from south Texas, nor the Thick-knee I saw in Arizona years ago. So that makes 327 for me after five rounds.

Chris

off to teach.

[The Devil Bird]

Round 4= 7
Round 5= 22
I'm not that good at this.

[Larry Lade]

It not really about "how good" or "how bad" you are. It is more about how many years you have been birding and how many different places have you been!

Have fun and Good Birding!

[birderbf]

Hi All,

I got 106 for this round, not counting the Aplomado Falcons from south Texas, nor the Thick-knee I saw in Arizona years ago. So that makes 327 for me after five rounds.

Chris

off to teach.

:eek!: :eek!: :eek!: I know the Aplomado Falcons are being reintroduced (so are eastern Peregrines), but what ws wrong with the Thick-knee?

Wait I counted that up round up... there's only 111 points up for grabs. So if you aren't counting a 5 and a 4... hmmm. Still it sounds like you ACED a round!

[prairiemerlin]

33 for me, so I'm at 132 total. Highlights for this round are Gyrfalcon and Black Rail. Black Rail was heard only, but I count em - if you get a good "listen" and are positive what it was, I see no reason why not to count it. :king: :t:

Neil G.

[featherbrain1223]

I too have seen Aplamados in southern Texas, Benton Basham said to count them, but for some reason I forgot to add that to my total. I'm not sure if I should add it to my total if Chris isn't....|8(| (o)<

[B.C. Birder]

I now have a total of 63.

BC

[Storm-Petrel]

28 for part 4...

[Storm-Petrel]

26 for pt 5, black rail being my highlight!

[Jane Turner]

58 for me on that section.

[B.C. Birder]

Could you add one point to my score for a American White Pelican bf?

BC

[ayasuda]

Round 5 = 25 points

Total = 105

[birderbf]

33 for me, so I'm at 132 total. Highlights for this round are Gyrfalcon and Black Rail. Black Rail was heard only, but I count em - if you get a good "listen" and are positive what it was, I see no reason why not to count it. :king: :t:

Neil G.

Counting is very useful for scouting out areas to bird and breeding bird atlasses, but for adding it to your life list you get an H. Hey I was yards away from a Spindalis. I saw someone probably looking at it. What if I heard it flapping it's little wings? Still isn't seeing the bird...

Anyway I'm watching this thread like a hawk waiting to pounce on the next page for a new scoreboard...

[prairiemerlin]

Yes, but pretty much all bird wing flaps sound alike. For several minutes on end we heard kee-kee-der coming from a salt marsh in NJ... now don't go saying that wasn't a Black Rail... ;) ;) :-O

Neil G.

[birderbf]

Definitely not saying that Neil!


Now onto the scoreboard...

[birderbf]

Gold Chis Benesh 272
Silver themupilot 227
Bronze Larry Lade 167
4th Prairiemerlin 143
5th BEBirder 125
6th featherbrain1223 123
7th Birderbf 118
8th Ayasuda 105
9th Storm-Petrel 93
10 B.C. Birder 64
11th colejwolf 58
12th napamatt 51

Category B:

Gold Jane Turner 207
Silver Teamsaint 131
Bronze The Devil Bird 71

I hope this is all right!

[B.C. Birder]

I have 50 points, not 49 points lol

BC

[Chris Benesh]

:eek!: :eek!: :eek!: I know the Aplomado Falcons are being reintroduced (so are eastern Peregrines), but what ws wrong with the Thick-knee?

Wait I counted that up round up... there's only 111 points up for grabs. So if you aren't counting a 5 and a 4... hmmm. Still it sounds like you ACED a round!

:eek!: :eek!: Somebody must have spiked my tea this morning. What I meant to say of course *cough* was that I got 51 not counting the Aplomado nor the Thick-knee. 8-P

LOL:-O - I've been using a clicker to tally up my totals, and since it was early when I did it this morning, I apparently forgot to reset it before tallying up round 5. D'oh! 55+51 = 106. I never was good with math.

