Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2004 N American ABA Year List Showing Records 1 through 39 of 39 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Walter Lamb USA 648 www.lifelist2004.com 2 Scott Kennedy British/US(AZ) 580 birded AZ, CA, FL, MN, NM, OH, TX, WI, updated 12/31, finished with 3 species of Rosy Finch in NM, excellent year 3 Edge Wade USA (MO) 545 Birded MO, TX, AZ, NM, CA, OK, CO, NE, UT, MT, WY, OR, WA, BC, IA, IL, KS, AR, MS, FL, and recently eastern shore MD and DE. 29 Dec update 4 Theresa Kennedy USA 532 birded AZ, CA, FL, MN, NM, OH, TX, WI, updated 12/31, Gray-crowned, Brown-capped & Black Rosy Finches, Cassins Finch 5 Brandon Percival Colorado/USA 523 birded in NE, CO, CA, TX, NM, MA, NH, ME, NB, KS, AZ, updated on 31 December 2004. 6 Mike Haldeman USA 513 Lifers - Yellow-billed Loon, Herald and Fea's Petrels, Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, South Polar Skua, Yellow-legged Gull, Buff-collared Nightjar, Berylline Hummingbird, Kirtland's Warbler, Baird's Sparrow, Crimson-collared Grosbeak 7 Howard Laidlaw UK/Texas 511- all in Texas last 3 - masked Duck, Costa's HB & Lazuli Bunting 8 Matt Hafner Maryland, USA 508 12/05/04 9 Mike Schwitters MT, USA 501 Updated 26 Dec 04 10 Sean Fitzgerald Wisconsin, USA 467 WA, OR, CA, TX, WI, MI - last bird a Northern Hawk Owl in Douglas Cty, WI 11 Charlie Wright USA (WA) 465 Trips to Texas, Tennessee, and Alberta as well as birding in WA. Last bird: REDWING-WA. Update 12/25 12 Andrew Davis Canada 459 Ontario, Manitoba (briefly), Nunavut, Washington and Texas - Dec. 31st 13 Steve Gross US 457 Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rufous-capped Warbler, Hammond's Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Rose-throated Becard 14 Joyce Bathke US - MO 451 15 Andy Bankert Florida 451 CA, FL, MI, MN, NJ 16 Erik Enbody MI 428 Minnesota trip 17 Nathan Moorhatch U.S.A. 417 12/10/04: Rough-legged Hawk & Varied Thrush, NE California; 12/14/04: Northern Shrike, Kern Co. CA. 18 Steve Sosensky US 402 Trumpeter Swan in LA Co. 19 Michael Woodruff WA -- USA 400 Through Dec 2004. Birded Washington, Idaho, S Texas, Phoenix, Northeast USA, California. - Latest were Western Screech-Owl, Long-eared Owl, Gyrfalcon, and Long-tailed Duck 20 John Green USA 396 All California, except 17 species 21 Daniel Casey USA (Montana) 381 End of year total, 15 states and provinces visited. Three lifers (Least Bittern, Green Parakeet, Cackling Goose); 103 new ticks. 22 Hans Holbrook Maryland 370 07/04 Antillean Nighthawk, Gray Kingbird, Black-wiskered Vireo, Mangrove Cuckoo 23 Ron Holland US-California 368 24 Kreg Ellzey USA 349 Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Green-breasted Mango, Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush, Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Yellow-green Vireo, Greater Flamingo, Aplomado Falcon, Black-legged Kittiwake, Black-capped Vireo 25 Sherri LaBar USA - PA 345 Spring in south Texas, but left just before the big push of rarities ;( 26 Matt Andrews USA-MO 344 8/17 27 DW Holmes 331 Audubon's Oriole, ferruginous pigmy owl 28 Tom Auer MN 330 Finished with a rare gull Trifecta: Iceland, Lesser Black-backed, and Greater Black-backed (all in WI). (Updated 12/31/04) 29 Chris Fagyal US 320 12/28 - All 3 Rosy-Finches, Red Crossbill, White-tailed Ptarmigan, Barrows Goldeneye 30 Ross Gallardy USA-Pa 311 31 Chris Charlesworth Canadian 303 Flammulated Owl, Bobolink, Black Tern, Veery, and many others in the Okanagan Valley. BC 32 Brian Allen Michigan, USA 284 Rock Sandpiper, Santa Cruz 3/31/04, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Moss Landing, CA, Lazuli Bunting Sutton's Bay, MI 33 Danny Akers Iowa 224 15 above my Iowa year list; Minnesota only: Great Gray Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, Bohemian Waxwing, Black-billed Magpie, Evening Grosbeak, Hoary Redpoll, Pine Grosbeak, and Gray Jay. Wisconsin only: Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brewer's Blackbird, and Glaucous and Iceland Gulls. MN and WI: Thayer's Gull, Common Raven. Hoo Rah 34 David Daniels USA 217 (Indiana, Alabama, Illinois, and Tennessee Only). Tufted Duck (IL), Brown Pelican (IN), Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (IN), Swallow-tailed Kite, (IN), Mississippi Kite (IN), Golden Eagle (IN), Yellow Rail (IL), Black-necked Stilt (IN), Upland Sandpiper (IN), Marbled Godwit (IN), Red Phalarope (IN), Slaty-backed Gull (IN), Least Tern (IN), Barn Owl (IN), Kentucky Warbler (IN), Green-tailed Towhee (IN) 35 matthew werner USA 178 12/31/04 36 Brandon TX 159 37 Bill Alexson U.S. 131 38 Tim Avery USA 65 Long-tailes Duck, Barrow's Goldeneye, Greater Scaup in Utah 39 Ross Gallardy USA-Pa 47 Oldsquaw, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Red-breasted Nuthatch, VIRGINIA RAIL on 1/2/04 in Pa!!!!!! Last update 1/4/04 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home