Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings
Teen Birdchat Winter Lists 2001-2002
Showing Records 1 through 28 of 28 Total Records

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Nicholas Block Texas, USA 434 Includes trip to west México, 4 CBCs, and a chase trip to north TX and OK
2 Matt Brady CA 294 10 lifers, 5 ABA birds in WA, including TBMU, an unIDed Empid (in the mountains of central WA in February!!!) SNOW, SNBU, RUGR, BTGO, PIGR, CORE, and ATSP. No HORE though.
3 Matt Hafner MD/US 248 Texas!!!!
4 David Vander Pluym Cali 239 IVORY GULL, HAWK and Snowy OWL, Gyrfalcon, EMGO, LBBG, Worm-eating and Pine Warb, Vega Gull, Thick-billed Murre, Empid in washingtn
5 Andrew Spencer CO 235 Mew Gull in CO, Glaucous Gull, Smith's Longspur and LeConte's Sparrow in KS, Brant, Bohemian Waxwing and Common Redpoll, all in CO, SE Arizona, including Ruddy Ground-Dove, Snowy Owl in CO
6 Charlie Wright USA (western WA state) 200 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Yellow-billed Loon, Black Phoebe, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ivory Gull, Hoary Redpolls, a very slow pelagic, Common Yellowthroat, Tufted Duck, Emperor Goose, Northern Mockingbird, Palm Warbler. WA, BC, OR. Updated: 2/26/02.
7 Chris Charlesworth BC - Canada 180 Gyrfalcon, Great Gray Owl, Ivory Gull, Iceland Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great-tailed Grackle, Yellow-billed Loon, Swamp Sparrow, Hoary Redpoll, Crested Myna, Northern Waterthrush
8 Christian Nunes RI, USA 179 4 day trip to AZ, 23 lifers. BARNACLE GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, YELLOW WARBLER,Black Vulture, Red-headed Woodpecker, Baltimore Oriole, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Yellow-breasted Chat, King Eider, Tundra Swan, C. Redpoll, OC Warb, Snowy Owl, Eurasian Wigeon, Redhead, Common Moorhen, WW Cross
9 Michael Dossett Washington 172 Emperor Goose, Gyrfalcon, Lark Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Pine Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Warbler Bohemian Waxwing, Swamp Sparrow, Cattle Egret, Mockingbird, Thick-billed Murre 2/17/02
10 Nicholas Block Houston, TX 168 ABA/TX only - basically only 4 CBCs and a chase trip to north TX (GYRFALCON, baby!!!)
11 Chris Brown New Jersian 161 12-31-01 White-winged Crossbill, lifer.
12 Tom Reed Cape May NJ 157 Horned Grebe (finally!!!), 2/23. Highlights- N. Fulmar, Manx Shearwater, King & Common Eiders, Thick-billed Murre, Rufous Hummer, Bell's Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, Lark Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, WW Xbill.
13 James Keener Georgia 148 BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD, LeConte's Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, WW Scoter were lifers. Highlights: Henslow's Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, Sedge Wren, M. Godwit, Com. Ground-Dove, Parasitic Jaeger
14 Matt Hoberg SE Pennsylvania 141 2/23/02-Seaside Sparrow,Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow...Top Birds-Eared Grebe,Razorbill,Black-crowned Night-Heron,Tricolored Heron,Glaucous Gull,Iceland Gull,Pileated Woodpecker,Snowy Owl,Common Eider,Dusky Flycatcher,Western Kingbird,Brewer's Blackbird,Lapland Longspur
15 Heidi Trudell Upper Texas Coast 140 4 cbcs, only listed 12/1-31/01
16 Nathan Hentze BC, Canada 139 Highlights: Common Redpoll, Blue Jay, 4 Loons, Mountain Bluebirds, Tufted Duck, Townsend's Solitaire, Lapland Longspur, Gyrfalcon, Glaucous Gull, IVORY GULL
17 David Allen MA, USA 129 Both crossbills, snowy and s.e. owl, rusty blackbird
18 Olivier Barden Quebec 128 127 of which I saw in the region of Quebec (Long-eared owl in Montreal is the exception), here are the highlights: BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, SUMMER TANAGER, VARIED THRUSH, Mute swan, Baltimore oriole, Nashville warbler, Carolina wren, Lesser black-backed gull, Spruce grouse, Gyrfalcon, Harlequin duck, Northern gannet, Common yellowthroat, Eastern towhee, Chipping sparrow, Swamp sparrow, Rusty blackbird, Northern Hawk-Owl, Great Gray Owl, Tufted titmouse, American coot, Sanderling, Dunlin
19 Ross Gallardy PA--USA 122 BLACK RAIL, PINE GROSBEAK, TUFFED DUCK, Great Comorant, Northern Gannet, Tricolored Heron, and also Tuffed Duck/Scaup Hybrid
20 Tyler Davis USA - WA 121 Ivory Gull, Crested Myna, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Grosbeak, Bohemian Waxwing
21 Jim, Mike and Kenny Burrell Ont., Canada 112 SMITH'S LONGSPUR, LEWIS' WOODPECKER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, California Gull, Sabine's Gull, N. Hawk-Owl, King Eider, (2) Savannah Sparrow
22 Ben Coulter PA-USA 103 2/25/02 Ruddy Turnstone (last seen on 12/22), Spotted Sandpiper (latest county record), Eared Grebe, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous Gull, Pom. Jaeger, Brant, Iceland Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, HARLEQUIN DUCK, Red-necked Grebe, Wood Duck -newest: Sandhill Cranes, Brown-headed Cowbird, Am. Woodcock, Killdeer
23 Sean Fitzgerald U. S. A. 93 Snowy Owl, Thayers Gull, Double-crested Cormorant, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Harlequin Duck, Black Scoter, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Short-eared Owl. All seen in WI except for a Red-shouldered Hawk in IL.
24 Torcuil Grant Scottish 83 Ivory Gull (hell yeah!), (Western) Capercaillie, Iceland Gull and a female Smew.
25 Phred Benham USA-NH 81 Gyrfalcon, Harlequin Duck 2/21/02
26 Will English 73 Whooper Swans at point blank range. Also Hen Harrier and Short eared Owl.
27 Isabel Harding Georgia, USA 50 Harrier, Kestrel, White-Crowned Sparrow 1/12/02
28 Eric Burke US - MO 48 Thank god for the X-mas bird count.
29 Becca Rimmel WI/PA- USA 42 pine grosbeak, snowy owl, didn't pick up much on christmas count...

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