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  1. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Wow! With 40 odd hours left, what realistic targets does Olaf have left to tie on 777? A big risk trip to the Aleutians/Alaska for wildfowl? Does John still have any gaps on the list to put it beyond doubt?
  2. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Checking the blogs, I get the following JW: 779 OD: 772 (+2: Pine Flycatcher & Intermediate Egret) LK: 755 CH: 745 (not 743)
  3. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I updated trpjoe's spreadsheet using updates posted here: JW: 779 OD: 773 LK: 755 CH: 743 Most likely some errors.
  4. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    One point on Hawaii is that it is a full state (#50 having joined in 1959) whereas the others are territories.
  5. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Thanks. Still needed by the four and reasonably gettable... Code 1: -Purple Sandpiper (LK) -Harris's Sparrow (JW) Code 2: -Greater Prairie Chicken (CH) -Mottled Petrel (LK) -Yellow Rail (CH) -Mountain Plover (CH) -Little Auk/Dovekie (CH + LK) -N Saw-whet Owl (CH) -Bohemian Waxwing (LK)...
  6. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Indeed. Pied Wagtail wouldn't have been high on my list of birds to be found in North America, considering the small range and mainly sedentary population (though some do winter outside of Britain and Ireland).
  7. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Interesting wagtail record from New Hampshire earlier this month: http://ebird.org/ebird/nh/view/checklist?subID=S32344508 Would this be the first Pied Wagtail (M. a. yarrellii) for the ABA area?
  8. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Very good map of >Code 2 bird sightings in the US and Canada, as well as Hawaii: http://kiwifoto.com/rba/plot.php An unconfirmed report of Common Scoter in QC is interesting. Edit: Scoter appears to be data entry error.
  9. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I wonder if John or Olaf will take a punt to stake out the Hummer feeder in West Texas for the first Amethyst-throated Hummingbird in the US seen there yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAXKSsKKPk
  10. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    The main reason I asked re Greenland was that is not currently covered by either the ABA area or the WP. I am sure there must be endless discussions amongst Greenlandian birders about whether they would rather be in the WP or ABA areas :)
  11. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Will Greenland be considered as well? Or is that in ABA area already?
  12. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I think someone posted it a while ago, but what "unique" species have Olaf and John seen (i.e seen by one but not the other so far)?
  13. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Great, thanks. First passage Buff-breasted Sandpipers beginning to turn up in the mid west: http://ebird.org/ebird/map/bubsan?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=6-7&bmo=6&emo=7&yr=cur
  14. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Does that mean they are back at level pegging on 751? Good to see Olaf getting to 750 B (:
  15. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/common-swift-at-cape-race-newfoundland.html Update by Bruce MacTavish on the recent Common Swift at Cape Race. Interestingly, there is a comment relating to another Common Swift found in Montreal in 2007, which was identified as a Chimney Swift at...
  16. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Tongue firmly in cheek with both nicknames :) Thanks for info on the Black Swift as well :t:
  17. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    By way of contrast, Olaf has added 3 species this month while John has managed to add 19. Even in June, John was way ahead, adding 61 to Olaf's 34. An interesting comparison in strategy and rewards between "quick starter" Olaf and "tortoise" John.
  18. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    I guess the last pic in that update is of Black Swift on the nest?
  19. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Looking at recent reports, Vancouver may be a good option for John. Vaux's and Black Swift + Bairds Sandpiper reported from there in the last few days. Spruce Grouse and Grey Partridge also seen a couple of hours drive east of Vancouver, which would bring the total to 749 (?) in a best case...
  20. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    The only birder to beat himself in a listing competition :-O Seriously, I think you mean Olaf?
  21. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Olaf mentions this incident in his latest blog post as well.
  22. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Does this mean John W holds the record for most coded birds seen in a year? Or has somebody seen 90+?
  23. Captain_of_Crunch

    ABA Big Year 2016

    Skylark is an introduced resident on Vancouver island so should be gettable if he is visiting Seattle/Washinton state. Edit: Unless there is a genuine vagrant as well?
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