Anyway, my real total is 272. (someone had better check my math. ;) )

Even playing as a B player I could not get up to 106 for this round (92 as a B player), having not seen Corn Crake, Common Crane, Spotted Rail, nor Red-footed Falcon.

I didn't count the Arizona thick-knee since it was not accepted as a naturally occurring vagrant (just the old King Ranch, Texas record exists for the ABA area).

Chris

[bebirder]

24 for me this round

[teamsaint]

32 from that round. i basically screwed up on all the american hawks lol

[Larry Lade]

Chris, there has been a Common Crane in with all the Sandhill Cranes a couple of times up in Nebraska on the North Platte River when I have been up there. But I have always managed to miss it somehow. Perhaps one of these times I will get to see it!

[birderbf]

I will be out of town from tomorrow until Saturday. If someone wants to fill in me shoes and post the next installments while I'm gone, please PM me.

European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria 4
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica 1
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva 2
Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus 3
Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 5
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 5
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1
Wilson’s Plover Charadrius wilsonia 1
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 2
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 1
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus 2
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 5
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus 2
Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 4
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 5
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 1
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani 1
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 5
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 1
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 1
Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa 4
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 3
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 3
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 4
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1
Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 3
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana 1
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 4
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 1
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3
Willet Tringa semipalmata 1
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 5
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2
Common Redshank Tringa totanus 5
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 1
Little Curlew Numenius minutus 4
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis 6
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis 2
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 4
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris 6
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 4
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 3
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 1
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 2
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa 1

[birderbf]

17 for me that round. Strange how my high scorer (Piping Plover) is an everday bird around me.

[teamsaint]

57 woot woot :king:

but im sure jane will beat me

[featherbrain1223]

15 for me, shorebirds are defenitely not my strong point...:-C

[prairiemerlin]

21 for me, so I'm up to 164. I don't really have any rare stuff! Half the stuff on that list is super rare... :scribe:

Neil G.

[emupilot]

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43*
5th round...41
6th round...32
6 round subtotal: 227

* Includes a legitimate 6 for California Condor, which I saw in 1983 before the remaining wild birds were captured

[The Devil Bird]

53 for the latest round please birderbf. Quite alot of common European stuff in there that is rare over your side of the pond.

[B.C. Birder]

8 for me. Sad.

BC

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

I scored a 57 on round six bringing my total to 329 after six rounds.

Chris

[Storm-Petrel]

15 for me, shorebirds are defenitely not my strong point...:-C



same, 15 for me too!

[featherbrain1223]

Both of our names are David and we both scored 15, isn't that an interesting coinsidence (one of us oughtta be scared 8-P)

[Larry Lade]

33 in round 1
43 in round 2
11 in round 3
34 in round 4
46 in round 5
28 in round 6

For a total so far of 195

[birderbf]

OK I'll be back on Sunday! In the meantime, featherbrian David will supply you will the next four installments. No scoreboard until I'm back I'm afraid. Coutning them up should be fun for me....

[bebirder]

a measly 13 this round

[ayasuda]

Only 16 for me on round 6. :-C
That makes my total = 121

The passerines are going to kill me.:eek!:

[Jane Turner]

57 woot woot :king:

but im sure jane will beat me

88 - and a surprising large number of ones in there.

Are wood Sandpipers really that regular over there?

[Chris Benesh]

Are wood Sandpipers really that regular over there?

Hi Jane,

Wood Sandpipers are pretty regular in the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, where multiples are seen most years in Spring. This year was not good for them, however. They are super rare on mainland North America.

Chris

[featherbrain1223]

Alright guys, here's todays installment!! (I'm taking brendan's place while he's gone):king:

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1
Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala 1
Surfbird Aphriza virgata 1
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 4
Red Knot Calidris canutus 1
Sanderling Calidris alba 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 1
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 1
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 3
Little Stint Calidris minuta 4
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii 3
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 3
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 1
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 3
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis 2
Dunlin Calidris alpina 1
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 3
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus 4
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 1
Ruff Philomachus pugnax 3
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 1
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 5
Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata 1
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 3
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 5
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 5
American Woodcock Scolopax minor 1
Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 5
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 1
Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan 1
Little Gull Larus minutus 3
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 3
Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia 1
Heermann’s Gull Larus heermanni 1
Gray-hooded Gull Larus cirrocephalus 5
Belcher’s Gull Larus belcheri 5
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris 4
Mew Gull Larus canus 1
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 1
California Gull Larus californicus 1

[featherbrain1223]

Only 20 for me..... shorebirds *groan*

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

A good round for me with 64, bringing my total to 393 after 7 rounds.

