Stephennj's 2008 yearlist (1 Viewer)

I always fail to keep a yearlist documented but since I know this will be a good year for me I will try to keep it going here. No excuses now !
Any Lifers I get will be in Boldface.

1 Herring Gull -Jan 1
2 American Robin -Jan 1
3 American Crow Jan 1
4 Rock Pigeon - Jan 1
5 Canada Goose - Jan 1
6 Dark-eyed Junco -Jan 2
7 House Sparrow -Jan 2
8 Mourning Dove - Jan 2
9 Europen Starling - Jan 2
10 Northern Cardinal - Jan 2
11 White-throated Sparrow - Jan 2
11 Downy Woodpecker - Jan 2
12 Red-tailed Hawk - Jan 2
13 Blue Jay - Jan 3
14 American Goldfinch - Jan 4
15 Carolina Chickadee - Jan 4
16 Red-bellied Woodpecker - Jan 5
17 Carolina Wren - Jan 5
18 Tufted Titmouse - Jan 5
19 Song Sparrow - Jan 5
20 Turkey Vulture Jan 6
21 Fish Crow - Jan 9
22 White-breasted Nuthatch - Jan 9

Participated in the East Brunswick Big Day Bird Count here in New Jersey with a very experienced group , we did well for four hours I was there.

23 Hooded Merganser -Jan 12
24 Common Grackle -Jan 12
25 Northern Flicker -Jan12
26 Mute Swan -Jan 12
27 Egyptian Goose -Jan 12
28 Red-winged Blackbird -Jan 12
29 Hairy Woodpecker -Jan 12
30 Greater Black-backed Gull -Jan 12
31 Brown-headed Cowbird -Jan 12
32 Song Sparrow -Jan 12
33 House Finch -Jan 12
34 Coopers Hawk -Jan 12
35 Eastern Bluebird -Jan 12
36 Black Vulture - Jan 12
37 Lesser Black-backed Gull -Jan 12
38 Savannah Sparrow -Jan 12
39 Northern Harrier -Jan 12
40 Double-crested Cormrant -Jan 12
41 Common Merganser -Jan 12
42 Bald Eagle -Jan 12
43 Tree Sparrow -Jan 12

Attached is the birding group from this morning , the fellow in the dark coat and green pants is Irish guide Terry Carruthers. We were actually at a landfill here which is why there is alot of garbage around but it was productive for raptors & gulls .My excuse for not being in the photo is that I took the picture !

