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How Is Your 2016 List Going? (1 Viewer)

20 and 31-38 needed correction as I forgot a mccaw

20 little blue heron
21 scarlet mccaw
22 mag. frigatebird
23 mangrove black-hawk L
24 white ibis
25 tricolored heron L
26 whimbrel
27 willet
28 wood stork
29 northern waterthrush
30 roseate spoonbill
31 osprey
1-3
32 gray-necked wood-rail L
33 broad-winged hawk
34 chestnut backet antbird L
35 orange-billed sparrow L
36 great crested flycatcher
37 black hooded antshrike L
38 ocher bellied flycatcher L
39 lesser nighthawk L
40 chestnut-mandibled toucan
41 clay-colored robin
 
A few more for AZ before the trek back to CA:
71. Vesper Sparrow
72. Loggerhead Shrike
73. Brewer's Sparrow
74. Clay-colored Sparrow
75. Dark-eyed Junco
76. Curve-billed Thrasher
 
1-4 San Jose CR
42 red-lored parrot
43 bananaquit
45 rock dove
46 white-winged dove
47 tropical kingbird
48 tennessee warbler
 
Happy New Year from Washington DC!

I'm looking forward to another birding year and aiming to hit 250, after coming in at a cool 218 for 2015.

I see many are already posting big numbers. It's quite cold here and have only managed to see 16 birds so far...

1-2 January

Chevy Chase, MD, USA
1. Canada Goose
2. Black Vulture
3. Mourning Dove
4. Downy Woodpecker
5. Blue Jay
6. American Crow
7. Carolina Wren
8. American Robin
9. Northern Cardinal
10. House Sparrow

3 January

Great Falls National Park, VA, USA
11. Double-crested Cormorant
12. Great Blue Heron
13. Turkey Vulture
14. Red-shouldered Hawk

4 January

Fletcher's Cove, Washington, DC, USA
15. Mallard
16. Carolina Chickadee

World life list: 465 (Red Crossbill, Portland, OR, USA; December 2015)
USA life list: 147 (Red Crossbill, Portland, OR, USA; December 2015)
2016 year list: 16 (Carolina Chickadee, Fletcher's Cove, Washington, DC, USA; January 2016)
 
1. Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
Merlin
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
10.Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
20.American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (R-sh)
American Kestrel
Blue Jay
30.Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Harris Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
40.Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Western Meadowlark
House Sparrow
Greater White-fronted Goose
American Wigeon
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
50.Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Cedar Waxwing
Lapland Longspur
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
60.Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
 
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This afternoon I stopped briefly at a state park on my way home from work and picked up three new birds for the year.

64. Sharp-shinned Hawk
65. American Black Duck
66. Gadwall

Dave
 
Stopoff in Yuma, AZ bagged me an ABA code-4 lifer (not self-found, continuing rarity):
77. European Starling
78. Belted Kingfisher
79. Merlin
80. Streak-backed Oriole (lifer)
81. Northern Flicker

And Salton Sea really never could disappoint...
82. Ring-billed Gull
83. Long-billed Curlew
84. Tree Swallow
85. Savannah Sparrow
86. Cedar Waxwing
87. American Robin
88. Abert's Towhee
89. Anna's Hummingbird
90. Black-crowned Night-Heron
91. Common Ground-Dove
92. Brewer's Blackbird
93. Snowy Egret
94. White-faced Ibis
95. Northern Harrier
96. Black-necked Stilt
97. Northern Pintail
98. American Avocet
99. Red-winged Blackbird
100. Killdeer
101. Cattle Egret
102. American White Pelican
103. Ridgway's Rail
104. Long-billed Dowitcher
105. American Bittern (CA lifer)
106. Caspian Tern
107. Greater Yellowlegs
108. Western Sandpiper
109. Snow Goose
110. California Gull
111. Common Yellowthroat
112. Sandhill Crane
113. Marbled Godwit
 
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1-4 San Jose CR
42 red-lored parrot
43 bananaquit
45 rock dove
46 white-winged dove
47 tropical kingbird
48 tennessee warbler
I was doing these out of my head but I did get the names right. The earlier one
11 neotropical flycatcher
was the kingbird 47, so I had it twice. So only 47 total for the Costa Rica 2016.
 
Four new birds today puts me at an even 70 for the year.

67. Ring-billed Gull
68. Northern Shoveler
69. Green-winged Teal
70. Common Goldeneye

Dave
 
The rain let up this afternoon for a well timed twitch:
114. Bushtit
115. Mitred Parakeet
116. Western Gull
117. American Crow
118. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (local rarity)
119. Cassin's Kingbird
120. Western Bluebird
121. Nuttall's Woodpecker
122. Mountain Chickadee
 
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52. Long-tailed Tit

In Shrewsbury this afternoon.

Should be heading out to a bird reserve tomorrow which will help kick-start things a bit.
 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Killdeer
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Common Grackle
 
This morning I managed to find four new birds for the year, so I'm now up to 74.

71. Common Loon
72. Common Merganser
73. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
74. Barred Owl

Dave
 
Revised (Missouri List) 84 bird species this year.
American Coot
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American Tree Sparrow
American Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Carolina Wren
Cedar Waxwing
Common Goldeneye
Common Grackle
Common Merganser
Cooper's Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Meadowlark
Eurasian Collared-Dove
European Starling
Gadwall
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Greater White-fronted Goose
Green-winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Harris Sparrow
Hooded Merganser
House Finch
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Lapland Longspur
Lesser Scaup
Mallard
Merlin
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
Pied-billed Grebe
Purple Finch
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Redhead
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Ross's Goose
Ruddy Duck
Savannah Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Snow Goose
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Trumpeter Swan
Tufted Titmouse
Western Meadowlark
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Wild Turkey
Yellow-rumped Warbler
 
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