Chris

[prairiemerlin]

34 for me... three code three birds helped - Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, and Little Gull. So that puts me up to 198 total.

Neil G.

[Jane Turner]

Hi Jane,

Wood Sandpipers are pretty regular in the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, where multiples are seen most years in Spring. This year was not good for them, however. They are super rare on mainland North America.

Chris

Interesting. Its well after Common Sand and Green Sand here in commonness here.

[Jane Turner]

77 for me... and a need to google.

What on Earth is a Belcher's Gull!

I know I'm going to come badly unstuck on Passerines!

edit: Ah I see that its a Band-tailed Gull. Not seen that either!

[emupilot]

I'm missing a few 1's this round, and only a couple 3's...

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...41
6th round...32
7th round...37
7 round subtotal: 264

A good round for me with 64, bringing my total to 393 after 7 rounds.

That's a spectacular total. Obviously somebody's been wandering around the Bering Sea!

[Storm-Petrel]

only 11 for me. i suk at shorebirds

[Larry Lade]

32 for Round # 7

227 for my new total.

[ayasuda]

Round 7 = 23

Total = 144

[Jane Turner]

I've scraped 86 on the 7 rounds actually in the US. Since I've only had three days dedicated to birding, that's not too bad!

[Larry Lade]

Not too bad at all, Jane!

[Chris Benesh]

That's a spectacular total. Obviously somebody's been wandering around the Bering Sea!

Getting to visit Alaska each summer helps a bunch :t: , as does having lived in California for a while. I also managed to see the Belcher's Gull when I was doing a California tour the year it was in San Diego. |=)|

Chris

[B.C. Birder]

I've got a total of 73 now. I got 9 this round.

BC

[bebirder]

23 for me

[featherbrain1223]

Here's today's installment!

Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1
Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans 4
Thayer’s Gull Larus thayeri 2
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 3
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 3
Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens 2
Western Gull Larus occidentalis 1
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 1
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 1
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 1
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 4
Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini 1
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 1
Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris 2
Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea 3
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea 3
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 2
Black Noddy Anous minutus 3
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus 2
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus 2
Least Tern Sternula antillarum 1
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex 5
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 1
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 1
Black Tern Chlidonias niger 1
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 4
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 5
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 1
Forster’s Tern Sterna forsteri 1
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 1
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 1
Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans 1
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 1
Great Skua Stercorarius skua 3
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 2
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 1
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 1
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 1
Dovekie Alle alle 2
Common Murre Uria aalge 1
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia 1
Razorbill Alca torda 1
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis 6
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 1
Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 1
Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix 4

[featherbrain1223]

24, I only had 2 birds that weren't Code 1:-C

[Chris Benesh]

Mornin' All,

I got a 63 for round eight for a total of 456. Anyone get the Great Auk? 3:-)


Chris

[Jane Turner]

58 for B and 11 for A, including a Salton Sea Yellow-footed Gull!

[prairiemerlin]

28 for me, highlight being Yellow-footed Gull from the Salton Sea. Lesser Black-backed Gull really does not deserve a three...

Neil G.

[emupilot]

41 for me this round. Are Iceland and Thayer's Gulls 2-worthy because they're a pain in the neck to identify?

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...41
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
8 round subtotal: 305

[B.C. Birder]

A sad 4. I now have 77.

BC

[Storm-Petrel]

rats. only 12. rats.

[ayasuda]

Round 8 = 15 point, I got to get out more.

Total=159

[bebirder]

24 this round, Featherbrain and I are neck and neck

[Larry Lade]

#8 Round
30 points
257 total so far.

