Napamatt's 2010 List (1 Viewer)

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As usual I've set a 500 bird target. This year I have a January trip to South Africa and a work trip to Europe in April.

The year started at Lake Tahoe, and while the Bald Eagle didn't make #1, he was the #2 bird of the year - love that.

1. Stellar's Jay
2. Bald Eagle
3. Clark's Nutcracker
4. White-headed Woodpecker
5. Mountain Chickadee
6. Red-breasted Nuthatch
7. Ring-billed Gull
8. Pygmy Nuthatch
9. Common Merganser
10. Rock Dove

 

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Here's the rest of January up to leaving for South Africa.

11. American Crow
12. Western Scrub-Jay
13. Eurasian Starling
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. American Kestrel
16. Turkey Vulture
17. White-tailed Kite
18. Western Meadowlark
19. Red-shouldered Hawk
20. Great Egret
21. House Finch
22. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
23. Lesser Goldfinch
24. American Robin
25. Yellow-rumped Warbler
26. Cooper's Hawk
27. Sharp-shinned Hawk
28. White-crowned Sparrow
29. Golden-crowned Sparrow
30. Western Bluebird
31. American Goldfinch
32. Northern Mockingbird
33. Acorn Woodpecker
34. Northern Flicker
35. Black Phoebe
36. Anna's Hummingbird
37. Nuttall's Woodpecker
38. Bushtit
39. Common Raven
40. California Towhee
41. Red-winged Blackbird
42. Brewers Blackbird
43. Bewick's Wren
44. Dark-eyed Junco
45. Cedar Waxwing
46. Pied-billed Grebe
47. Mallard
48. Ruddy Duck
49. Belted Kingfisher
50. House Sparrow
51. Oak Titmouse
52. Canada Goose
53. Golden Eagle
54. Red-breasted Sapsucker
55. Herring Gull

 

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January 23rd - Johannesburg airport

56. Long-tailed Widow
57. African Darter
58. African Black Swift
59. Cape Wagtail
60. Rock Martin
61. Glossy Ibis
62. Cattle Egret
63. Cape Sparrow (L)
64. Cape Robin-Chat
65. Common Myna
66. Red-winged Starling
67. Cape White-eye

 

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January 23rd - February 1st at Mala Mala Game Reserve, adjacent Kruger Park.

This was our 14th visit to this site and with an area list of 235, I didn't expect to see many new birds. We did however set the target of 200 birds in 9 days. Most people thought this wildly ambitious - remember we would be putting birds secondary to Lions, Leopards etc.

Drive 1
68. Arrowmarked Babbler
69. European Bee-eater
70. Carmine Bee-eater
71. White-fronted Bee-eater
72. Little Bee-eater
73. Goldenbreasted Bunting
74. Yelloweyed Canary
75. Redfaced Cisticola
76. Rattling Cisticola
77. Jacobin Cuckoo
78. Water Dikkop
79. Cape Turtle-Dove
80. Laughing Dove
81. Forktailed Drongo
82. Egyptian Goose
83. African Fish Eagle
84. Bateleur
85. Jameson's Firefinch
86. Common Waxbill
87. Dusky Indigobird
88. Natal Francolin
89. African Harrier-Hawk
90. Hamerkop
91. Grey Heron
92. Dwarf Bittern
93. Grey Hornbill
94. Yellowbilled Hornbill
95. Woodland Kingfisher
96. Black Kite (Yellowbilled)
97. Grey Lourie
98. Redfaced Mousebird
99. Fierynecked Nightjar
100. African Blackheaded Oriole
101. Scops Owl
102. Redbilled Oxpecker
103. African Pipit
104. Crowned Lapwing
105. Senegal Lapwing
106. Blacksmith Lapwing
107. Redbilled Quelea
108. Whitebrowed Scrub-Robin
109. Lilacbreasted Roller
110. European Roller
111. Redbacked Shrike
112. Longtailed Shrike
113. Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
114. Greyheaded Sparrow
115. Violet-backed Starling
116. Burchells Starling
117. Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
118. White Stork
119. Marabou Stork
120. Barn Swallow
121. Wiretailed Swallow
122. Lesserstriped Swallow
123. Great Reed-Warbler (L)
124. Whiterumped Swift
125. Little Swift
126. Common Sandpiper
127. Wood Sandpiper
128. Common Greenshank
129. Green-backed Camaroptera
130. Spottedbacked Weaver
131. Pintailed Wydah