Finally posting this: Jan 25 thru Jan 31 , Costa Rica in alphabetical order


44 Ani, Smooth-billed Crotophaga ani
45 Antbird, Bicoloured Gymnopithys bicolor
46 Antbird, Ocellated Phaenostictus mcleannani
47 Antshrike, Fasciated Cymbilaimus lineatus
48 Antwren, Checker-throated Myrmotherula fulviventris
49 Aracari, Collared Pteroglossus torquatus
50 Attila, Bright-rumped Attila spadiceus
51 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
52 Barbet, Prong-billed Semnornis frantzii
53 Barbet, Red-headed Eubucco bourcierii
54 Barbtail, Spotted Premnoplex brunnescens
55 Barbthroat, Band-tailed Threnetes ruckeri
56 Becard, Barred Pachyramphus versicolor
57 Becard, Cinnamon Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
58 Brilliant, Green-crowned Heliodoxa jacula
59 Cacique, Yellow-billed Amblycercus holosericeus
60 Chachalaca, Grey-headed Ortalis cinereiceps
61 Chlorophonia, Golden-browed Chlorophonia callophrys
62 Cormorant, Neotropic Phalacrocorax brasilianus
63 Cotinga, Snowy Carpodectes nitidus
64 Cuckoo, Squirrel Piaya cayana
65 Curassow, Great Crax rubra
66 Dacnis, Blue Dacnis cayana
68 Dipper, American Cinclus mexicanus
69 Dove, Grey-chested Leptotila cassini
70 Dove, Inca Columbina inca
71 Dove, Ruddy Ground- Columbina talpacoti
72 Dove, White-tipped Leptotila verreauxi
73 Dove, White-winged Zenaida asiatica
74 Egret, Cattle Bubulcus ibis
75 Egret, Great Egretta alba
76 Elaenia, Mountain Elaenia frantzii
77 Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia flavogaster
78 Emerald, Coppery-headed Elvira cupreiceps
79 Euphonia, Elegant Euphonia elegantissima
80 Euphonia, Olive-backed Euphonia gouldi
81 Euphonia, Tawny-capped Euphonia anneae
82 Euphonia, Yellow-crowned Euphonia luteicapilla
83 Fairy, Purple-crowned Heliothrix barroti
84 Falcon, Bat Falco rufigularis
85 Finch, Chestnut-capped Brush- Atlapetes brunneinucha
86 Finch, Large-footed Pezopetes capitalis
87 Finch, Nicaraguan Seed- Oryzoborus nuttingi
88 Finch, Peg-billed Acanthidops bairdii
89 Finch, Yellow-thighed Pselliophorus tibialis
90 Flower-piercer, Slaty Diglossa plumbea
91 Flycatcher, Black-capped Empidonax atriceps
92 Flycatcher, Boat-billed Megarynchus pitangua
93 Flycatcher, Common Tody- Todirostrum cinereum
94 Flycatcher, Dusky-capped Myiarchus tuberculifer
95 Flycatcher, Grey-capped Myiozetetes granadensis
96 Flycatcher, Olive-striped Mionectes olivaceus
97 Flycatcher, Ruddy-tailed Myiobius erythrurus
98 Flycatcher, Social Myiozetetes similis
99 Flycatcher, Tufted Mitrephanes phaeocercus
100 Flycatcher, Yellowish Empidonax flavescens
101 Gallinule, Purple Porphyrio martinicus
102 Grackle, Great-tailed Quiscalus mexicanus
103 Grassquit, Blue-black Volatinia jacarina
104 Grassquit, Yellow-faced Tiaris olivacea
105 Greenlet, Lesser Hylophilus decurtatus
106 Grosbeak, Black-faced Caryothraustes poliogaster
107 Grosbeak, Rose-breasted Pheucticus ludovicianus
108 Guan, Black Chamaepetes unicolor
109 Guan, Crested Penelope purpurascens
110 Hawk, Broad-winged Buteo platypterus
111 Hawk, Grey Buteo plagiatus
112 Hawk, Roadside Buteo magnirostris
113 Hawk, Short-tailed Buteo brachyurus
114 Hermit, Green Phaethornis guy
115 Hermit, Long-billed Phaethornis longirostris
116 Hermit, Stripe-throated Phaethornis striigularis
117 Heron, Bare-throated Tiger- Tigrisoma mexicanum
118 Heron, Great Blue Ardea herodias
119 Heron, Green Butorides virescens
120 Honeycreeper, Green Chlorophanes spiza
121 Hummingbird, Black-bellied Eupherusa nigriventris
122 Hummingbird, Fiery-throated Panterpe insignis
123 Hummingbird, Magnificent Eugenes fulgens
124 Hummingbird, Rufous-tailed Amazilia tzacatl
125 Hummingbird, Scaly-breasted Phaeochroa cuvierii
126 Hummingbird, Scintillant Selasphorus scintilla
127 Hummingbird, Violet-headed Cyanophaia bicolor
128 Hummingbird, Volcano Selasphorus flammula
129 Ibis, Green Mesembrinibis cayennensis
130 Jacamar, Rufous-tailed Galbula ruficauda
