ZooChat Big Year 2020

[Najade]

Being a Southern Hemisphere person I was wondering where and how hard it is to see loon.

Heaps of loons in every city up here

 

[Hix]

Drove out to Lake Cargelligo and Round Hill last weekend, and managed a couple of lifers.

Birds
260. Rufous Songlark
261. Little Grassbird
262. Little Raven
263. White-fronted Chat
264. Singing Honeyeater
265. Yellow-throated Miner
266. Purple-backed Fairy Wren
267. Budgerigar
268. Cockatiel
269. Whiskered Tern
270. Red-kneed Dotterel
271. Red-capped Plover
272. Red-necked Avocet
273. Pink-eared Duck
274. White-browed Woodswallow
275. Masked Woodswallow
276. Striped Honeyeater
277. Black Honeyeater
278. Crimson Chat
279. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
280. White-fronted Honeyeater
281. Pallid Cuckoo
282. Apostlebird
283. Little Friarbird
284. Black-tailed Native Hen
285. Pied Honeyeater

Mammal
18. European Hare



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Birds
286. White-throated Gerygone
287. Red Knot
288. Fairy Tern

Inverts:
2. Double Drummer (Thopha saccata)
3. White Drummer (Arunta perulata)



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[MRJ]

Heaps of loons in every city up here

I'm sure there are. Not the ones I was interested in, I suspect.

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
256. Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

Birds
257. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea

Being a Southern Hemisphere person I was wondering where and how hard it is to see loon.

Any loon or Yellow-billed specifically?

 

[MRJ]

Birds
257. Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea

Any loon or Yellow-billed specifically?

Really any loon, it would be nice to add a member of the family to my list. My impression is that they are found in more northern latitudes, sort of a northern equivalent of a penguin. I'm guessing it will be a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Not that there is much chance in that it may still be a couple of years before we can leave the country.

 

[Chlidonias]

Really any loon, it would be nice to add a member of the family to my list. My impression is that they are found in more northern latitudes, sort of a northern equivalent of a penguin. I'm guessing it will be a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Not that there is much chance in that it may still be a couple of years before we can leave the country.

I've only ever seen one, at Lake Baikal, but it was too distant to tell which species it was - so I have seen a loon but don't have any loons on my life list.

 

[MRJ]

I've only ever seen one, at Lake Baikal, but it was too distant to tell which species it was - so I have seen a loon but don't have any loons on my life list.

Though that is a sighting you could add to a Family list, if you kept one.

 

[birdsandbats]

Really any loon, it would be nice to add a member of the family to my list. My impression is that they are found in more northern latitudes, sort of a northern equivalent of a penguin. I'm guessing it will be a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Not that there is much chance in that it may still be a couple of years before we can leave the country.

Common Loon is by far the easiest species to see. I am only familiar with it on its breeding grounds, where every lake has a resident pair that is generally easy to see. They usually aren't too hard to see from shore, otherwise a trip out on a canoe or kayak often makes a sighting a near-guarantee (they are super curious about boats and will come to investigate).

Red-throated Loon is the other species I have seen, it is common on the North American Great Lakes during migration (and present but uncommon during winter) and I am told it is quite common on both of America's coasts in winter.

Pacific Loon is common on the Pacific during the right season.

Yellow-billed and Arctic are rare away from their difficult to access breeding grounds. Yellow-billed is prone to vagrancy inland and usually shows up on some inland lake once a year or so, Arctic almost never does.

 

[Vision]

Being a Southern Hemisphere person I was wondering where and how hard it is to see loon.

In Western Europe the only place you can see a loon without it being a rarity is while seawatching, probably the best time is from September to December. Red-throated is the 'common' species migrating along our coast, but occasionally on a good seawatching day you'll get a Black-throated (=Arctic) as well, and if you get very lucky a Great Northern (=Common).
Technically you don't really 'need' to seawatch to see a loon though, as all three species will show up inland or in ports as well occasionally, usually being decently twitchable (if in spring or fall usually for a few days, in winter they usually stay for a few months).

 

[Najade]

I saw my first two this year just twitching them on whatever lakes they got reported from in my area. There were more reports every now and then across the year so probably not too rare.

Still need to see one in breeding plumage though.

