ABA Big Year 2019 (3 Viewers)

etudiant · Jan 1, 2020

trptjoe said:
For my first post about 2020: in addition to Hawaii being a great way to end a Big Year, isn’t it also a fine way to begin one? Just sayin’
Joe

Happy New Year, slightly belatedly, and many thanks for keeping us in the loop on this.
Many, many happy returns!

trptjoe · Jan 2, 2020

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

Tikli · Jan 2, 2020

John got no new species, so final tally and new record is 840 + 1 (Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler).

https://birdingyear.com/outta-of-the-stadium/

Congratulations for John! It's been interesting year to follow. Let's hope someone somewhere does a Big Year and decides to live blog it.

Many thanks also to Joe for excellent Excel tables.

Tikli · Jan 2, 2020

John missed 33 species he saw in 2016:
Code 3 - 8
Smew (3)
Mariana Swiftlet (3)
Curlew Sandpiper (3)
Ross’s Gull (3)
Least Storm-Petrel (3)
Gray-headed Chickadee (3)
Eyebrowed Trush (3)
Flame-colored Tanager (3)

Code 4 - 13
Common Shelduck (4)
Plain-capped Starthroat (4)
Northern Jacana (4)
Far Eastern Curlew (4)
Black-tailed Gull (4)
Yellow-legged Gull (4)
Kelp Gull (4)
Blue-footed Booby (4)
Tufted Flycatcher (4)
Dusky Warbler (4)
Redwing (4)
Streak-backed Oriole (4)
Blue Bunting (4)

Code 5 - 11
Graylag Goose (5)
Common Scoter (5)
Pin-tailed Snipe (5)
Amazon Kingfisher (5)
Nutting’s Flycatcher (5)
Variegated Flycatcher (5)
Pine Flycatcher (5)
Cuban Vireo (5)
Sinaloa Wren (5)
Common Chiffchaff (5)
Pine Bunting (5)

Lump - 1
Thayer’s Gull LUMP

And saw 38 species not seen in 2016:
Code 3 - 14
Taiga Bean Goose (3)
Tundra Bean Goose (3)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Guadalupe Murrelet (3)
Bermuda Petrel (3)
Bulwer’s Petrel (3)
Juan Fernandez Petrel (3)
Black-winged Petrel (3)
Newell's Shearwater (3)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (3)
Siberian Rubythroat (3)
Olive-backed Pipit (3)
Puaiohi (3)
Yellow-faced Grassquit (3)

Code 4 - 12
Falcated Duck (4)
Key West Quail-Dove (4)
Great Knot (4)
Nazca Booby (4)
White-tailed Eagle (4)
Steller’s Sea-Eagle (4)
Green-breasted Mango (4)
Dusky Trush (4)
Gray Wagtail (4)
Hawfinch (4)
Little Bunting (4)
Yellow Grosbeak (4)

Code 5 - 8
Antillean Palm-Swift (5)
Dark-billed Cuckoo (5)
Great Black Hawk (5)
Long-legged Buzzard (5)
Eurasian Wryneck (5)
Rufous-tailed Robin (5)
Red-legged Trush (5)
Pallas’s Bunting (5)

Provisional - 1
Pallas’s Grasshopper-Warbler PROV

Split/added to list - 3
Indian Peafowl (2)
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (2)
Cassia Crossbill (2)

Selsey Birder · Jan 3, 2020

There is a further update on John's blog, it seems that the number will be reduced by one as his only Black Rosy-finch transpired (whilst he was reviewing his photographs) to be a very dark Gray-crowned Rosy-finch - Ouch !!

etudiant · Jan 4, 2020

So is anyone doing a 2020 Big Year that we know of?

Also, it would seem that China now has enough relatively wealthy people that a Big Year there should be eminently doable. It might even get official blessing, as part of an effort to highlight China's efforts to preserve its wealth of natural resources.

trptjoe · Jan 5, 2020

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 get there.

Congrats to Amanda!