[Birdingcraft]

#8 round, joining late, 37 for me, missed the Great Auk by a few hundred years.

[featherbrain1223]

24 this round, Featherbrain and I are neck and neck

Mwhahaha, that shall change soon... I hope......|<|

28 for me, highlight being Yellow-footed Gull from the Salton Sea. Lesser Black-backed Gull really does not deserve a three...

Neil G.
Yeah it really doesn't but it helped me out! 3:-)

[Birdingcraft]

And a 278 total for me after round 8.

[tyrannulet]

sorry for the late entry, just finally found the thread as of today.

Here are my scores by round:
1-31
2-38
3-16
4-33
5-32
6-21
7-22
8-33


Total-226, excluding the California Condor I saw in AZ in 2001. Shorebirds and shearwaters, ect really killed me...

[Jane Turner]

I just noticed a mistake, I have seen Ross's Gull and Least Tern - latter only in the US, so 62 for B and 12 for A

[featherbrain1223]

Sorry for the late start. Here's todays installment:

Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus 1
Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris 2
Xantus’s Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus 2
Craveri’s Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri 3
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus 2
Cassin’s Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus 1
Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula 2
Least Auklet Aethia pusilla 2
Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea 2
Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella 2
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata 1
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica 1
Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata 1
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata 1
Rock Pigeon Columba livia 1
Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa 5
White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala 1
Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 3
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 1
Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto 1
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 1
White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 1
Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita 5
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 1
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius 6
Inca Dove Columbina inca 1
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 1
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 3
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 2
Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia 4
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana 5
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 3
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus 2
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis 6
Green Parakeet Aratinga holochlora 2
Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha 6
White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus 2
Red-crowned Parrot Amazona viridigenalis 2
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 3
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 1
Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor 2
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 1
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 1
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 3
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 2
Barn Owl Tyto alba 1
Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus 2
Oriental Scops-Owl Otus sunia 5

[featherbrain1223]

20 for me, does it count that I saw Smooth-billed Ani in Ecuador? 8-P Myabe we should start a Group C for Ecuador..... :king:

[bebirder]

15 this round, I didnt know that the Budgerigars that I saw in tampa 3 years ago were countable! Well, they certainly helped a lot.

[tyrannulet]

29, luckily got the smooth-billed ani's in southern florida about 4 years ago :D

[Storm-Petrel]

16. i got lucky with the budgie and monk parakeet. saw one in central texas (budgie) and colony of the MOPA in dallas :king:

[prairiemerlin]

18 for me - an assortment of countable escaped parrots helped me! Alcids really kill me though... Spotted Dove really should get more than one, because they are in a steep decline out here..

Neil G.

[bebirder]

Sorry SP, Budgies arent countable in Texas

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

For round nine, I scored a 66, for a total of 522.

Chris

[tyrannulet]

wow chris, you are just steamrolling over the competition :O

[Jane Turner]

43 for me (B) and 16(a)

[ayasuda]

round 9 = 19

total = 178

Prairiemerlin - you need the go to the coast more.

[Birdingcraft]

23 for me- need a lot of them Alcids! Seen a bunch of the others in the tropics- yes, lets do one of these for ECuador!

[Birdingcraft]

23 for me- need a lot of them Alcids! Seen a bunch of the others in the tropics- yes, lets do one of these for ECuador!

So, 301 total.

[B.C. Birder]

2 for me lol I now have a total of 79.

CL

[emupilot]

Did I miss something? Is Smooth-billed Ani disappearing from Florida or something? How is it a 3? I saw it 13 years ago at Loxahatchee NWR.

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...41
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
9 round subtotal: 340

[tyrannulet]

the ani's are MAJORLY dissappearing right now, there was something out recently that there were only a couple hundred left now in FL...

[featherbrain1223]

Here's today's!!

Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii 1
Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio 1
Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis 2
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 1
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus 2
Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula 2
Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma 2
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 3
Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi 2
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 1
Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 5
Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis 2
Barred Owl Strix varia 1
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa 2
Long-eared Owl Asio otus 2
Stygian Owl Asio stygius 5
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 2
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus 2
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 1
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 1
Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii 3
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 2
Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii 1
Chuck-will’s-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis 1
Buff-collared Nightjar Caprimulgus ridgwayi 4
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 1
Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus 5
Black Swift Cypseloides niger 2
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 4
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 1
Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi 1
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 5
Common Swift Apus apus 5
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus 4
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis 1
Antillean Palm-Swift Tachornis phoenicobia 5
Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus 4
Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii 4
Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris 2
White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis 3
Xantus’s Hummingbird Hylocharis xantusii 5
Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina 3
Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis 2
Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila 5
Violet-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia violiceps 2
Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae 2
Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 2
Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii 4
Bahama Woodstar Calliphlox evelynae 5

[featherbrain1223]

20 for me....

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

I scored a 69 for round ten for a total of 591. Going the B player route, it would be everything except Grey Nightjar and Xantus's Hummingbird. I must get to southern Baja someday.

Chris

[Jane Turner]

45 B, 16a

[Storm-Petrel]

only 8 for me... rats. id only have 4 if it werent for the Grn vlt ear

where are budgies countable?

[B.C. Birder]

I got 9. Thank-you Owls lol I have a total of 88 now.

CL

[tyrannulet]

32 for me :)

Thank you owls as well... got 20 from the owls alone... :)

[prairiemerlin]

41 for me... a whole buncha owls and hummers helped!

[BirdPhotography]

Only lonely 4 for me.

[birderbf]

:eek!: I must have overslept! That was like 4 pages you made there featherbrain! Many thanks!

Actually I was upstate. Plenty of new quiz shots for my quiz (see signature). I can't recall ever zooming out when comfronted by birds before honestly...!

Anyway, here is the scoreboard. Not sure who's caught up and who's not, but here we go:

Gold Chis Benesh 591
Silver emupilot 403
Bronze Birdingcraft 301
4thTyrannulet 293
5th Larry Lade 257
6th Prairiemerlin 285
7th BEBirder 213
8th Birderbf 212
9th featherbrain1223 202
10th Ayasuda 187
11thStorm-Petrel 152
12th Jane Turner
13th colejwolf 58
14th B.C. Birder 88
15th napamatt 51


Category B:

Gold Jane Turner 580
Silver Teamsaint 188
Bronze The Devil Bird 71

I think most are up to date, save napamatt and colejwolf. I did not add three for your Budgies, Storm-Petrel as they are only countable "along Florida's central Gulf coast", which makes BEBirder's quite countable.

Chris - we are all green with List Lust! Alaska every summer? Why doesn't this forum have a drooling emoticon??

[bebirder]

I got 13 this round

[ayasuda]

round 10 = 9

total = 187

[tyrannulet]

larry needs to post his score so i know how far behind/ahead I am of him :P

[birderbf]

I got 13 this round

You snuck past me with 1 point, you dirty twitcher! :t:

[prairiemerlin]

Actually, my total is 285...

[emupilot]

63 for me this round, thanks to seeing all but two of North America's normal owls and a few trips to southeast Arizona. I can't believe I've seen something Chris Benesch hasn't (Xantus's Hummingbird, and north of the border too)

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...41
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
10th round...63
10 round subtotal: 403

[birderbf]

Actually, my total is 285...

Sorry! Musta missed one of your posts - I did go through quite a few this evening...

63 for me this round, thanks to seeing all but two of North America's normal owls and a few trips to southeast Arizona. I can't believe I've seen something Chris Benesch hasn't (Xantus's Hummingbird, and north of the border too)

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...41
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
10th round...63
10 round subtotal: 403

Incredible! There are birds that Chris hasn't seen? Has he seen a reef-heron? ;)

[Storm-Petrel]

has he seen a Green Violet-ear?

[teamsaint]

i got...

round 7...37
round 8...26
round 9...7
round 10...7

.....which makes 77

.....which makes 265

[The Devil Bird]

Sorry I haven't played this for ages.
Round 7 33
Round 8 16
Round 9 6
Round 10 7

[Chris Benesh]

Incredible! There are birds that Chris hasn't seen? Has he seen a reef-heron? ;)

LOL, you guys! Just remember that I'm 43 and I've been birding for at least 25 years.

