Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

ABA Area Life List Rankings Showing Records 1 through 50 of 346 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 William Rydell USA 843 White-faced Storm Petrel; Western Reef Heron 2 Sandy Komito American 840 Spoonbill Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Stejneger's Petrel, Red-tailed Tropicbird 3 David Narins US 839 4 Ebbe Banstorp USA 833 5 Bruce Barrett Canadian / British 823 Piratic Flycatcher, Black-faced Grassquit, Baikal Teal 6 Mike Austin 801 Spoonbill Sandpiper, Stonechat, Jabiru 7 Jim Holmes, Jr. USA (Calif) 784 Highlights: Bulwer's Petrel, California Condor (pre-captivity), Crane Hawk, Collard Forest Falcon (heard only), Pintail Snipe, Little Curlew, Greater Sandplover, Belcher's Gull, Whiskered Tern, Social Flycatcher, Citrine Wagtail, and Yellow-throated Bunting. 2009 Highlights: Gunnison Sage Grouse and Dusky Grouse in Colorado, Cook's Petrel on California pelagic 8 David Chaffin USA 783 2Apr01 Yellow-faced Grassquit/Greater sandplover-not included in total awaiting ABA action 9 Craig Faanes USA 778 AOU Splits always help! 10 Bob Morse 773 Greater Sandplover, Yellow-faced Grassquit - latest additions 11 Lynn Barber US 767 35 of these were added during my 2008 ABA big year (updated December 18, 2008) 12 Keith Taylor Canadian 765 For the complete list: http://www.bubo.org/listing/ View BC and Vancouver Island checklists at http://picasaweb.google.ca/Warbler2020/VIBirdsChecklist2008 http://picasaweb.google.ca/Warbler2020/BCBirdsChecklist2008 Latest: Sinaloa Wren, Buff-collared Nightjar (now seen), Common Myna, Least Storm-Petrel, Yellow-green Vireo, Baikal Teal, Red-billed Tropicbird, Bean Goose, Redwing: Goal of 750 attained. [Still require eight species to see all of the birds illustrated in the 1966 edition of The Golden Guide to Birds: Mottled Petrel, White-tailed Tropicbird, Black Noddy, Corn Crake, Spectacled Eider, Whiskered Auklet, Northern Lapwing, and Gray-headed Chickadee. 13 Wes Biggs USA - Florida 764 Fea's Petrel off N.C. 30 May, 2006 14 Phil Davis USA 763 Long-billed Murrelet at Adak, Alaska; Little Stint at Gambell, Alaska, 15 Michael T. Schwitters USA (MT) 761 2005: Gray Bunting and Far Eastern Curlew in spring, outer Aleutians. 16 Donald Chalfant USA-Michigan 757 Updated 11-09; Latest add: Bahama Mockingbird 17 Edge Wade USA (MO) 756 Includes 1 heard only. Fan-tailed Warbler, Himalayan Snowcock, Black-tailed Gull, Fork-tailed Flycatcher; Crescent-chested Warbler, Fea's Petrel, Buff-collared Nightjar, Little Egret, Buller's Shearwater, Least Storm-Petrel, Common Myna (November 2008) . Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, Sinaloa Wren not included--awaiting acceptance of records. Black Rail Updated 28 Jan 09 18 Don Roberson USA (Calif) 756 most recent Bicknell's Thrush (New Hampshire June 07) 19 Charles H Gambill USA 756 Yellow Grosbeak, Arizona 20 Peter Landry Canadian 748 Yellow Bittern (AK), White-tailed Eagle (AK), Common Greenshank (AK), Great Spotted Woodpecker (AK), Narcissus Flycatcher (AK), Yellow-throated Bunting (AK), Eurasian Bullfinch (AK), Hawfinch (AK), Eurasian Wryneck (AK). [Also see Quebec, Canada and Lower 48 Life Lists]. 