How much species are on your lifelists? (1 Viewer)

RockyRacoon · Apr 26, 2004

I have a new list, which this time I am going to stick to! How long are your lifelists? How many birds do they have on them?

pduxon · Apr 26, 2004

I'm sure there was one of these a while back but ....

anyway mine is 176 think its taken about 21 months to reach that.

RockyRacoon · Apr 26, 2004

pduxon said:
I'm sure there was one of these a while back but ....

anyway mine is 176 think its taken about 21 months to reach that.

I wasn't here then, I'm a newer member

CJW · Apr 26, 2004

Here you go, Jake:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=4643

Gill Osborne · Apr 26, 2004

I've been birding since about 1984 and my list currently stands at, rather embarrassingly, 168.
Latest new species was a couple of weeks ago on Sunday, 4th April...which is about the last time I did actually find the time to get out properly for a bit of birding!!! Well, apart from Wednesday just gone when I was at Wallington Hall and saw a few nice birds...a couple of new Year ticks but nothing new on the Life List!
Was hoping to reach 200 in my Life List this year but seem to have been short on time this year(so far)...need to get my finger out and get more birding done!!!

GILL

gthang · Apr 26, 2004

I have been birding since last July and here's my list:
01. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
02. Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
03. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
04. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
05. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
06. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
07. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
08. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
09. Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
10. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
11. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
12. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
13. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
14. Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
15. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
16. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
17. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
18. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
19. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
20. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
21. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
22. Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
23. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
24.Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
25. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
26. White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
27. Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
28. House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
29. American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
30. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
31. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
32. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
33. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
34. American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
35. Pine Siskin (Cardeulis pinus)
36. Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
37. Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
38. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
39. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
40. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
41. Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
42. Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
43. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
44. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
45. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
46. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
47. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
48. Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
49. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
50. Rock Dove (Columba livia)
51. American Coot (Fulica americana)
52. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
53. Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
54. Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
55. Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
56. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
57. White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
58. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
59. Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
60. Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
61. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

Red items are birds that I've photographed. Black ones are ones that my father has photographed but I have not seen.

MikeMules · Apr 27, 2004

Since mid-2001, my list stands at 383 Australian + 100 European = 483 spp.

If I included all those seen before 2001 my Australian list would be around 440-450.

lassa8 · Apr 27, 2004

I've been keeping track off and on for the past couple years, but only in the past couple months have I actively been looking for birds whenever I'm outside, so my list stands at a paltry 83. All have been seen in the midwest and southwestern United States.

lassa8 · Apr 27, 2004

gthang said:
Red items are birds that I've photographed. Black ones are ones that my father has photographed but I have not seen.

I'm confused, gthang. Have you not seen the 27 species in black? There are certainly several species on there that I would love to see!

columbidae · Apr 27, 2004

I have been birding for about two years, and yesterday I added my 141st bird.
Broken down by year:
2002 1-42
2003 43-116
2004 117-141

Bird #1 Carolina chickadee 1/12/2002
Bird #100 Blue grosbeak 8/23/2003
Bird #141 Ovenbird 4/25/2004

Dave B Smith · Apr 27, 2004

I started noting the birds I saw about 10 years ago on a trip to Costa Rica. I jotted them down on scraps of paper or on the borders of various field guides. Last year (thanks to some threads on Birdforum) I decided it was time to organize them and start keeping a life list. In these 10 years, I have finally reached 427 birds. Some years I've had as few as 10 and my best year (last year) I had 97. This year I have 44 new lifers.

I find keeping lists gives me a discipline I didn't have before and I do enjoy looking back over it and the memories it brings up of where I saw the different birds.

Neil · Apr 27, 2004

I only count the species that I photograph (even a bad photo gets counted) and my Australian list is about 200 and I have about 50 species from the USA.
Neil

Charles Harper · Apr 27, 2004

1,372 (as per Clements) and that's taken 40 years. Not a very good rate of acquisition-- averaging only 34 species a year.

Rasmus Boegh · Apr 27, 2004

Not that far from being halfway through the worlds species... incl. the roughly 1400+ I had the pleasure of seeing on a recent trip through much of South America.
Having said that, number isn't really what is important to me... Anybody want to trade all my small and grey Tyrant-flycatcher for a single Picathartes

gthang · Apr 27, 2004

lassa8 said:
I'm confused, gthang. Have you not seen the 27 species in black? There are certainly several species on there that I would love to see!

Well most of them anyway. The only black ones I haven't seen are Pileated Woodpecker, Mute Swan, Common Merganser, Rock Dove, and American Coot. All the other black ones are ones taken by my father on our vacation last July, except Wild Turkey (Seen crossing a road in Stormville), Northern Mockingbird (Seen at the neighborhood pond), European Starling (Seen in White Plains, and Hopewell Junction), Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (On our hummingbird feeder), and Bald Eagle (On the Hudson River, and Bashakill Marsh). Of those, only the Northern Mockingbird wasn't photographed by either of us. My dad has never seen one, but I have seen it at the location in parenthesis, but neglected to find it again while I had my camera.

SimonC · Apr 27, 2004

gthang said:
Well most of them anyway. The only black ones I haven't seen are Pileated Woodpecker, Mute Swan, Common Merganser, Rock Dove, and American Coot. .........

Now I'm confused!
If you haven't seen them, how can they be on your life list?????
I don't geddit!?!

Tero · Apr 27, 2004

Charles Harper said:
1,372 (as per Clements) and that's taken 40 years. Not a very good rate of acquisition-- averaging only 34 species a year.

Ah, but you got more than 34 species the first few years.

I have gotten some 5 new species this year. So at that rate...I should hit 200 in a bout 5-7 years. :eek!: I need some more time on this. I'm only going out of town for son's scout trips.

A few days in Wisconsin this summer, though. Should help.

gthang · Apr 27, 2004

Oh don't worry about it. I'll take them off!

pduxon · Apr 27, 2004

gthang said:
Oh don't worry about it. I'll take them off!

I'm still confused!! How about posting a list of the ones you've seen and ignore any other sub categories - we're simple folk over here

gthang · Apr 27, 2004

OK here goes! 56 birds!
01. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
02. Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
03. American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
04. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
05. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
06. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
07. Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
08. Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
09. Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
10. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
11. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
12. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
13. Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
14. Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
15. White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
16. Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
17. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
18. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
19. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
20. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
21. Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
22. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
23. Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
24. White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
25. Boat-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major)
26. House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
27. American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
28. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
29. Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
30. Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
31. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
32. American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
33. Pine Siskin (Cardeulis pinus)
34. Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
35. Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
36. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
37. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
38. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
39. Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
40. Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
41. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
42. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
43. European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
44. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
45. Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
46. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
47. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
48. Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
49. Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
50. Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
51. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
52. White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
53. Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
54. Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
55. Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
56. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

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