 

[Andrew Swales]

Really any loon, it would be nice to add a member of the family to my list. My impression is that they are found in more northern latitudes, sort of a northern equivalent of a penguin. I'm guessing it will be a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Not that there is much chance in that it may still be a couple of years before we can leave the country.

In the UK we call them 'Divers'. According to the BTO, 3 species (Great Northern, Black-throated and Red-throated Diver) now breed, as well as winter here. But I dont expect that the lochs of Scotland will be on your holiday list for a while...

 

[MRJ]

Common Loon is by far the easiest species to see. I am only familiar with it on its breeding grounds, where every lake has a resident pair that is generally easy to see. They usually aren't too hard to see from shore, otherwise a trip out on a canoe or kayak often makes a sighting a near-guarantee (they are super curious about boats and will come to investigate).

Red-throated Loon is the other species I have seen, it is common on the North American Great Lakes during migration (and present but uncommon during winter) and I am told it is quite common on both of America's coasts in winter.

Pacific Loon is common on the Pacific during the right season.

Yellow-billed and Arctic are rare away from their difficult to access breeding grounds. Yellow-billed is prone to vagrancy inland and usually shows up on some inland lake once a year or so, Arctic almost never does.

Pre-COVID i visited the USA once or twice a year, and frequently went to Chicago as I have business and friends there. So I guess I'm asking would it be possible to see loons on a day or overnight trip from Chicago, and if so where and what time of year?

 

[MRJ]

In the UK we call them 'Divers'. According to the BTO, 3 species (Great Northern, Black-throated and Red-throated Diver) now breed, as well as winter here. But I dont expect that the lochs of Scotland will be on your holiday list for a while...

True, unlikely to be travelling anywhere for a while, mores the pity. But are you saying that a driving holiday around ye bonnie lochs is likely to pick up some divers? I'd want to go some time when the temperature is survivable and there is a chance of no drizzle, so I guess that is mid-summer?

 

[Andrew Swales]

But are you saying that a driving holiday around ye bonnie lochs is likely to pick up some divers? I'd want to go some time when the temperature is survivable and there is a chance of no drizzle, so I guess that is mid-summer?

From what I've seen of the highlands that does narrow it down somewhat! Not a 'birder' in any form so I dont know, sorry. I thought they were all winter visitors, and was quite surprised that they all breed here now, the Great Northern in tiny numbers but 200 pairs of Black-throated and 1200 pairs of Red-throated. That would imply that a number of Scottish lochs must have birds breeding?

 

[birdsandbats]

Pre-COVID i visited the USA once or twice a year, and frequently went to Chicago as I have business and friends there. So I guess I'm asking would it be possible to see loons on a day or overnight trip from Chicago, and if so where and what time of year?

Yes. Red-throated would be the easiest species to see in Chicago. They are possible on Lake Michigan any time from October-April but would be most likely in November or March. Common Loon would also be possible but less likely on Lake Michigan in March/April or October/November. Common Loon would also be possible on any large to medium-sized lake outside of Chicago during the same times of year.

 

[Pertinax]

But are you saying that a driving holiday around ye bonnie lochs is likely to pick up some divers? I'd want to go some time when the temperature is survivable and there is a chance of no drizzle, so I guess that is mid-summer?

In Scotland the two 'throated' species occupy somewhat different habitats though. Red -throated Diver is comparatively common in Scotland, it favours small 'lochans' (mini- lochs) inland throughout the Western highlands, but you'd probably still have to do some searching to find them. Black-throated- which are by far the more beautiful in summer plumage IMO, quite stunning in fact- are a lot rarer and prefer open sea lochs and other larger stretches of water. Around 200 pairs across the whole highlands means they are usually harder to find but they are often 'site-faithful' to certain lochs, so if you know where to find them you can usually refind them in subsequent years. I am not so sure on Great Northern although on my last visit I saw one at close quarters on a regular Black-throated diver loch.

'No chance of drizzle'... you must be joking. That never happens in Western Scotland. Last time I went there I saw the sun for two hours in a week- the rest was total cloud and on/off rainy days. But you can get good weather too if you are lucky. Summer is definately the time to see Divers in Scotland, for their beautiful breeding plumages.