131 Jacana, Northern Jacana spinosa
132 Jacobin, White-necked Florisuga mellivora
133 Jay, Brown Psilorhinus morio
134 Junco, Volcano Junco vulcani
135 Kingbird, Eastern Tyrannus tyrannus
136 Kingbird, Tropical Tyrannus melancholicus
137 Kingfisher, Amazon Chloroceryle amazona
138 Kingfisher, Green Chloroceryle americana
139 Kingfisher, Ringed Ceryle torquatus
140 Kiskadee, Great Pitangus sulphuratus
141 Kite, Double-toothed Harpagus bidentatus
142 Kite, Swallow-tailed Elanoides forficatus
143 Macaw, Great Green Ara ambigua
144 Manakin, White-collared Manacus candei
145 Manakin, White-crowned Pipra pipra
146 Manakin, White-ruffed Corapipo altera
147 Mango, Green-breasted Anthracothorax prevostii
148 Mockingbird, Tropical Mimus gilvus
149 Motmot, Blue-crowned Momotus coeruliceps
150 Motmot, Rufous Baryphthengus martii
151 Mountain-gem, Purple-throated Lampornis calolaema
152 Mountain-gem, White-bellied Lampornis hemileucus
153 Mountain-gem, White-throated Lampornis castaneoventris
154 Mourner, Rufous Rhytipterna holerythra
155 Nighthawk, Short-tailed Lurocalis semitorquatus
156 Nightjar, Dusky Caprimulgus saturatus
157 Oriole, Baltimore Icterus galbula
158 Oriole, Black-cowled Icterus prosthemelas
159 Oropendola, Chestnut-headed Psarocolius wagleri
160 Oropendola, Montezuma Gymnostinops montezuma
161 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
162 Parakeet, Crimson-fronted Aratinga finschi
163 Parakeet, Olive-throated Aratinga nana
164 Parakeet, Orange-chinned Brotogeris jugularis
165 Parakeet, Sulphur-winged Pyrrhura hoffmanni
166 Parrot, Brown-hooded Pionopsitta haematotis
167 Parrot, Mealy Amazona farinosa
168 Parrot, Red-lored Amazona autumnalis
169 Parrot, White-crowned Pionus senilis
170 Parrot, Yellow-crowned Amazona ochrocephala
171 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
172 Peppershrike, Rufous-browed Cyclarhis gujanensis
173 Pewee, Dark Contopus lugubris
174 Pewee, Tropical Contopus cinereus
175 Phoebe, Black Sayornis nigricans
176 Pigeon, Band-tailed Patagioenas fasciata
177 Pigeon, Pale-vented Patagioenas cayennensis
178 Pigeon, Rock Columba livia feral (introduced)
179 Pigeon, Short-billed Patagioenas nigrirostris
180 Piha, Rufous Lipaugus unirufus
181 Plumeleteer, Bronze-tailed Chalybura urochrysia
182 Quetzal, Resplendent Pharomachrus mocinno
183 Redstart, American Setophaga ruticilla
184 Redstart, Collared Myioborus torquatus
185 Redstart, Slate-throated Myioborus miniatus
186 Robin, Clay-coloured Turdus grayi
187 Robin, Mountian Turdu plebejus
188 Sabrewing, Violet Campylopterus hemileucurus
189 Saltator, Black-headed Saltator atriceps
190 Saltator, Buff-throated Saltator maximus
191 Saltator, Greyish Saltator coerulescens
192 Sandpiper, Spotted Actitis macularia
193 Seedeater, Variable Sporophila corvina
194 Seedeater, White-collared Sporophila torqueola
195 Silky-Flycatcher, Black-and-yellow - Phainoptila melanoxantha
196 Silky-Flycatcher, Long-tailed - Ptilogonys caudatus
197 Siskin, Yellow-bellied Carduelis xanthogastra
198 Snowcap Microchera albocoronata
199 Solitaire, Black-faced Myadestes melanops
200 Sparrow, Black-striped Arremonops conirostris
202 Sparrow, Orange-billed Arremon aurantiirostris
203 Sparrow, Prevost's Ground- Melozone biarcuatum
204 Sparrow, Rufous-collared Zonotrichia capensis
205 Sparrow, White-eared Ground- Melozone leucotis
206 Spinetail, Red-faced Cranioleuca erythrops
207 Swallow, Blue-and-white Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
208 Swallow, Mangrove Tachycineta albilinea
209 Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Stelgidopteryx serripennis
210 Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
211 Swift, Grey-rumped Chaetura cinereiventris
212 Swift, White-collared Streptoprocne zonaris
213 Tanager, Bay-headed Tangara gyrola
214 Tanager, Blue-grey Thraupis episcopus
