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  1. Nightjar61

    How Many Genera Have You Seen?

    Last year on a birding trip, I met a birder who was almost as excited about adding a new genus to his list as he was about seeing a life bird. His dedication and excitement about seeing a new genus made me curious about how many genera I have seen. It took a while, but I made a list of all the...
  2. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61’s 2021 Year List

    My Year List is made up so far of birds seen in West Virginia. DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS Canada Goose Gadwall Mallard Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser PIGEONS and DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove KITES, HAWKS and EAGLES Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk...
  3. Nightjar61

    No Clements Updates This Year

    Many of us look forward to the annual updates to the eBird/Clements Checklist in late July or early August. Unfortunately, it won’t be happening this year. From the Clements Checklist website: “Although we usually release a new version of the Clements Checklist in August, unfortunately we...
  4. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61’s 2020 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in West Virginia and Mexico. Lifers are in bold. PHEASANTS and ALLIES Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS Black-bellied Whistling Duck Canada Goose Cackling Goose Ross’s Goose Snow Goose Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duck...
  5. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61’s 2019 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in West Virginia, Ohio, and Panama. Taxonomy and nomenclature follow the IOC World List for the most part, but I have taken some English names from the Clements Checklist and the BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist where I feel those names are better. Lifers are...
  6. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61’s 2018 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia and Virginia) and Jamaica. Taxonomy follows the IOC World Bird List, but some English names follow the Clements Checklist. Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea Canada...
  7. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2017 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland). Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE, and WATERFOWL Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Ross's Goose Anser rossii Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Brant Branta bernicla Cackling Goose...
  8. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2016 Year List

    My Year List so far is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia and Ohio). Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE, and WATERFOWL Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) Canada Goose...
  9. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2015 Year List

    My Year List so far is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia and Connecticut). DUCKS, GEESE, and WATERFOWL Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescns) Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Mute Swan...
  10. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2014 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia). DUCKS, GEESE, and WATERFOWL Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Ross's Goose (Chen rossii) Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Mute Swan (Cygnus...
  11. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2013 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia, Arizona, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia). Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE, and WATERFOWL Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) Cackling Goose...
  12. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2012 Year List

    My Year List is made up so far of birds seen in the ABA Area (West Virginia, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and Ohio). Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Snow Goose (Chen...
  13. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2011 Year List

    My Year List is made up so far of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois, Florida, Delaware, New Jersey, and North Carolina) and Colombia (the Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula on the Caribbean coast). Lifers are in bold. DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS Fulvous Whistling...
  14. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2010 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, New Mexico, and one species each in Maryland and West Virginia) and Brazil (southeast Atlantic rainforest). Lifers are in bold. GUANS, CHACHALACAS & CURASSOWS Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura) TURKEYS Wild Turkey (Meleagris...
  15. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2009 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, West Virginia, Texas, one species at the airport in Miami, and Michigan), one species across the Rio Grande in Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia. Lifers are in bold. TINAMOUS Undulated Tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) GUANS...
  16. Nightjar61

    World Bird Names Taxonomic Updates

    The International Ornithological Congress has posted taxonomic updates to its website of Recommended English Names, at worldbirdnames.org/updates-tax.html. Among the many new taxonomic changes are proposed splits of Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Osprey, and Barn Owl. We'll have to see whether...
  17. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2008 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana), Honduras, and Peru. Lifers are in bold. Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata) Double-crested...
  18. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2007 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, Florida, and Wisconsin), Southern England, Gambia, Senegal, Yemen (including Socotra), and Djibouti. Lifers are in bold. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) Common Loon (Gavia immer) Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)...
  19. Nightjar61

    How Many Species of Gulls Have You Seen?

    I just ran across Larry Lade's thread about how many owls people have seen. It made me think about a group of birds that I love, the gulls. What I like about them is that they're big, they usually stay put long enough so you can study and identify them, and they can be long-distance travelers...
  20. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2006 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, California, Illinois, and North Carolina), Southern England, and Tunisia. Lifers are in bold. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Horned Grebe...
  21. Nightjar61

    Common Birds You Haven't Seen Yet This Year

    Every year it seems that there are common birds that should be almost automatic, yet I just can't seem to find them. In addition, it seems as if everyone I know has seen them. This year my nemesis birds are Red-headed Woodpecker and Brown Creeper. This is despite the fact I've spent hours in...
  22. Nightjar61

    Nightjar61's 2005 Year List

    My Year List is made up of birds seen in the ABA Area (Indiana, Minnesota, Georgia, Illinois, and Arizona), Southern England, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. I attained my goal of 600 species for the year. Lifers are in bold. Little Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe...
  23. Nightjar61

    How Was Your January?

    I got off to a good start for the year by seeing a total of 90 birds. My Year List was boosted by a four-day trip to Duluth, Minnesota to experience the unprecedented irruption of northern owls. I added a total of 21 species to my Year List, including four lifers: Northern Hawk Owl, Great Gray...
  24. Nightjar61

    How Many Lists Do You Keep?

    I consider myself a fairly obsessive lister, keeping a total of 19 lists. They include my Word/Life List, North America/ABA Area List, Holarctic Region List, Palearctic Region List, Oriental Region List, Neotropical Region List, Africa List, Asia List, Europe List, South America List, Caribbean...
  25. Nightjar61

    Hello From Indiana

    I just found this forum and am looking forward to meeting birders from around the world. I currenty live in Indiana, but have lived and birded in Vermont, Colorado, southern California, and Illinois. I've only been here for a year and a half, so I'm actively working at building up my Indiana...
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