 

[Pertinax]

In Western Europe the only place you can see a loon without it being a rarity is while seawatching, probably the best time is from September to December. Red-throated is the 'common' species migrating along our coast, but occasionally on a good seawatching day you'll get a Black-throated (=Arctic) as well, and if you get very lucky a Great Northern (=Common).
Technically you don't really 'need' to seawatch to see a loon though, as all three species will show up inland or in ports as well occasionally, usually being decently twitchable (if in spring or fall usually for a few days, in winter they usually stay for a few months).

Where I live on the South Coast we can have individuals of all three species wintering in the local large harbour, but Great Northern is the most common, though Red throated often pass out to sea in number but don't settle. I watched a Great Northern in the local yacht marina the other day, at very close quarters. They seem to feed exclusively on small crabs at this time of year. On the Salcombe Estuary in Devon this winter they have gone one better, there is an albino GND in residence! Amazing looking bird(photos of it online)

 

[d1am0ndback]

Guess I'm a little late here but I figured I'd throw my totals in because I've been having a wonderful year in terms of birding and wildlife viewing. Most of these are from Texas (Of which I had 430 bird species so far this year!), but others are from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas in the US.

Birds

1. Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis
2. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
3. House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
4. Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius
5. Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe
6. White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis
7. Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos
8. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea
9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula
10. Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
11. Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis
12. Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus
13. Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
14. Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
15. Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
16. White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
17. Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
18. Great Egret - Ardea alba
19. Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
20. Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
21. Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus
22. Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
23. Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
24. American Coot - Fulica americana
25. Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
26. Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps
27. Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
28. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
29. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
30. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
31. Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
32. Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
33. Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii
34. Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
35. Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
36. Pine Warbler - Setophaga pinus
37. Orange-crowned Warbler - Leiothlypis celata
38. American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
39. White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus
40. Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax
41. Tricolored Heron - Egretta tricolor
42. Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
43. American White Pelican - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
44. Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
45. Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
46. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
47. Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
48. Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum
49. Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus
50. Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon
51. American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
52. Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
53. European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
54. Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens
55. Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus
56. White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica
57. Inca Dove - Columbina inca
58. American Robin - Turdus migratorius
59. Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus
60. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus
61. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
62. Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
63. Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
64. Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna
65. Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
66. Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
67. American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
68. Loggerhead Shrike - Lanius ludovicianus
69. Prairie Falcon - Falco mexicanus
70. Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
71. Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca
72. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
73. Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii
74. Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
75. House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
76. Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
77. Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
78. Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus
79. Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
80. Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
81. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
82. Mountain Plover - Charadrius montanus
83. Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
84. Sandhill Crane - Antigone canadensis
85. Brewer's Blackbird - Euphagus cyanocephalus
86. Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis
87. Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
88. White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
89. American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
90. Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa
91. Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor
92. Crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway
93. Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
94. Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus
95. Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri
96. Bonaparte's Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
97. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
98. Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
99. Merlin - Falco columbarius
100. Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
101. Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
102. Gadwall - Mareca strepera
103. Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
104. Harris's Sparrow - Zonotrichia querula
105. House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
106. Greater Roadrunner - Geococcyx californianus
107. Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana
108. Sedge Wren - Cistothorus platensis
109. Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
110. Ross's Goose - Anser rossii
111. Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla
112. Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris
113. Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
114. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
115. Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
116. Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia
117. Sora - Porzana carolina
118. McCown's Longspur - Rhynchophanes mccownii
119. Chestnut-collared Longspur - Calcarius ornatus
120. Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus
121. American Wigeon - Mareca americana
122. Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas
123. Boat-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus major
124. Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis
125. White-faced Ibis - Plegadis chihi
126. Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
127. Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla
128. Short-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus griseus
129. Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
130. Nelson's Sparrow - Ammospiza nelsoni
131. White-tailed Hawk - Geranoaetus albicaudatus
132. White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus
133. Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja
134. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
135. Reddish Egret - Egretta rufescens
136. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
137. Virginia Rail - Rallus limicola
138. King Rail - Rallus elegans
139. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
140. Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula
141. Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
142. Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons
143. Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
144. Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
145. Great Horned Owl - Bubo virginianus
146. Royal Tern - Thalasseus maximus
147. Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus
148. Willet - Tringa semipalmata
149. Sanderling - Calidris alba
150. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
151. Long-billed Curlew - Numenius americanus
152. Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
153. Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus
154. Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
155. Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola
156. Clapper Rail - Rallus crepitans
157. Redhead - Aythya americana
158. American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana
159. Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger
160. Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia
161. Monk Parakeet - Myiopsitta monachus
162. Common Loon - Gavia immer
163. Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica
164. American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliatus
165. Eared Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis
166. Sprague's Pipit - Anthus spragueii
167. Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus
168. Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
169. Barred Owl - Strix varia
170. Black Scoter - Melanitta americana
171. Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
172. Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
173. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
174. Lesser Goldfinch - Spinus psaltria
175. Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata
176. Purple Martin - Progne subis
177. Black-throated Blue Warbler - Setophaga caerulescens
178. Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
179. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
180. Cave Swallow - Petrochelidon fulva
181. Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo
182. Aplomado Falcon - Falco femoralis
183. Sandwich Tern - Thalasseus sandvicensis
184. Dunlin - Calidris alpina
185. Marbled Godwit - Limosa fedoa
186. Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica
187. Mew Gull - Larus canus
188. Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
189. Whooping Crane - Grus americana
190. Bronzed Cowbird - Molothrus aeneus
191. Long-billed Thrasher - Toxostoma longirostre
192. Black-crested Titmouse - Baeolophus atricristatus
193. Green Jay - Cyanocorax yncas
194. Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
195. Golden-fronted Woodpecker - Melanerpes aurifrons
196. White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi
197. Couch's Kingbird - Tyrannus couchii
198. Least Grebe - Tachybaptus dominicus
199. Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
200. White Wagtail - Motacilla alba
201. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis
202. Chihuahuan Raven - Corvus cryptoleucus
203. Pyrrhuloxia - Cardinalis sinuatus
204. Common Poorwill - Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
205. Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
206. Rufous-crowned Sparrow - Aimophila ruficeps
207. Canyon Towhee - Melozone fusca
208. Bewick's Wren - Thryomanes bewickii
209. Mexican Jay - Aphelocoma wollweberi
210. Hutton's Vireo - Vireo huttoni
211. Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Dryobates scalaris
212. Black-chinned Sparrow - Spizella atrogularis
213. Cactus Wren - Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
214. Canyon Wren - Catherpes mexicanus
215. Rock Wren - Salpinctes obsoletus
216. Acorn Woodpecker - Melanerpes formicivorus
217. Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
218. Bushtit - Psaltriparus minimus