Drive 2

132. Crested Barbet
133. Blackcapped Bulbul
134. Sombre Greenbul
135. Desert Cisticola
136. Diederik's Cuckoo
137. Striped Cuckoo
138. Burchells Coucal
139. Emerald-spotted Wood-dove
140. Comb Duck
141. Wahlberg's Eagle
142. Blackbreasted Snake-eagle
143. Redbilled Firefinch
144. Blue-grey Flycatcher
145. African Dusky Flycatcher
146. Black Flycatcher
147. Striated Heron
148. Redbilled Hornbill
149. Southern Ground Hornbill
150. Pied Kingfisher
151. Brownhooded Kingfisher
152. Blackshouldered Kite
153. Purple-crested Turaco
154. Threebanded Plover
155. Wattled Plover
156. Southern Boubou
157. Black-crowned Tchagra
158. Lesser Grey Shrike
159. African Goshawk
160. Cape Glossy Starling
161. Whitebellied Sunbird
162. Collared Sunbird
163. Redbreasted Swallow
164. Southern Black Tit
165. Whitebacked Vulture
166. Redbilled Buffalo Weaver
167. Lesser Masked Weaver
168. Spectacled Weaver
169. Thickbilled Weaver
170. Whitewinged Widow
171. Paradise Wydah
172. Bearded Woodpecker

Drive 3

173. Small Buttonquail
174. African Cuckoo
175. African Green Pigeon
176. Whitefaced Duck
177. Tawny Eagle
178. Spotted Flycatcher
179. Coqui Francolin
180. Crested Francolin
181. Swainson's Spurfowl
182. Whitebacked Night-heron
183. African Jacana
184. Giant Kingfisher
185. Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
186. Speckled Mousebird
187. Brownheaded Parrot
188. Whitebrowed Robin-Chat
189. Blackbacked Puffback
190. Yellowbreasted Apalis
191. Longbilled Crombec
192. Cardinal Woodpecker

Drive 4

193. Great-spotted Cuckoo
194. Green-winged Pytilia
195. Village Indigobird
196. Chinspot Batis
197. Common Scimitarbill
198. Crowned Hornbill
199. Striped Kingfisher
200. Rufousnaped Lark
201. European Golden Oriole
202. Purple Roller
203. White-crested Helmet Shrike
204. Retz's Helmet Shrike
205. Whitecrowned Shrike
206. Little Sparrwhawk
207. Marico Sunbird
208. Redheaded Weaver
209. Bennett's Woodpecker

 

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Mala Mala continued

Drive 5

210. Black Crake
211. Redchested Cuckoo
212. Paradise Flycatcher
213. Malachite Kingfisher
214. Painted Snipe
215. Scarletchested Sunbird
216. African Palm Swift
217. Barred Wren-warbler
218. Openbilled Stork
219. Gabar Goshawk
220. Blackcollared Barbet
221. Neddicky
222. Steppe Eagle
223. Common Buzzard
224. Little Grebe
225. Masked Weaver
226. Amur Falcon
227. Redcrested Bustard
228. Blackbellied Bustard
229. Hoopoe
230. Shelley's Francolin
231. Pied Wagtail
232. Wattled Starling

Drive 6

233. Brown-crowned Tchagra
234. Terrestrial Brownbul
235. Martial Eagle

Drive 7

236. African Firefinch
237. Namaqua Dove
238. Pennant-winged Nightjar (L)
239. Spotted Eagle-owl

Drive 8

240. African Crake
241. Greyheaded Bush Shrike
242. European Cuckoo
243. Reed Cormorant

Drive 9

244. Red Bishop
245. Piping Cisticola
246. Grey-tit Flycatcher
247. Groundscraper Thrush
248. Black Cuckoo
249. Yellow-throated Longclaw
250. African Barred Owlet

Drive 10

251. Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
252. Olive Tree Warbler (L)

Drive 11

253. Dark Chanting Goshawk

Drive 12

254. Brubru
255. Shikra
256. Brown Snake-Eagle

Drive 13

257. Nutmeg Munia
258. Kurrichane Thrush
259. Goldentailed Woodpecker

Drive 14

260. Whiteheaded Vulture
261. Lappet-faced Vulture
262. Hooded Vulture
263. Alpine Swift (L)
264. Klaas's Cuckoo (L)
265. African Hawk-eagle
266. European Sedge Warbler
267. Harlequin Quail

Drive 15

268. Whitethroated Swallow

Drive 16

269. Greater Honeyguide
270. African Black Duck
271. Yellow-throated Petronia
272. Flappet Lark

Drive 17

273. Goliath Heron
274. Pearl-spotted Owlet
275. Doublebanded Sandgrouse
276. Square-tailed Nightjar

277. Tawnyflanked Prinia (drive 1)
278. Blue Waxbill (drive 2)
279. Green Woodhoopoe (drive 2)
280. Hadeda Ibis (drive 2)

 

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February 6-7th, Napa

281. Lincoln's Sparrow
282. Green Heron
283. Downy Woodpecker

 

