Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Showing Records 1 through 48 of 48 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Liga Auzins California 422 Landlubber List (no boats); Streak-backed Oriole, Zyzzx, 10/10/06 2 Oscar Johnson California 420 Last year birds of 06: Rock Sandpiper, California Gnatcatcher, and Zone-tailed Hawk. Non introduced birds only. 3 Michael L. P. Retter TX (but from IL) 388 Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Colima X Virginia's Warbler (June 2006) 4 Brandon Percival Colorado 378 Updated 31 Dec 2006 5 Terry Hunefeld San Diego California 365 California --- Life is short. Bird often. 6 Dan Jones Texas 354 Updated 11/05 7 Brad Steger Colorado 337 8 Rick Wright Arizona 337 As of January 1, 2007. 9 Scott Schuette Arizona 320 10 Doug Gochfeld New York 314 New York State. Highlights: Varied Thrush, Northern Hawk Owl, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Ruff, Northern Wheatear, Harris' Sparrow, Townsend's Warbler. 11 Adam Wood Texas 312 (Sightings are all from the Texas Coast) 12 Charlie Wright Washington 303 Update 24 June: Murphy's Petrel. 13 John Berner US (Texas) 302 Final All in SE part of state (No Rio Grande Valley). 14 Bob Zaremba Georgia 300 Clay-colored Sparrow, Peregrine Falcon 15 Guy L. Monty British Columbia 295 Clark's Grebe, Broad-winged Hawk, Bar-tailed Godwit, Snowy Owl, Boreal Owl, Smith's Longspur. 16 Ian Davies USA-Massachusetts 291 (Last updated 3/5/07) 17 Joshua Uffman USA-MO 291 Highlights as of 11/4/2006: Red-throated Loon, Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Swallow-tailed Kite, Little Gull, Sabines Gull, Townsend's Solitaire, 37 spp. of warblers 18 Kenny and Mike Burrell Ontario, Canada 281 4(!) Eurasian Wigeon's, Gyrfalcon, SAY'S PHOEBE, Worm-eating Warbler, 2 Summer Tanager's, 4! Dickcissel's, Laughing Gull, CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW, CURLEW SANDPIPER, Northern Bobwhite, HENSLOW'S SPARROW, TRICOLORED HERON, Western Kingbird, WESTERN TANAGER, Black-billed Magpie, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Franklin's Gull, Sabine's Gull, GLOSSY and WHITE-FACED IBIS, Nov. 12 - Yellow-throated Warbler, Black-legged Kittiwake and Golden Eagle 19 Philip Kline Arizona 276 long-tailed duck, surf scoter, red-necked grebe, horned grebe, brown thrasher 20 Andy Wraithmell Florida - British ex-pat 276 2006 highlights = Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Bullock's Oriole, Tropical Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Red-throated Loon, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cave Swallow, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, White-faced Ibis, Bell's Vireo, Lark Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Philadelphia Vireo, Brewer's Blackbird, Western Kingbird, Franklin's Gull (12), Le Conte's Sparrow, Winter Wren. ONLY 9 SPECIES SEEN AWAY FROM PANHANDLE 21 Nathan Moorhatch USA - CA 272 8/17/06: Blue-footed Booby, Salton Sea, Riverside Co. CA; 9/26/06: Ruff, L.A. River, CA; 10/1/06: Solitary Sandpiper & Prothonotary Warbler, Orange Co. CA; 10/07/06: Wood Thrush, Crystal Spring, Inyo Co., CA; 10/13/06: Black and White Warbler, Orange Co., CA 22 Craig Bateman U.S.A-Michigan 270 Tricolored Heron, Snowy Egret, Eared Grebe, Marbled Godwit, Red Knot, Buff-breasted Sand 23 Rob Fanning NJ 256 updated 9/25/06 24 Andy Bankert Florida 255 mostly central Florida, Ruff on 8-26 25 Michael Woodruff US - Washington 254 26 David Simpson Florida 249 15 May 06 27 Scott Schuette USA- Missouri 248 Swallow-tailed Kite, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and Eastern Screech-Owl; updated August 13th 28 Danny Akers Iowa 246 includes 3 heard only birds 29 Jim Pawlicki U.S. - New York State 241 up to 6/14 highlights include Black-headed Gull, N. Hawk-Owl, Pacific Loon, Varied Thrush, Ross's Goose, Golden Eagle, Yellow-throated Warbler, 30 David Daniels Indiana 227 2006 Indiana State Lifers: Ross's Goose, Long-tailed Duck, Black Scoter, Wood Stork, King Rail, Whooping Crane, Pacific Loon, Rufous Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Marsh Wren, Lapland Longspur, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow 31 Alex Harper Florida, U.S. 221 7/3/06- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Bell's Vireo, and Yellow-headed Blackbird. 32 John Bissell Iowa 220 Broad-winged Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo 33 Brandon Percival Texas 218 Updated 31 Dec 2006 34 Tim Avery Utah 197 Update 4/23, the latest: Solitary Sandpiper, American Golden-Plover 35 Brandon Percival Michigan 151 Updated on 02 July 2006. 36 Dave Szmyr Ontario, Canada 139 17 species of Warbler on May.17th 37 Brandon Percival New Hampshire 130 Updated on 02 July 2006. 38 Luke Seitz USA-Maine 123 Coot, Goshawk, Redhead, Big Bittern (aka American Bittern), 39 Kurt Pohlman USA - Hawaii 111 updated 9/18 Red billed Tropicbird, Cinnamon Teal, Red Knot,Grey backed Tern, Ruff,Gargany,Black rumped Waxbill,Chestnut bellied Sandgrouse, 40 Brandon Percival Kansas 98 Updated on 02 July 2006. 41 Kurt Pohlman USA New Mexico 97 42 Brandon Percival Maine 92 Updated on 02 July 2006. 43 John Berner Alberta 88 22-Jul Most Recent: Clay-colored Sparrow, Yellow warbler, boreal chickadee, cedar waxwing 44 Brandon Percival Florida 74 Updated on 1 Jan 2006. 45 Brandon Percival Oklahoma 68 Updated on 02 July 2006. 46 Brandon Percival Massachusetts 67 Updated on 02 July 2006. 47 Brandon Percival New Brunswick 46 Updated on 02 July 2006. 48 Brandon Percival Vermont 45 Updated on 02 July 2006. 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