219. Common Raven - Corvus corax
220. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher - Polioptila melanura
221. Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
222. Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans
223. Common Ground Dove - Columbina passerina
224. Verdin - Auriparus flaviceps
225. White-throated Swift - Aeronautes saxatalis
226. Green-tailed Towhee - Pipilo chlorurus
227. Black-throated Sparrow - Amphispiza bilineata
228. Brewer's Sparrow - Spizella breweri
229. Curve-billed Thrasher - Toxostoma curvirostre
230. Lucifer Hummingbird - Calothorax lucifer
231. Scaled Quail - Callipepla squamata
232. Western Bluebird - Sialia mexicana
233. White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
234. Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay - Aphelocoma woodhouseii
235. Montezuma Quail - Cyrtonyx montezumae
236. Phainopepla - Phainopepla nitens
237. Clark's Grebe - Aechmophorus clarkii
238. Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
239. Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra
240. Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
241. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus forficatus
242. Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus
243. Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
244. Lark Sparrow - Chondestes grammacus
245. Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
246. Franklin's Gull - Leucophaeus pipixcan
247. Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
248. Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Calidris subruficollis
249. Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
250. Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor
251. Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
252. Dickcissel - Spiza americana
253. Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea
254. Blue Grosbeak - Passerina caerulea
255. Grasshopper Sparrow - Ammodramus savannarum
256. Green Heron - Butorides virescens
257. Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
258. Nashville Warbler - Leiothlypis ruficapilla
259. Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
260. Semipalmated Sandpiper - Calidris pusilla
261. Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos
262. White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis
263. Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
264. Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
265. Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
266. American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
267. Mississippi Kite - Ictinia mississippiensis
268. Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
269. Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
270. Bobolink - Dolichonyx oryzivorus
271. Clay-colored Sparrow - Spizella pallida
272. Western Kingbird - Tyrannus verticalis
273. Wilson's Warbler - Cardellina pusilla
274. Black-throated Green Warbler - Setophaga virens
275. Chestnut-sided Warbler - Setophaga pensylvanica
276. Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
277. Blackburnian Warbler - Setophaga fusca
278. Bay-breasted Warbler - Setophaga castanea
279. Magnolia Warbler - Setophaga magnolia
280. American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla
281. Mourning Warbler - Geothlypis philadelphia
282. Tennessee Warbler - Leiothlypis peregrina
283. Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla
284. Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
285. Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
286. Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
287. Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus
288. Yellow-throated Vireo - Vireo flavifrons
289. Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus
290. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Coccyzus americanus
291. Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis
292. Hudsonian Godwit - Limosa haemastica
293. Black Tern - Chlidonias niger
294. Common Nighthawk - Chordeiles minor
295. Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina
296. Alder Flycatcher - Empidonax alnorum
297. Least Tern - Sternula antillarum
298. Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus
299. Swainson's Warbler - Limnothlypis swainsonii
300. Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea
301. Kentucky Warbler - Geothlypis formosa
302. Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus
303. Bell's Vireo - Vireo bellii
304. Black-capped Vireo - Vireo atricapilla
305. Bullock's Oriole - Icterus bullockii
306. Glaucous-winged Gull - Larus glaucescens
307. Lesser Nighthawk - Chordeiles acutipennis
308. Gambel's Quail - Callipepla gambelii
309. Black-headed Grosbeak - Pheucticus melanocephalus
310. Painted Redstart - Myioborus pictus
311. Pygmy Nuthatch - Sitta pygmaea
312. Bridled Titmouse - Baeolophus wollweberi
313. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris
314. Brown-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus tyrannulus
315. Ash-throated Flycatcher - Myiarchus cinerascens
316. Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer
317. Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma imberbe
318. Arizona Woodpecker - Dryobates arizonae
319. Elegant Trogon - Trogon elegans
320. Zone-tailed Hawk - Buteo albonotatus
321. Short-tailed Hawk - Buteo brachyurus
322. Black-throated Gray Warbler - Setophaga nigrescens
323. Cordilleran Flycatcher - Empidonax occidentalis
324. Western Wood-Pewee - Contopus sordidulus
325. Whiskered Screech-Owl - Megascops trichopsis
326. White-eared Hummingbird - Hylocharis leucotis
327. Berylline Hummingbird - Amazilia beryllina
328. Blue-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis clemenciae
329. Plumbeous Vireo - Vireo plumbeus
330. Eared Quetzal - Euptilotis neoxenus
331. Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Selasphorus platycercus
332. Broad-billed Hummingbird - Cynanthus latirostris
333. Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus
334. Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
335. Thick-billed Kingbird - Tyrannus crassirostris
336. Cassin's Kingbird - Tyrannus vociferans
337. Grace's Warbler - Setophaga graciae
338. Yellow-eyed Junco - Junco phaeonotus
339. Brown Creeper - Certhia americana
340. Virginia's Warbler - Leiothlypis virginiae
341. Hepatic Tanager - Piranga flava
342. Juniper Titmouse - Baeolophus ridgwayi
343. Rivoli's Hummingbird - Eugenes fulgens
344. Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana
345. Greater Pewee - Contopus pertinax
346. Red-faced Warbler - Cardellina rubrifrons
