I have 60 ‘Hawaii only’ species on my year-list. A number of these are still findable in the continental portion of the ABA area. The established ABA Big Year record is 784, so 21 non-Hawaiian species now required to break record, which seems unlikely without a newly found motivation to converting various ‘Hawaii only’ birds – e.g. Eurasian Skylark, Short-eared Owl, etc. In truth however, I don’t feel particularly motivated to chase these. With the passing of time, I’m confident that the ‘Old ABA’ area stats will be relegated in the same manner as the old ‘yards, not metres’ track and field records – e.g. who cares who ran fastest in the hundred yards dash back in the 60’s?