21 Stephen F. Bailey USA 738 Sept. 2007 22 Jack Revare USA (KS) 738 8-07 Himalayan Snowcock ; 1-08 Black Rail; 3-08 Purple Sandpiper; 5-08 Piratic Flycatcher; 6-08 Fork-tailed Flycatcher 23 Dave DeReamus USA (PA) 738 Latest birds: Sinaloa Wren, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Flame-colored Tanager, Gunnison Sage-Grouse (5/2-6/09); Crescent-chested Warbler, Northern Jacana (2/4-7/08). 24 John Odgers USA 737 Aztec Thrush, Northern Jacana 25 Peter Gilchrist Canadian 735 Ross' Gull: Jan. 2008 26 Rick Waldrop USA 734 Flame-colored Tanager, Buff-collared Nightjar and Plain-capped Starthroat seen on May, 2005 trip to SE AZ, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel in WA in May and Fork-tailed Flycatcher in October, 2005; Bicknell's Thrush in 2008; Greater Sand Plover in 2009. 27 Dave Klauber USA 732 Common Mynah, Streak-backed Oriole in Colorado, Western Reef-Heron, Green Violet-Ear in Iowa, Murphy's and Bermuda Petrels 28 Jimmy McHaney American 727 29 Michael Lanzone US 723 30 Bill Sugg USA--NC 723 Western Spindalis, Loggerhead Kingbird--Fla.; Flesh-footed Shearwater, Xantus's Murrelet--Calif. 31 Kirk Zufelt Canadian 717 Latest 3-Berryline Hummingbird, Blue-footed Booby, Lawrence's Goldfinch- Taiga Bean Goose, Green Sandpiper, Hawfinch, Smew, Rustic Bunting. Eye-browed Thrush- Alaska 2009, Blue Mockingbird- AZ 2009, Bannanaquit- FL 2008, Green-breasted Mango- Georgia 2008, Wisconsin 2007, Black-tailed Gull - IA 2007,Redwing- NF 2007 32 richard armstrong 715 33 Lee G R Evans English (London) 714 34 nanette armstrong 714 35 David M. Mark Canadian, US Resident 710 #710 Nutting's Flycatcher, Irvince CA, 5 Jan 2001 36 Brooke Nicotra 708 37 Jeff Stephenson USA 708 I'm going to Colorado on 2/24 to chase Brown-Capped and Black Rosyfinch and White-tailed Ptarmigan. 38 Christopher Taylor USA 706 Green-breasted Mango #706 www.kiwifoto.com 39 Brad Bergstrom USA 706 Eurasian Bullfinch, Plain-capped Starthroat, Blue Mockingbird 40 Carlton Collier U.S.A. 706 Narcissus Flycatcher seen on Attu Is. Alaska in 1994 41 Howard Smith USA (TX) 705 Updated 5/27/07 42 Luke Fazio Canadian 703 Black-browed Albatross, C. Stripe-headed Tanager, Rufous-backed Robin 43 Jeff Peters USA 701 # 700 Laysan Albatross on Westport Pelagic followed by #701, FT S-petrel. Recent trip to Nome and Barrow: Steller's and Spectacled Eider, YB and Arctic Loon etc. Best birds: Bermuda Petrel, Fea's Petrel, White-throated Robin, Eurasian Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon 44 James P. Smith UK/USA - MA 701 Updated 02/14/09. Most recent additions: WT Ptarmigan (May CO), Tufted Duck (Feb RI), Blue Bunting (Jan TX), European Golden Plover (Oct ME), White Wagtail, Nome, AK (Jun AK). Also in '08; Limpkin, Florida Scrub-Jay, Banaquit (FL), Northern Jacana (AZ) in Dec '07. Started US birding in July '97. 45 David Bradford USA 701 Black Noddy at Fort Jefferson 4/26/03 46 Dennis Holmes USA 700 Falcated Duck 47 Paul Mackenzie Canadian 700 White-eared Hummingbird 48 James Barr USA CA 698 Three Toed WP in Az and Red Necked Stint in CA 49 Russ Namitz USA - OR 697 8/09 Rufous-capped Warbler, Sinaloa Wren; 3/08 = Black Rail, Baird's Sparrow, Northern Jacana, Flame-colored Tanager (all AZ); 12/07 = Pink-footed & Barnacle Goose (NY), Snail Kite (FL), Green-breasted Mango (GA) 50 Bob Zaremba USA (Georgia) 697 Fork-tailed Flycatcher (FL), Herald Petrel (NC), Northern Jacana (TX) Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home