347. Spotted Owl - Strix occidentalis
348. Steller's Jay - Cyanocitta stelleri
349. Mexican Chickadee - Poecile sclateri
350. Buff-breasted Flycatcher - Empidonax fulvifrons
351. Scott's Oriole - Icterus parisorum
352. Streak-backed Oriole - Icterus pustulatus
353. Yellow-green Vireo - Vireo flavoviridis
354. Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
355. Northern Bobwhite - Colinus virginianus
356. Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus
357. Brown Booby - Sula leucogaster
358. Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
359. Barn Owl - Tyto alba
360. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
361. Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
362. Northern Parula - Setophaga americana
363. Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
364. Eastern Screech-Owl - Megascops asio
365. Louisiana Waterthrush - Parkesia motacilla
366. Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
367. Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus
368. Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
369. Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
370. Prairie Warbler - Setophaga discolor
371. Bachman's Sparrow - Peucaea aestivalis
372. Brown-headed Nuthatch - Sitta pusilla
373. Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Dryobates borealis
374. Yellow-breasted Chat - Icteria virens
375. Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
376. Pomarine Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus
377. Snowy Plover - Charadrius nivosus
378. Red Knot - Calidris canutus
379. Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescens
380. Least Bittern - Ixobrychus exilis
381. Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinica
382. Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna bicolor
383. Canada Warbler - Cardellina canadensis
384. Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
385. Wilson's Plover - Charadrius wilsonia
386. Chuck-will's-widow - Antrostomus carolinensis
387. Wood Stork - Mycteria americana
388. Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus
389. Seaside Sparrow - Ammospiza maritima
390. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Empidonax flaviventris
391. Sabine's Gull - Xema sabini
392. Greater Prairie-Chicken - Tympanuchus cupido
393. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
394. Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
395. Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
396. Allen's Hummingbird - Selasphorus sasin
397. Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
398. Sage Thrasher - Oreoscoptes montanus
399. Mountain Chickadee - Poecile gambeli
400. Ferruginous Hawk - Buteo regalis
401. European Golden-Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
402. Townsend's Solitaire - Myadestes townsendi
403. Clark's Nutcracker - Nucifraga columbiana
404. Townsend's Warbler - Setophaga townsendi
405. Red-naped Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus nuchalis
406. Northern Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium gnoma
407. Dusky Flycatcher - Empidonax oberholseri
408. Cassin's Sparrow - Peucaea cassinii
409. Lark Bunting - Calamospiza melanocorys
410. Mexican Duck - Anas diazi
411. Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera
412. Northern Jacana - Jacana spinosa
413. Abert's Towhee - Melozone aberti
414. Lawrence's Goldfinch - Spinus lawrencei
415. Pacific-slope Flycatcher - Empidonax difficilis
416. Gila Woodpecker - Melanerpes uropygialis
417. Gilded Flicker - Colaptes chrysoides
418. Harris's Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus
419. Rufous-winged Sparrow - Peucaea carpalis
420. Cassin's Vireo - Vireo cassinii
421. Gray Flycatcher - Empidonax wrightii
422. Ruddy Ground Dove - Columbina talpacoti
423. Hammond's Flycatcher - Empidonax hammondii
424. Vaux's Swift - Chaetura vauxi
425. Gray Hawk - Buteo plagiatus
426. Western Screech-Owl - Megascops kennicottii
427. Costa's Hummingbird - Calypte costae
428. Hermit Warbler - Setophaga occidentalis
429. LeConte's Sparrow - Ammospiza leconteii
430. Yellow-billed Loon - Gavia adamsii
431. Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris
432. Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis
433. Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata
434. Sagebrush Sparrow - Artemisiospiza nevadensis
435. White-winged Scoter - Melanitta deglandi
436. Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
437. Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
438. Palm Warbler - Setophaga palmarum
439. Morelet's Seedeater - Sporophila morelleti
440. Audubon's Oriole - Icterus graduacauda
441. Olive Sparrow - Arremonops rufivirgatus
442. Clay-colored Thrush - Turdus grayi
443. Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana
444. Red-billed Pigeon - Patagioenas flavirostris
445. Green Parakeet - Psittacara holochlorus
446. Mute Swan - Cygnus olor
447. Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
448. Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis
449. Red-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus cafer
450. Scaly-breasted Munia - Lonchura punctulata
451. Altamira Oriole - Icterus gularis
452. Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
453. Plain Chachalaca - Ortalis vetula
454. Rose-throated Becard - Pachyramphus aglaiae
455. Golden-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia atricapilla
456. Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis
457. Long-eared Owl - Asio otus
458. Iceland Gull - Larus glaucoides
459. Rusty Blackbird - Euphagus carolinus
460. Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
461. Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
462. Blue Bunting - Cyanocompsa parellina
463. Crimson-collared Grosbeak - Rhodothraupis celaeno
464. Red-crowned Parrot - Amazona viridigenalis
465. Tropical Parula - Setophaga pitiayumi
466. Common Black Hawk - Buteogallus anthracinus
467. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum
468. Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
469. Little Gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus
470. Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus
471. Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis
472. Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
473. Cackling Goose - Branta hutchinsii
474. Smith's Longspur - Calcarius pictus
475. American Bittern - Botaurus lentiginosus
476. Spotted Rail - Pardirallus maculatus
477. Calliope Hummingbird - Selasphorus calliope
478. Egyptian Goose - Alopochen aegyptiaca