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Feb 10th, Napa Sewage Ponds

284. Bonaparte's Gull
285. Bufflehead
286. Common Goldeneye
287. Gadwall
288. Greater Scaup
289. Lesser Scaup
290. Clark's Grebe
291. Snowy Egret
292. Great Blue Heron
293. American White Pelican
294. Double-crested Cormorant
295. Song Sparrow
296. Savannah Sparrow
297. Killdeer
298. American Wigeon
299. Northern Shoveller
300. American Coot
301. Wilson's Snipe (L)
302. Cinnamon Teal

 

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Feb 15th Ellis Creek and Napa

302. Greater Yellowlegs
303. Blue-winged Teal
304. Short-billed Dowitcher
305. Fox Sparrow
306. Marsh Wren
307. American Wigeon
308. Northern Harrier
309. Merlin

 

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Feb 17th-18th, Rochester NY and Finger Lakes

A business trip in snowy weather with very limited birding opportunities.

310. Redhead (L)
311. Ring-necked Duck (L)
312. American Black Duck (L)
313. Red-bellied Woodpecker
314. Black-capped Chickadee

 

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Feb 18th San Francisco

315. Brown Pelican

 

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Feb 20th, SF

316. Mew Gull

Feb 21st, Huichica

317. Sora
318. Virginia Rail
319. Great Horned Owl
320. Tree Swallow

 

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Feb 25th, Huichica

321. Short-eared Owl (L)

Feb 28th, Napa

322. Say's Phoebe

Mar 4th, Fort Lauderdale FL

323. Boat-tailed Grackle
324. Mottled Duck
325. Eurasian Collared-dove
326. Anhinga
327. Heermann's Gull
328. White Ibis

March 5th, Vacaville

329. White-throated Swift

 

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Mar 6th, Carson Lake, Nevada

330. White-breasted Nuthatch
331. Rough-legged Hawk
332. Peregrine Falcon
333. Mourning Dove
334. Ross's Goose
335. Snow Goose
336. Tundra Swan
337. Yellow-headed Blackbird (L)
338. Horned Lark
339. Black-necked Stilt
340. Long-billed Dowitcher
341. Spotted Towhee

 

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Mar 13th, Skyline Park, Napa

342. Violet-green Swallow
343. California Quail
344. Wild Turkey
345. Wrentit
346. Wood Duck

 

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Mar 18th, Napa

347. Osprey

 

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Mar 23rd, Napa

348. Hooded Oriole

 

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April 3rd, Home and Oxbow Preserve

349. Rufous Hummingbird
350. Bullock's Oriole

 

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April 6th, London Wetlands Centre

351. Common Magpie
352. Little Grebe
353. Great Crested Grebe
354. Great Cormorant
355. Mute Swan
356. Greylag Goose
357. Barnacle Goose (L)
358. European Wigeon
359. Pochard
360. Red-crested Pochard (L)
361. Tufted Duck
362. Common Eider (L)
363. Long-tailed Duck
364. Green-winged Teal
365. Sparrowhawk
366. Common Moorhen
367. Eurasian Coot
368. Northern Lapwing
369. Redshank
370. Whimbrel
371. Black-headed Gull
372. European Herring Gull
373. Lesser Black-backed Gull
374. Wood Pigeon
375. Sand Martin
376. Eurasian Robin
377. European Blackbird
378. Blackcap (L)
379. Willow Warbler
380. Great Tit
381. Coal Tit
382. Blue Tit
383. Long-tailed Tit
384. Jackdaw
385. Rook
386. Carrion Crow
387. Winter Wren
388. Reed Bunting

 

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April 9th, Bardolino, Italy

389. Swift
390. House Martin

April 11th, Hampstead Heath and Kew Gardens

391. Chaffinch
392. Nuthatch
393. Chiffchaff
394. Great-spotted Woodpecker
395. Rose-ringed Parakeet
396. Mistle Thrush
397. Golden Pheasant (L)

April 13th Sacramento

398. Yellow-billed Magpie

 

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April 17th-21st, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

An unexpected trip and one that paid dividends thanks to a small piece of undeveloped land next to our hotel.

399. Common Ground-dove
400. Magnificient Frigatebird
401. Gila Woodpecker (L)
402. Western Gull
403. Cactus Wren
404. White-winged Dove
405. Brandt's Cormorant
406. Spotted Sandpiper
407. Ash-throated Flycatcher
408. Verdin (L)
409. Phainopepla (L)
410. Yellow Warbler
411. Grey Thrasher (L)
412. Scott's Oriole (L)
413. Wandering Tattler (L)
414. Semipalmated Plover
415. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
416. Northern Cardinal
417. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
418. Black-headed Grosbeak
419. Orange-crowned Warbler
420. Lark Sparrow
421. Xantus's Hummingbird (L)
422. Ladder-backed Woodpecker
423. Gilded Flicker (L)
424. California Gnatcatcher (L)
425. Pyrrhuloxia (L) #850 World
426. Common Poorwill (L)