I have had the opportunity to take a few more trips in the last two months, for work and for pleasure, and have enjoyed expanding my year list a bit further...
11 October
The Heights, Houston, TX, USA
199. White-winged Dove (New Lifer)
200. Great-tailed Grackle (New Lifer)
16 November
Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan
201. Greater Scaup
202. Large-billed Crow (New Lifer)
203. Brown-eared Bulbul (New Lifer)
25 November
Clearwater Beach, FL, USA
204. Ring-necked Duck
205. Black-bellied Plover (New Lifer)
206. Willet
207. Sanderling
208. Royal Tern (New Lifer)
209. Sandwich Tern (New Lifer)
210. Fish Crow
211. House Wren (New Lifer)
212. Boat-tailed Grackle (New Lifer)
8 December
Hotel Intercontinental, Abu Dhabi, UAE
213. Kentish Plover (New Lifer)
214. Alexandrine Parakeet (New Lifer)
215. Rock Martin
216. White-spectacled Bulbul (New Lifer)
World life list: 464 (White-spectacled Bulbul, Abu Dhabi, UAE; December 2015)
UAE life list: 12 (White-spectacled Bulbul, Abu Dhabi, UAE; December 2015)
2015 year list: 216 (White-spectacled Bulbul, Abu Dhabi, UAE; December 2015)