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    ABA Big Year 2019

    ...and the second part. Joe
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    A mid-year update (and likely the final one) based on the recent ABA update. Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler was accepted (pleasing John Weigel and the Deans, I'm sure!), and no action was taken on House Crow and Great White Pelican. I've removed them from the provisionals list. They can always be...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    ...and here are the US and Lower 48 sheets. Joe
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    I just read my latest Birding magazine and realized I had a touch of clean-up to do. The Ground-Doves are now Ground Doves, and Great-winged Petrel was split; the ABA version is Gray-faced Petrel. I'm attaching the revised lists (four to this post and the other four to the next); that should...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    Second time. The thing about the 500 species is that, even if there aren't a ton of coded birds (I don't know that there aren't) we've watched Big Year birders spend a bunch of time running around to clean things up. Sometimes they've missed the chance to chase great birds because they're making...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    I thought Olaf got off to a great start in 2016, and he did, but he ended January that year with 405, which could well have been a record at the time. Big Year strategies continue to evolve! Joe
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    The Stolls are off to a great start, but have not committed to a Big Year. The Deans are continuing to bird; we'll see if they jump in the pool once again. As mentioned above, Colin is off to a great start. I know him; he's single-minded enough to get to 700. I hear there's another birder out...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    I finally bit the bullet and put together the United States sheets for the first time. Yve, Olaf, Laura, John & Christian were kind enough to quickly get back to me about their Canada-only species, and I already had that info from the others. I may well set up the 2020 forum within a few weeks...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    Okay, John has sent his list of additional species for the Lower 48, added to those on his online list that were originally from the Lower 48. His "official" number is 702, so here's the updated list: US – Lower 48 Big Years - 680+ 723 Olaf Danielson 2016...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    I'm still waiting to get John's species list for the Lower 48, but here are the final tallies: US – Lower 48 Big Years - 680+ 723 Olaf Danielson 2016 http://olafsbigyear.blogspot.com/ 721 John Weigel 2016 personal communication 715 (+2) David McQuade 2019 personal communication 715 (+2) Tammy...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    I don't do spreadsheets for the US lists; the birders simply communicate which species were Canada-only. Here's the list; John set a new record! 835 (+1) John Weigel 2019 personal communication 832 John Weigel 2016 http://www.birdingfordevils.com/ 826 Olaf Danielson 2016 eBird – United States -...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    Here are the final tallies for the 2019 Continental ABA Big Year lists. Joe
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    Forum-ites, Here are the final tallies for the 2019 ABA Big Year lists. Joe
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    Amanda Damin has checked in; it'll take me a day or two to get all her species in, but here are the numbers: ABA: 795 US: 791 Continental: 743 Lower 48: 683 You can see the updated standings here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_year I don't yet have John's final Lower 48 total, but we'll...
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    ABA Big Year 2019

    The McQuades ended up with 788+2. It's amazing what a few days of Hawaiian birding can do. 2020 could be very interesting... Joe
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