Joe

trptjoe · Jan 5, 2020

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

Joe

trptjoe · Jan 5, 2020

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

Joe

trptjoe · Jan 5, 2020

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 - 2016
824 (+1) Nicole Koeltzow 2018 eBird – United States - 2018
814 Ruben Stoll 2017 personal communication
814 Victor Stoll 2017 personal communication
813 Yve Morrell 2017 personal communication
812 Laura Keene 2016 ABA Listing Central
791 Amanda Damin 2019 eBird – United States - 2019
788 (+2) David McQuade 2019 eBird – United States - 2019
788 (+2) Tammy McQuade 2019 eBird – United States - 2019
759 (+1) Gaylee Dean 2019 eBird – United States - 2019
759 (+1) Richard Dean 2019 eBird – United States - 2019
748 Christian Hagenlocher 2016 ABA Listing Central
741 Gaylee Dean 2017 eBird – United States - 2017
740 Neil Hayward 2013 ABA Listing Central

McMadd · Jan 6, 2020

etudiant said:
Also, it would seem that China now has enough relatively wealthy people that a Big Year there should be eminently doable. It might even get official blessing, as part of an effort to highlight China's efforts to preserve its wealth of natural resources.

Already one been done by Tong Menxui a couple of years back now...

etudiant · Jan 6, 2020

McMadd said:
Already one been done by Tong Menxui a couple of years back now...

Thank you for that info.
I'd not known that, never saw it posted anywhere. Is there a link you're aware of?
In any case, delighted that someone has kicked the ball into play. Just hope that there will now be lots of other contestants.

trptjoe · Jan 8, 2020

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 McQuade 2019 personal communication
710 John Weigel 2019 personal communication
706 (+1) Nicole Koeltzow 2018 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2018
704 Chris Hitt 2010 web page saved
704 Dan Gesualdo 2018 personal communication
703 Gaylee Dean 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
702 Richard Dean 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
699 Christian Hagenlocher 2016 ABA Listing Central
697 Laura Keene 2016 ABA Listing Central
692 John Vanderpoel 2011 ABA Listing Central
691 Neil Hayward 2013 ABA Listing Central
686 Brandon Reo 2015 eBird – US Lower 48 – 2015
686 Yve Morrell 2017 personal communication
685 Dan Sanders 2005 ABA Listing Central
683 Amanda Damin 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
680 Dan Gesualdo 2015 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2015

trptjoe · Jan 19, 2020

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 http://olafsbigyear.blogspot.com/
721 John Weigel 2016 personal communication
715 (+2) David McQuade 2019 personal communication
715 (+2) Tammy McQuade 2019 personal communication
706 (+1) Nicole Koeltzow 2018 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2018
704 Chris Hitt 2010 web page saved
704 Dan Gesualdo 2018 personal communication
703 Gaylee Dean 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
702 Richard Dean 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
702 John Weigel 2019 personal communication
699 Christian Hagenlocher 2016 ABA Listing Central
697 Laura Keene 2016 ABA Listing Central
692 John Vanderpoel 2011 ABA Listing Central
691 Neil Hayward 2013 ABA Listing Central
686 Brandon Reo 2015 eBird – US Lower 48 – 2015
686 Yve Morrell 2017 personal communication
685 Dan Sanders 2005 ABA Listing Central
683 Amanda Damin 2019 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2019
680 Dan Gesualdo 2015 eBird – US Lower 48 - 2015

trptjoe · Jan 22, 2020

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, as Colin Dobson is shooting to be the youngest person to get 700 in a year.

Joe

Farnboro John · Jan 22, 2020

Have we got any early declarations for 2020 runners and riders?

John

trptjoe · Jan 22, 2020

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 there working on a Lower 48 year.
I'm attaching the final docs for 2019.

On to 2020!

Joe

heynonny · Jan 25, 2020

I was wondering about the Stolls, They’ve been all over the place this month, with some amazing Instagram photos under their belts.

Muppit17 · Jan 25, 2020

Perhaps Joe is able to give some idea of the January ABA record. Currently, with a week still to go in the month, the Stolls with Flynn Biter & Alan Troyer have seen 464 species. 500 is surely in reach

trptjoe · Jan 27, 2020

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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