215 Tanager, Common Bush- Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
216 Tanager, Crimson-collared Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta
217 Tanager, Dusky-faced Mitrospingus cassinii
218 Tanager, Flame-coloured Piranga bidentata
219 Tanager, Golden-hooded Tangara larvata
220 Tanager, Olive Chlorothraupis frenata
221 Tanager, Palm Thraupis palmarum
222 Tanager, Passerini's Ramphocelus passerinii
223 Tanager, Plain-coloured Tangara inornata
224 Tanager, Red-throated Ant- Habia fuscicauda
225 Tanager, Silver-throated Tangara icterocephala
226 Tanager, Sooty-capped Bush- Chlorospingus pileatus
227 Tanager, Spangle-cheeked Tangara dowii
228 Tanager, Summer Piranga rubra
229 Tanager, White-lined Tachyphonus rufus
230 Thorntail, Green Popelairia conversii
231 Thrush, Black-billed Nightingale- Catharus gracilirostris
232 Thrush, Black-headed Nightingale- Catharus mexicanus
233 Thrush, Pale-vented Turdus obsoletus
234 Thrush, Ruddy-capped Nightingale- Catharus frantzii
235 Thrush, Slaty-backed Nightingale- Catharus fuscater
236 Thrush, Sooty Turdus nigrescens
237 Thrush, Wood Catharus mustelinus
238 Tinamou, Great Tinamus major
239 Tityra, Black-crowned Tityra inquisitor
240 Tityra, Masked Tityra semifasciata
242 Toucan, Chestnut-mandibled Ramphastos swainsonii
243 Toucanet, Emerald Aulacorhynchus prasinus
244 Toucan, Keel-billed Ramphastos sulfuratus
245 Toucanet, Yellow-eared Selenidera spectabilis
246 Treerunner, Ruddy Margarornis rubiginosus
247 Trogon, Black-throated Trogon rufus
248 Trogon, Lattice-tailed Trogon clathratus
249 Trogon, Slaty-tailed Trogon massena
250 Trogon, Violaceous Trogon violaceus
251 Tyrannulet, Paltry Zimmerius vilissimus
252 Tyrannulet, Torrent Serpophaga cinerea
253 Tyrannulet, Yellow Capsiempis flaveola
254 Tyrant, Long-tailed Colonia colonus
255 Tyrant, Scale-crested Pygmy- Lophotriccus pileatus
256 Violet-ear, Brown Colibri delphinae
257 Violet-ear, Green Colibri thalassinus
258 Vireo, Brown-capped Vireo leucophrys
259 Vireo, Yellow-winged Vireo carmioli
260 Vulture, Black Coragyps atratus
261 Vulture, Turkey Cathartes aura
262 Warbler, Black-cheeked Basileuterus melanogenys
263 Warbler, Black-and-white Mniotilta varia
264 Warbler, Black-throated Green Dendroica virens
265 Warbler, Buff-rumped Basileuterus fulvicauda
266 Warbler, Chestnut-sided Dendroica pensylvanica
267 Warbler, Flame-throated Parula gutturalis
268 Warbler, Golden-crowned Basileuterus culicivorus
269 Warbler, Golden-winged Vermivora chrysoptera
270 Warbler, Tennessee Vermivora peregrina
271 Warbler, Yellow Dendroica petechia
272 Warbler, Wilson's Wilsonia pusilla
273 Waterthrush, Northern Seiurus noveboracensis
274 Woodcreeper, Cocoa Xiphorhynchus susurrans
275 Woodpecker, Lineated Dryocopus lineatus
276 Woodcreeper, Spot-crowned Lepidocolaptes affinis
277 Woodcreeper, Streak-headed Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
278 Woodcreeper, Wedge-billed Glyphorynchus spirurus
279 Woodnymph, Violet-crowned Thalurania colombica
280 Woodpecker, Acorn Melanerpes formicivorus
281 Woodpecker, Black-cheeked Melanerpes pucherani
282 Woodpecker, Chestnut-coloured Celeus castaneus
283 Woodpecker, Hairy Picoides villosus
284 Woodpecker, Hoffmann's Melanerpes hoffmannii
285 Woodpecker, Pale-billed Campephilus guatemalensis
286 Woodpecker, Rufous-winged Piculus simplex
287 Woodstar, Magenta-throated Philodice bryantae
288 Wren, Band-backed Campylorhynchus zonatus
289 Wren, Bay Thryothorus nigricapillus
290 Wren, Black-throated Thryothorus atrogularis
291 Wren, Grey-breasted Wood- Henicorhina leucophrys
292 Wren, House Troglodytes aedon
293 Wren, Ochraceous Troglodytes ochraceus
294 Wren, White-breasted Wood- Henicorhina leucosticta
295 Wren,Canebreak ( Plain )Thryothorus modestus
296 Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata
297 Xenops, Plain Xenops minutus
298 Yellowthroat, Olive-crowned Geothlypis semiflava