I have seen a Western Reef-Heron - the one that was in Nova Scotia last summer that later showed up in Maine & New Hampshire (and no doubt the same one that was seen again this year in New York and New Jersey):
http://www.capebretonbirds.ca/westernreefheron.html

The burning question is whether this west African population of reef-heron is really a reef-heron at all, since some believe that it is more closely related to or conspecific with Little Egret. Either way, it's a great North American tick.

has he seen a Green Violet-ear?

I've seen hundreds of these in the tropics, but I have yet to see one in the ABA area, so this is a good grip-off Storm-Petrel! Where did you see yours?

Chris

[Storm-Petrel]

I saw mine in Bastrop, Texas. there was one that left on june 14 but had been staying there 9 weeks. an immature male that slowly molted its adult plumage. i got views of it through a scope that were amazing! it was only 3 hours from my house, so i couldnt resist becoming a dirty twitcher for a day O:)

[birderbf]

Sorry everyone, I was whisked away to tour NYC yesterday with little notice. Anyways, here's the next installment:

Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 1
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri 1
Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna 1
Costa’s Hummingbird Calypte costae 1
Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope 1
Bumblebee Hummingbird Atthis heloisa 5
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus 1
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus 1
Allen’s Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin 1
Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans 2
Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus 4
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 5
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus 2
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 1
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 2
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 5
Lewis’s Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis 1
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 1
Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 1
Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 1
Williamson’s Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 1
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 4
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris 1
Nuttall’s Woodpecker Picoides nuttallii 1
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 1
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus 1
Arizona Woodpecker Picoides arizonae 2
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis 2
White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus 1
American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis 2
Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus 2
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 1
Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides 2
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 1
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis 6
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 2
Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata 5
Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica 5
Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus 5
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 1
Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax 2
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 1
Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus 5

[birderbf]

Only 13 for moi.

No remarks on the you-know-what please! ;)

[bebirder]

13 for me too

[featherbrain1223]

26 fer me!

[ayasuda]

Round 11 = 13

Total = 200

[prairiemerlin]

34 for me, so I'm up to 319. Don't bother asking Chris if he's seen something - he's automatically seen everything!!! ;)

Neil G.

[B.C. Birder]

13 for me...thank-you Three-Toed Woodpecker.

BC

[tyrannulet]

33 for me, neil got me by one on that round.. *ignores how many chris beats me by*

puts me up to 326 :)

[teamsaint]

14 please (hoopoe, wryneck and gs woody)

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

A measly 55 for me this round (#11). That brings my total to 646. As a B player, I've seen all of the species except Wryneck and well, you know the other one...but not for lack of trying on both counts.

Chris

P.S. a nice day out birding today. Found a pair of Black-capped Gnatcatchers and a singing Yellow-throated Vireo near Patagonia.

[birderbf]

Gold Chis Benesh 646
Silver emupilot 403
Bronze Tyrannulet 326
4th Prairiemerlin 319
5th Birdingcraft 301
6th Larry Lade 257
7th featherbrain1223 228
8th BEBirder 226
9th Birderbf 225
10th Ayasuda 200
11thStorm-Petrel 152
12th Jane Turner
13th colejwolf 58
14th B.C. Birder 101
15th napamatt 51


Category B:

Gold Jane Turner 580
Silver Teamsaint 279
Bronze The Devil Bird 133

[Storm-Petrel]

20 for me.........

[Jane Turner]

46b 20a

[birderbf]

No matter, here it is:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 1
Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens 1
Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 1
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii 1
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii 1
Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii 1
Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis 1
Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons 2
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 1
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 1
Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya 1
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 2
Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens 1
Nutting’s Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi 5
Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 1
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 1
La Sagra’s Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae 4
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 2
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 5
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 2
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 5
Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius 5
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 2
Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii 2
Cassin’s Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans 1
Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris 2
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis 1
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 1
Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis 2
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 1
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana 4
Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae 3
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 5
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 4
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 1
Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor 1
White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 1
Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris 5
Bell’s Vireo Vireo bellii 1
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla 2
Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior 2
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 1
Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus 1
Cassin’s Vireo Vireo cassinii 1
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius 1
Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni 1

[birderbf]

12 for me. I need to verify a possible Pacific-slope Flycatcher from thre years back though...