Herptiles

1. American Alligator- Alligator mississippiensis
2. Diamondback Watersnake- Nerodia rhombifer
3. Southern Banded Watersnake- Nerodia fasciata
4. Blotched Watersnake- Nerodia erythrogaster
5. Green Treefrog- Hyla cinerea
6. Southern Leopard Frog- Lithobates sphenocephalus
7. Texas Toad- Anaxyrus speciosus
8. Couch's Spadefoot Toad- Scaphiopus couchii
9. Rio Grande Chirping Frog- Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides
10. American Bullfrog- Lithobates catesbeianus
11. Texas Spiny Lizard- Sceloporus olivaceus
12. Rose-bellied Lizard- Sceloporus variabilis
13. Six-lined Racerunner- Aspidoscelis sexlineata
14. Plateau Whiptail- Cnemidophorus septemvittatus
15. Texas Spotted Whiptail- Cnemidophorus gularis
16. Gila Spotted Whiptail- Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
17. Eastern Patch-nosed Snake- Salvadora hexalepis
18. Yarrow's Spiny Lizard- Sceloporus jarrovii
19. Greater Earless Lizard- Cophosaurus texanus
20. False Map Turtle- Graptemys pseudogeographica
21. Desert Grassland Whiptail- Aspidoscelis uniparens
22. Red-eared Slider- Trachemys scripta
23. Spiny Softshell- Apalone spinifera
24. River Cooter- Pseudemys concinna
25. Texas Cooter- Pseudemys texana
26. Eastern Mud Turtle- Kinosternon subrubrum
27. Green Anole- Anolis carolinensis
28. Brown Anole- Anolis sagrei
29. Texas Rat Snake- Elaphe obsoleta
30. Rough Green Snake- Opheodrys aestivus

Mammals

1. Eastern Cottontail- Sylvilagus floridanus
2. Desert Cottontail- Sylvilagus audubonii
3. Black-tailed Jackrabbit- Lepus californicus
4. Antelope Jackrabbit- Lepus alleni
5. Round-tailed Ground Squirrel- Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
6. Black-tailed Prairie Dog- Cynomys ludovicianus
7. Fox Squirrel- Sciurus niger
8. Eastern Gray Squirrel- Sciurus carolinensis
9. Rock Squirrel- Otospermophilus variegatus
10. Arizona Gray Squirrel- Sciurus arizonensis
11. Harris' Antelope Squirrel- Ammospermophilus harrisii
12. Texas Antelope Squirrel- Ammospermophilus interpres
13. Hispid Cotton Rat- Sigmodon hispidus
14. Arizona Cotton Rat- Sigmodon arizonae
15. Brown Rat- Rattus norvegicus
16. American River Otter- Lontra canadensis
17. Striped Skunk- Mephitis mephitis
18. Bobcat- Lynx rufus
19. Coyote- Canis latrans
20. Gray Fox- Urocyon cinereoargenteus
21. Pronghorn- Antilocapra americana
22. American Elk- Cervus canadensis
23. White-tailed Deer- Odocoileus virginianus
24. Mule Deer- Odocoileus hemionus
25. Collared Peccary- Pecari tajacu
26. Mexican Free-tailed Bat- Tadarida brasiliensis

 

[Najade]

Quick day-trip to the Eifel

Mammals
22. Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
23. Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)

Birds
117. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
118. Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
119. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
120. European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
121. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
122. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
123. Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Luterbach, Switzerland

Birds
124. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
125. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
126. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
127. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
128. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

 

[Coelacanth18]

Pre-Thanksgiving update:

Birds
127. Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
128. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
129. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
130. Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
131. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
132. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

Mammals
24. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

Another update right before my usual oh-crap-it's-almost-the-end-of-the-year-I-need-to-go-check-the-places-I-was-putting-off-until-now run. The Barred Owl is the crown jewel here; saw it in broad daylight next to a parking lot at a wildlife refuge, immediately following disappointment at the lack of new seabirds I picked up there. The Sandhill Crane and Varied Thrush (just spotted out the window today) were also lifers for me, so positive news all around for now.

Birds
133. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
134. Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
135. Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
136. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
137. Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
138. Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
139. Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
140. Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
141. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
142. Glacous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
143. Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
144. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
145. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
146. Barred Owl (Strix varia)
147. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
148. Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
149. Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

Mammals
25. Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)