Pictured below : Costa Rica birding , Slaty-tailed Trogon,Resplendant Quetzal,Red-headed Barbet

New Feb and March birds :

299 Snow Goose
300 Mallard Duck
301 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

In the past few days late March / early April , while trying to twitch Evening Grossbeak at Assinpink Lake Park in New Jersey :


302 Ruddy Duck
303 Barn Swallow
304 Killdeer
305 Bufflehead
306 Bald Eagle (Flyover at Home)

A new migrator today at work ! I just love this family ..

307 Belted Kingfisher

New ones at work on Friday :

308 Tree Swallow
309 Chipping Sparrow

and in the backyard a very good sighting today :

310 Peregrine Falcon

Some new migrators in the yard today including Baltimore Oriloe. Adding to the list:

311 Carolina Wren
312 Ruby-thoated Hummingbird (YEAY !!!! they're back !)

Went birding near Philadelphia at Palmyra Cove , New Jersey on Sat -weather was choppy and damp early then the sun finally showed. Probably a bad night for migration but still got new year birds. It's always nice to get a Lifer as well :

313 Grey Catbird
314 Common Yellowthroat
315 Magnolia Warbler
316 Hooded Warbler
317 Northen Parula
318 Black & White Warbler
319 Yellow Warbler
320 Eastern Wood Pewee
321 Pied-billed Greebe
322 Easten Towhee
323 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
324 Lauging Gull
325 Brown Thrasher
326 Orchard Oriole
327 Eastern Kingbird
328 Brown-headed Cowbird
329 Warbling Vireo
330 Chimney Swift
331 Red-breasted Nuthatch
332 Golden-crowned Kinglet

Some new yardbirds this past Sunday on Mother's day including a Lifer ! Honestly I never thought I would get another Lifer in my own backyard !

333 Cape May Warbler
334 Cedar Waxwing

I finally got some good birding in at my local patch in the wetlands near my house. Red Mullberry trees are fruiting up and this native fruit is quite an attraction for the birds.

There are some teriffic breeding species I saw there today including : Warbling Vireo, Baltimore Oriole ,Yellow Warbler, Osprey (all pictured) ,also Great Egret ,Common Yellowthroat and Carolina Wren .Only one new bird for the list , Willow Flycatcher .