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

Yum! Flycatchers! I got 71 for this round (#12), for a total of 717. I few 4's and 5's this time, like Nutting's and La Sagra's flycatchers, Masked Tityra, and Brown Shrike. As a B player, it really would be everything this time around. |=)|

Chris

[featherbrain1223]

26, I saw so many of those guys in Ecuador........

254 subtotal

[Jane Turner]

My worst round 22B and 15A

[bebirder]

12 for me

[ayasuda]

I think I need a drink B (: maybe two B (: B (: .

Round 12 a dismal = 11

Total (Sob!) = 211 maybe one more for the road B (:

[B.C. Birder]

5 for me. Thats my major week point.

BC

[Storm-Petrel]

19 for me. is NBTY on it? i didnt see it...

[tyrannulet]

30 for me, have seen nothing above a 2 :(

[prairiemerlin]

39... yay! So I'm at 358.

[teamsaint]

errr 1

[Storm-Petrel]

ouch teamsaint!

[Birdingcraft]

ok, after last two rounds, 91 points for a total of 392.

[birderbf]

Hi All,

Yum! Flycatchers! I got 71 for this round (#12), for a total of 717. I few 4's and 5's this time, like Nutting's and La Sagra's flycatchers, Masked Tityra, and Brown Shrike. As a B player, it really would be everything this time around. |=)|

Chris

You had WHAT?! I never knew what that Masked thing was until I saw it in Peterson's, Brown Skrike is in very few field guides and who's seen BOTH La Sagras and Nutting's Flys?!!?!? Sandy Komito? Hey I wonde rif he's on BF somewhere... well I'm sure good ol' Storm-Petrel will nose him out! :t: :-O

[Storm-Petrel]

Yup, as a matter o fact i do know who he is! the ol' dude goes by the screenname DOC.

[Storm-Petrel]

whens the next um cumin?

[Chris Benesh]

You had WHAT?! I never knew what that Masked thing was until I saw it in Peterson's, Brown Skrike is in very few field guides and who's seen BOTH La Sagras and Nutting's Flys?!!?!? Sandy Komito? Hey I wonde rif he's on BF somewhere... well I'm sure good ol' Storm-Petrel will nose him out! :t: :-O

Well as a matter of fact, I have 'ticked' Sandy Komito. :-O He's been on a couple of tours of mine over the years. Sandy really works on his list and would blow me completely out of the water in the competition. Oh, and I didn't really want to rub in the Nutting's Flycatcher by mentioning that I had seen two of the three records for the ABA area. ;) And guess who was there at the same time I saw the second one in Orange County, CA. Sandy Komito. See this stranger than fiction story:
http://216.173.246.226/Astories/jan18/rarebird.html

For the record, this was not a big chase for me. I just happened to be in Orange County about to start a tour.

Chris

[emupilot]

I'm catching up, since I was away for a couple days. I have to amend my score on the 5th round since I saw my first King Rail yesterday in Texas!

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...42
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
10th round...63
11th round...51
12th round...45
12 round subtotal: an even 500

[tyrannulet]

Wow, chris!! :eek!: *whispers to david* I am afraid to see what stops he is going to pull out later...

[birderbf]

Sorry everyone! I just HAD to get a lifer today. So I got one, Stilt Sandpiper, and three more to add to my NY list.

Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus 1
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 1
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 1
Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis 3
Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus 2
Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister 5
Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis 1
Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri 1
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 1
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 2
Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio 3
Florida Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens 2
Island Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma insularis 2
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica 1
Mexican Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina 2
Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus 1
Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana 1
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia 1
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli 2
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula 4
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 1
Northwestern Crow Corvus caurinus 1
Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus 3
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus 1
Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus 1
Common Raven Corvus corax 1
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 2
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 1
Purple Martin Progne subis 1
Cuban Martin Progne cryptoleuca 5
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 5
Southern Martin Progne elegans 5
Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera 5
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor 1
Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea 5
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina 1
Bahama Swallow Tachycineta cyaneoviridis 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis 1
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 1
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 1
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva 1
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1
Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum 4
Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis 1
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus 1
Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli 1
Mexican Chickadee Poecile sclateri 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens 1
Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonica 1
Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cincta 3

[B.C. Birder]

19 for me that round.

BC

[birderbf]

Gold Chis Benesh 717
Silver emupilot 500
Bronze Tyrannulet 326
4th Prairiemerlin 319
5th Birdingcraft 301
6th Larry Lade 257
7th featherbrain1223 254
8th BEBirder 226
9th Birderbf 237
10th Ayasuda 211
11th Storm-Petrel 172
12th B.C. Birder 120
13th Jane Turner 89, right?
14th colejwolf 58
15th napamatt 51



Category B:

Gold Jane Turner 648
Silver Teamsaint 279
Bronze The Devil Bird 133

[bebirder]

19 also

[birderbf]

24 for me, plus my shiny new Stilt Sandpiper, so 25.

[Chris Benesh]

Hmmm,

A meager 54 for round thirteen, for a total of 771.

I bet I'm still tied with that Chis guy. ;)

Chris

[emupilot]

48 for me, thanks to Florida, south Texas, southeastern Arizona, and Santa Cruz Island...

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...42
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
10th round...63
11th round...51
12th round...45
13th round...48
13 round subtotal: 548

[Jane Turner]

13, 37b 19a

[birderbf]

13, 37b 19a

Wait a second... too many numbers!

[Jane Turner]

They were the score for round 13... 37b 19 on US soil

[prairiemerlin]

28 for me, so I'm at 386.

[Storm-Petrel]

20 for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Birdingcraft]

37 for me for a total of 338.

[ayasuda]

Round 13 - 18

Total = 229

[birderbf]

They were the score for round 13... 37b 19 on US soil

Ah OK that makes sense. Well here's 14.

Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi 2
Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus 1
Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi 1
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor 1
Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus 2
Verdin Auriparus flaviceps 1
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis 1
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis 1
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla 1
Brown Creeper Certhia americana 1
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus 1
Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus 1
Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus 1
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 1
Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii 1
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1
Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 1
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 1
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 1
American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus 1
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 1
Middendorff’s Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella ochotensis 4
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata 5
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 5
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 5
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 4
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 5
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 2
Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 1
California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica 2
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura 1
Black-capped Gnatcatcher Polioptila nigriceps 4
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina 5
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki 5
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla 4
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica 4
Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta 4
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 5
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 5
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope 3
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 2
Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane 5
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 4
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 2
Stonechat Saxicola torquatus 4

[birderbf]

Hmmm 14 for me. Lots of Old World stuff in there.

[Jane Turner]

17 in the US and 66 on B rules. Love those old world warblers and flycatchers!

[Chris Benesh]

Hi All,

I squeaked out a 49 for round #14, for a total of 820. Highlights being Dark-sided Flycatcher, Siberian Rubythroat, and a bunch of Black-capped Gnatcatchers.

Chris

[AStevenson]

Late entrant - total to date for all 14 sections on A rules is 462.

Trips to SE AZ, FL & Tortugas, and good pelagics off NC, as well as winter trips to DE and CA certainly helped!

Cheers,
Andrew

[ayasuda]

Round 14 = 6

Total = 235

[emupilot]

32 this round - North America isn't the best continent to see alot of those!

1st round...47
2nd round...45
3rd round...19
4th round...43
5th round...42
6th round...32
7th round...37
8th round...41
9th round...35
10th round...63
11th round...51
12th round...45
13th round...48
14th round...32
14 round subtotal: 580

[B.C. Birder]

I got 11.

BC

[OwlTalon]

I join late: Total is 253
Yet to figgure out rounds. I'll get back, but put me up there!

[Storm-Petrel]

21 for that round! ;)

[featherbrain1223]

30 for round 13
21 for round 14
Subtotal 305 if i not mistaken.