335 Willow Flycatcher

Been very busy at work lately with alot of overtime and not many oppourtunities for a solid bird outing. However I have done a few one-hour stops at local patches in mostly wetland and semi-open habitat this weekend and last weekend.Highlights include Chipping Sparrow,Yellow Warbler, Ringed Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormrant, Killdeer, Eastern Kingbird, Eastren Wood-Pewee ,Egyptian Goose , Northern Rough-winged Swallow and only one new Year Bird - Least Sandpiper.

I also went with another birder to find a local colony of Monk Parakeets about 20 min north of our town .We missed them but we did locacte the stick nest they have built (pictured). I was also baffled by a dusk call note that couldnt identify , It drove me crazy !!

356 Least Sandpiper

A big day today in the mudflats and meadows birding the Meadowlands Dekorte Park in Lynhurt NJ.
Taget bird was Marsh Wren but missed it , 31 species today with good shorebirds and handsome Indigo Buntings and a Lifer flock of Semipalmated Sandpipers.

357. Lesser Yellowlegs
358. Ring-billed Gull
359. Snowy Egret
360. Semipalmated Sandpiper
361. Indigo Bunting
362. Semipalmated Plover
363. Lesser Yellowlegs
364. Short-billed Dowhitcer
365. Forsters Tern

Birding the Meadowlands again this morning trying to get some closure on the elusive Marsh Wren ..... I was shut out again by Marsh Wren ! but found new goodies like Ruddy Duck, Spotted Sandpiper,Northern Harrier, Lauging Gull , Northern Flicker and a possible Willow Flycatcher and the new year birds below:

366. Lesser Scaup (out of season)
367. Black-crowned Night-Heron
368. Common Tern

Birded Palmyra Cove Park near Philadelphia today and checked on the Hummingbird gardens that I helped with in the spring. It is apparent to me that the gardens are sucessfull since I saw about 5 different Ruby-throated Hummers.Otherwise some good looks at Peregrine Falcons, Coopers Hawks, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher,Warbling Vireos and the following Year Birds:

369: Wild Turkey
370: American Redstart
371: Great Egret
372: Red-eyed Vireo

I also got a Lifer Viceroy Butterfly , a little smaller than our Monarchs with a different hindwing design , alot of Red Admirals today too.

I birded the world famous Brigantine Edwin B. Forsythe NWR in coastal New Jersey yesterday with my father and came away with some excellent rarities for the area and a whopping 5 Lifers , added plenty of year birds. Migration is underway. There are some really choice birds here, Yellow-headed Blackbird and White Ibis are super rare for this location. Probably got 45 species but I didn't take an exact count , Dad got Northern Bobwhite before I arrived . What an incredible day!

373. Eastern Pheobe
374. Glossy Ibis
375. American Black Duck
376. White Ibis
377. Greater Yellowlegs
378. Clapper Rail
379. Forster's Tern
380. Black Skimmer
381. Whimbrel
382. Willet
383. Black-bellied Plover
384. Bobolink (pic #1)
385. Yellow-headed Blackbird (pic #2)
386. Pied-billed Grebe (pic #3)
387. Pine Warbler
388. Field Sparrow

The past few weeks I have been able to take half-hour birding breaks at work revealing alot of Warbler migration activity . Recent sightings include Black-throated Green Warbler , Common Yellowthroat , Black and White Warbler , Yellow Warbler , American Redstart , Hairy Woodpecker and one fine addition to the yearlist :


389. Blackburnian Warbler

Rutgers Ecological Preserve at lunchtime yeilded a life bird that I have been long been looking for . The sunny day and conspicuous perch gave me great views of this beauty . Unfortunately my camera is in repair (I dropped it !) so no pics for a while. My goal is 400 year birds , considering this is 10 birds away If I don't get it I should probably quit birding and take up fishing ...

390. Blue-headed Vireo !

Birding the Ecological Preserve in the past week getting late Warblers : Yellow-rumped and Common Yellowthroat . Some new winter Sparrows : White-throated , Field and Chippings moving through . Cedar Waxwings and Northern Flicker are around . One new Yearbird in the mix -

391 Ruby-crowned Kinglet